Pain has recently become the focus of attention as a major health problem in the US. The implementation of a pain management strategy in a rural not-for-profit federal hospital is described in this article. The strategy heightened awareness and changed the practice behaviors of clinicians in...

The development of renewable technologies in the last decade has been exceptional. In photovoltaic (PV) for example, efforts were not only limited to merely improving their efficiency but also to the reduction of the cost of cells and modules via volume production for commercial markets. There...

Around 50 people a year commit suicide on London Underground by jumping in front of a train as it comes into a station. For the drivers involved, it is a shocking, and sometimes traumatic, event. Their employer has procedures in place to deal with the immediate aftermath of the event, but it...

Ten million pounds for an excellence programme sounds considerable. But a complete ‘makeover’ of a corporate culture was never going to be cheap. Launched by the then new chief executive Antoine Cau in 1998, three years and one million training hours later, the Forte Hotel Group’s...

The planning stage in start‐ups still typically overlooks the importance of organizational capability. Yet experience shows that this frequently leads to operations and maintenance problems that can threaten the viability of new capital projects. So what are the priorities? And how can...

Restrictions on the use of pharmaceuticals (such as those for low molecular weight heparins) are commonly imposed by healthcare organizations to combat rising health care costs. These restrictions can be system-based which are established by imposing specific coverage policies by insurance...