Hospitals--Emergency services--Quality control; Time management surveys
Kosair Children’s Hospital Emergency Department in Louisville, KY has been
reporting low patient satisfaction, which could result in a decrease in revenue and patients
for the hospital. Patient throughput times in Kosair’s emergency room have a...
Influenza--United States--Management; Epidemics--Management; Health services administration; Mathematical optimization
Pandemic influenza has been an important public health concern. During the 20th century, three major pandemics of influenza occurred in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The pandemic of 1918 caused 40 to 50 million deaths worldwide and more than 500,000 deaths...
The aim of the study is to determine factors contributing to satisfaction with orthognathic surgery. It was hypothesized that specific factors contribute to the patient's perception of success. 37 patients who had orthodontic/orthognathic surgery...
We aimed to examine differences in treatment impacts and quality of life between adult orthodontic patients with Invisalign and fixed appliances. Adults represent a burgeoning branch of orthodontics yet many prospective patients have been reluctant...
Medical records--Data processing; Data mining; Medical care--Data processing; Coronary heart disease--Treatment
The goal of this study is to use a data mining framework to assess the three main treatments for acute myocardial infarction: thrombolytic therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention (percutaneous angioplasty), and coronary artery bypass surgery....
Dentist and patient; Dentists--Training of; Dentistry--Practice; Orthodontics, Corrective
Competition for orthodontic patients is at an all time high. Ways to differentially market an orthodontic practice are essential in attracting patients. It is hypothesized that the patients don't understand the extra training that an orthodontist...
Dentists; Dentistry; Dental equipment & supplies; Dental hygienists; University of Louisville. School of Dentistry;
Helen Hogue and Jim Marcum treat a patient at the U of L School of Dentistry. Hogue sits behind the patient and wears a white dress and cap; Marcum sits on the nearer side of the patient, and holds a dental instrument in the patient's mouth. Dental...
Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nursing; Sick persons; Medical equipment & supplies
Three nurses with a patient on crutches. Two student nurses wearing striped blouses with cuffs, aprons, and caps help a male patient on crutches down a hallway. A nurse in a uniform and cap stands next to them. On back of photograph: Students...
Louisville City Hospital; Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nursing; Infants
Student nurse, nurse, and new mother at Louisville City Hospital or Louisville General Hospital. A student nurse in a striped blouse, apron, and cap holds a newborn baby. A nurse in white uniform and cap stands to her left. The mother sits in a...
Louisville City Hospital; Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nurses; Nursing; Medical equipment & supplies
Student nurse at Louisville City Hospital or Louisville General Hospital sits next to a woman, possibly a patient. The student nurse wears a uniform of striped blouse with cuffs, apron, and cap. She holds a small object, possibly a thermometer. A...
Address: 982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. A child lies in a piece of medical equipment with only his head exposed. A nurse stands near his head. She is dressed all in white. The long metal tube the boy lies in has a tag on it reading,...
Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, Ky.); Health care facilities; Men; Dentistry; People
This photograph shot at Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Hospital shows a man sitting near a hospital bed as he inserts a tool into his mouth and looks into a makeshift mirror. The man is dressed in a thermal shirt, vest, and hat and sits backward on a...
Nurses; Health care facilities; Sick persons; People; Women; Girls
Address: 1436 S. Shelby Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young girl with a cleft lip, wearing a bow in her hair, sits in a white bed in a hallway with three nurses. The hallway has a coat and hat rack on the left, a certificate and a phone on the...
