Hospital management commitment

Although 1 have cited the opinions mainly of physicians and hospital managers, it would be false to believe that theirs were the sophisticated insights of a scientific avant-garde. On the contrary. These ideas about madness and madhouses were commonplace. For example, it was obvious to John Stuart Mill that people were committed to insane asylums to punish them for deviance, not to treat them for illness "... the man and still more the woman, who can be accused either of doing what nobody does, or of not... 

The questionnaire showed a strong environmental commitment among the personnel, which was strengthened by the study. No indication of lack of time for source separation or any lack of top management commitment was found. The reactions to the study were very positive. This was confirmed by the fact that the hospital wards actively proceeded with source separation of their packaging waste after the study. 

In addition to a person s personal health records, HealthVault provides Internet search capabilities. The data are stored in an encrypted database. Each person will select which of their personal health care information is put into the Web database. Most persons will give permission to their doctors, dinics and hospitals to send directiy to HealthVault, information concerning medicines, test results and other data. At New York Presbyterian Hospital, Aurelia G. Boyer, the chief information officer, states their commitment to helping patients manage their own health care. 

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