Strategies for reducing the door-to-ballonn time at a local hospital (original) (raw)

The design of waiting time for outpatient

2013

The problem for users in japanese hospital is long waiting time and short consultation time. In order to solve this problem, the students and the medical staffs cooperated and planned the HARUMACHI-POCKET. This poket was sewn to the backrest of the chair of the waiting room, and the card was put in it. One side of the card is written introduction of the Key Word : (hospital, waiting time for outpatient, QOL)

Common Space Refurbishment for Improving the Therapeutic Environment in an Acute Hospital

AIJ Journal of Technology and Design, 2016

This report verifies the achievements of a refurbishment project intended to change the family private room into a multi-use common space in terms of its use and function recognition. The findings, after the refurbishment has evidenced that the common space is mainly used by patients and their families as a calm place for chatting and rehabilitating. However, there are several cases of nonuse and lack of function recognition particularly from part of the hospital staff. Consequently, the efforts to increase the function recognition are focused on promoting an active participation of the hospital staff during future refurbishment processes.

Proper Personnel Management Should be Done in Medical Facilities in Japan

THE JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL ANESTHESIA, 2012

Japanese physicians work long hours compared with developed countries such as the United States, Germany and France. Long work of physicians might induce not only health problems of physicians but also medical malpractice. However, more than half of Japanese hospitals with 200 beds or more founded by local governments perform illegal personnel management, such as working more hours than legal limit and working overtime without pay. In order to prevent physician burnout and medical malpractice, proper personnel management should be done in Japanese hospitals.