For years, men who otherwise consider themselves tough have been reduced to anguished wimps by the very slightest of colds. Men have, for years, referred to this condition as the flu. Women, who are inexplicably capable of performing almost normally with colds and flus, have cruelly renamed this cold that feels to men like flu: [...]
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has outlined a series of actions it is taking in relation to issues that have arisen in AMNCH. The initiative requires the hospital to: l ‘develop a detailed Governance and Quality Improvement Plan that is aimed at strengthening the governance, management and any clinical service issues in the [...]
The problem of non-attendance at outpatient departments is highlighted in new research. Among urology outpatients, 20 per cent of the 737 appointments were a non-attendance. According to the authors, this is the rate experienced by most hospital clinics. Patients with benign disorders were more likely to non-attend compared with those who had malignant conditions. The [...]
Dr Maurice Hayes, Chairman of the review into the delay in reporting radiological examinations and the management of GP referral letters at the Tallaght Hospital today revealed the Review’s terms of reference. Following the emergence of additional information, it was decided to extend to parameters of the review to include the management of GP referral [...]
The Irish Medical Times practice management seminar for GPs on medico-legal issues relating to general practice takes place on March 27, and now is your last chance to register. The venue is the Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4. The fee for the seminar is €90. Please contact Dylan Conway on (01) 817 6330 or email [...]
Professor Desmond O’Neill, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine in Tallaght Hospital, has been honoured for championing active and positive ageing in Ireland. Medical director for the Alzheimer’s Association of Ireland, Prof O’Neill received an award at the All Ireland Inspirational Life Award on March 10 in Belfast. “By recognising the people, projects and organisations showcased here [...]
“This is what change looks like,” said US President Barack Obama following the approval by the US House of Representatives of major healthcare reform yesterday. When President Obama signs the bill into law, however, a new battle begins. “Attorneys general in three states — Virginia, Florida and South Carolina — have indicated they will file [...]
Despite AMNCH Tallaght being the first hospital in the country to introduce a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) for x-rays in 1998, its legacy system is in danger of being outstripped by solutions at other hospitals involved in the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) project. The State’s new €40 million digital imaging system [...]
The College of Psychiatry of Ireland (CPI) has called for improved regulation of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and for the establishment of centres of excellence to administer the controversial treatment nationally. The College called once again for the removal of the word ‘unwilling’ from Section 59b of the Mental Health Act 2001 at all-party briefings in [...]
The Hospital Group Ireland, which deals with cosmetic surgery, has urged the Government to give it access to HSE theatre facilities to ‘help alleviate waiting lists’. “The latest figures we could access were for 2005, which suggest that 12 people have died in the past three years while waiting to be seen at the country’s [...]
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