More than 10 million Americans receive their medical care services through the Department of Defense. The Army Medical Department (AMEDD) directs the largest of the DOD health care systems, of which two are at the officer level and one culminates in warrant officer status. The paper is concerned chiefly with ...

Medical office information systems in which data transactions are captured in realtime, i.e. in the presence of the patient, have a significant impact on office personnel and patient flow. Advantages of a realtime system over manual or batch computerized systems include improved data quality, control and timely availability as well ...

The report of the review into the deaths of four babies due to cardiac tamponade associated with the presence of a central venous catheter, and the Government's response to the report. Commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of England and published in June 2001, the review covers the circumstances ...

The home page of the Department of Health's (DH) Chief Medical Officer (CMO), the UK Government's principal medical adviser and the professional head of all medical staff in England. This page provides access to various CMO speeches and publications, the full-text of recent CMO Updates, which cover a range of ...

This report has been published by the U.S. Census Bureau and it's author, Richard Bavier is a policy analyst at the Office of Management and budget. The report is written as a reaction to the National Research Council's report, 'Measuring Poverty, A New Approach'. Although this report outlines basic needs ...

Recently there has been a marked increase in interest in automating the medical office. This paper outlines the steps taken to install COSTAR in a multidisciplinary ambulatory clinic with a wide base of primary-care physicians. Emphasis is placed on the reasons for computerization of the clinic. The registration of patients, ...

In the aftermath of the Rwandan civil war, Australia's defence forces deployed a medical force to support the United Nations Assistance Mission. In this article, Wayne Ramsey, Commander of the Australian contingent, Lindsay R Bridgford, Officer Commanding Bravo Section, Robert J Lusby, Lt.-Colonel (Surgeon), Australian Medical Support Force Hospital, and ...

It is estimated that one in 300 patients admitted to hospital will die or be seriously injured as a result of medical errors (Chief Medical Officer 2009), many of which will be caused by human factors. This article examines a case study in which team error led to the death ...

In England and Wales the police require medical evidence in crimes committed against a person. This will take the form of either a verbal statement given to a police officer under his/her direction, or a written report compiled by the doctor. Police surgeons regularly compile these reports without any complications. ...

Contents: General Military and Medical Situation; Military Civilian Health Assistance; Personnel; Operations; Professional Services; Preventive Medicine; Medical Materiel; Medical Records and Statistics; Medical Statistical Data.

An aldehyde, trans-2-dodecenal, heretofore known only from plants, has been identified in the defensive secretion of the spiroboloid millipede Rhinocricus insulatus. A second component, 2-methyl-1,4-quinone, was previously known from the secretion of related millipedes.

In the organization for dealing with medical disaster, the region is in an intermediary position, between the State Disaster Office and the operational areas. Regional functions are largely those of coordinating the activities of the areas, and are based upon directives and plans from the state level. The regional medical ...

A wider concept of disease is developing, which deals with the social environment, not only with the physical, chemical or ecological factors, as they affect the homeostasis of the internal environment of the organism. In such a concept it is the fitness of the whole personality which determines ease or ...

Document is a report of personal investigation on October 13 and 14 by medical officers on sanitary conditions, changes necessary in military medicine under combat conditions on Guadalcanal, special medical problems, and other miscellaneous intelligence.

Recognized specific risks of industry considered.Under Section 73, Factory and Workshop Act, certain diseases contracted in a factory or workshop are notifiable by medical practitioners to the Chief Inspector of Factories.Lead poisoning, epitheliomatous and chrome ulceration and anthrax-considered in detail.Effects of inhalation of dust in the causation of silicosis and ...

(I) THEORY: Rivers' theory of the "danger instincts" is a key to the problem of moral and prevention of war neuroses. (II) CAUSES OF WAR NEUROSES: These are believed to be largely mental, e.g., conflict between the instinct of self-preservation and the sense of duty. (III) INSTINCT OF SELF-PRESERVATION: This ...

by John Simon, medical officer of health to the City of London ...