Prince of Wales Hospital is a regional acute government hospital located in Sha Tin,New Territories in Hong Kong. It is also a teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
Clinical governance is a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within the National Health Service (NHS) and private sector health care. Clinical governance became important in health care after the Bristol heart scandal in 1995,during which an anaesthetist,Dr Stephen Bolsin,exposed the high mortality rate for paediatric cardiac surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. It was originally elaborated within the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS),and its most widely cited formal definition describes it as:
A framework through which NHS organisations are accountable for continually improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.
The National University Hospital (NUH) is a tertiary referral hospital and academic medical centre in Singapore,located in Kent Ridge. It is a 1,160-bed tertiary hospital serving more than 670,000 outpatients and 49,000 inpatients and serves as a clinical training centre and research centre for the medical and dental faculties of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is Henry Fan.
Outpatient surgery,also known as ambulatory surgery,day surgery,day case surgery,or same-day surgery,is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The term “outpatient”arises from the fact that surgery patients may enter and leave the facility on the same day. The advantages of outpatient surgery over inpatient surgery include greater convenience and reduced costs.
Caritas Medical Centre is a district general hospital in So Uk,Cheung Sha Wan,New Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is the major hospital in Sham Shui Po District and co-managed by the Hospital Authority and Caritas Hong Kong.
Castle Peak Hospital is the oldest and largest psychiatric hospital in Hong Kong. Located east of Castle Peak in Tuen Mun,the hospital was established in 1961. It has 1,156 beds,providing a wide variety of psychiatric services such as adult psychiatry,forensic psychiatry,psychogeriatric services,child and adolescent psychiatry,consultation-liaison psychiatry and substance abuse treatments. All wards in the hospital are equipped to accommodate both voluntary and involuntary admitted patients.
Tsan Yuk Hospital is maternity hospital is located on 30 Hospital Road,Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island,is a public hospital in Hong Kong,It was specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. It also operates as a teaching and training hospital for the medical and nursing students of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong.
Conde S. Januário Hospital is an acute care district general hospital run by the public sector in Sé,Macau.
Due to the near-universal desire for safe and good quality healthcare,there is a growing interest in international healthcare accreditation. Providing healthcare,especially of an adequate standard,is a complex and challenging process. Healthcare is a vital and emotive issue—its importance pervades all aspects of societies,and it has medical,social,political,ethical,business,and financial ramifications. In any part of the world healthcare services can be provided either by the public sector or by the private sector,or by a combination of both,and the site of delivery of healthcare can be located in hospitals or be accessed through practitioners working in the community,such as general medical practitioners and dental surgeons.
The Trent Accreditation Scheme (TAS),now replaced de facto by a number of independent accreditation schemes,such as the QHA Trent Accreditation,was a British accreditation scheme formed with a mission to maintain and continually evaluate standards of quality,especially in health care delivery,through the surveying and accreditation of health care organisations,especially hospitals and clinics,both in the UK and elsewhere in the world.
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (HKBH) is a Nonprofit Christian hospital in Kowloon,Hong Kong.
The Duke University Health System combines the Duke University School of Medicine,the Duke University School of Nursing,the Duke Clinic,and the member hospitals into a system of research,clinical care,and education.
Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas) (Chinese:寶血醫院（明愛）) is a Roman Catholic Community Hospital in Hong Kong,located at No. 113 Castle Peak Road in the Sham Shui Po area of West Kowloon. It is a Roman Catholic Christian hospital,run by the Caritas group,as is Canossa Hospital.
Canossa Hospital (Caritas) (Chinese:嘉諾撒醫院) is a private Catholic community hospital in Hong Kong.
A medical tourism agent is an organisation or a company which seeks to bring together a prospective patient with a service provider,usually a hospital or a clinic. These organisations are generally facilitators and developers of medical tourism,which brings into play a number of issues that do not apply when a patient stays within their own country of origin.
Hong Kong's Peak District was original named the "Hill District". It included Mount Austin,Mount Gough,Mount Kellett and the area around Magazine Gap. Many homes were for summer use only,to escape the heat of Central,and were referred to as "bungalows". Over time,they were given names,especially when the bungalows were rebuilt in brick or stone as substantial mansions,allowing them to better withstand the damage from typhoons.
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt,government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines,and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4,1969,Republic Act 6111 or the Philippine Medical Care Act of 1969 was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos which was eventually implemented in August 1971.
The Kowloon Central Cluster is one of the seven hospital clusters managed by Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. It consists of nine public hospitals,one institutions and thirteen general outpatient clinics to provide public healthcare services for the population of Yau Ma Tei,Mong Kok,Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City and Wong Tai Sin.
Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) is an acute-care medical facility in Auburn,New York. The hospital hosts a VA community-based outpatient clinic. ACH is the largest employer in Cayuga County.
