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A Survey of the Management of Patient Dose at Medical Center (의료기관의 환자 피폭선량 관리 실태조사)

  • Jeon, Go-Eun;Jin, Gye-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2009
  • Medical radiation therapy using radioactive isotope I-131 is an extremely critical part of nuclear medicine. It is important to evaluate patients' radiation exposure dose for the safe handling of radiation in the medical area. Cautions related to patients' exposure to radiation are as follows. First, the dose should not exceed the level required for medical purpose. Second, unnecessary exposure should be avoided. Third, it should be considered carefully first whether the same medical purpose is attainable without the use of radiation. For these purposes, we need to evaluate patients' radiation exposure dose. Thus, in order to promote the safety of patients in medical wards, this study sampled air using an air sampler and measured the radioactivity of the sample using a gamma counter. According to the results of measuring I-131 in medical wards, the highest level, the average and the lowest level were $404.11Bq/m^3$, $228.27Bq/m^3$ and $126.17Bq/m^3$, respectively.

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A Study on the Function of Oral Medicine as the Secondary Clinic Based on Analysis on Admissive Channel and Case Features (내원경위 분석과 환자 특성 평가에 따른 2차 진료기관으로서 구강내과 역할에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, You-Mee;Lee, Jung-Hyun;Lim, Hyun-Dae
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.199-210
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    • 2006
  • The epidemiological researches on the inpatients hospitalized at the oral medicine ward have been continuously carried out since 1970, and most researches have been performed by centering around the oral medicine wards of college hospitals. Numerous specialists have been produced after the establishment of oral medicine, and they have been active in various fields. As dental clinics have gotten bigger, the function of oral medicine in the secondary clinics is being brought out. As admissive channel, case features, case composition and otherwise have not been researched for a long time, the related researches should be carried out from now on. Hereupon, this study was carried out by targeting the 100 inpatients hospitalized at the oral medicine ward of Sun Hospital located in Daejeon Korea, through questionnaire. As the result, the following results were derived. 1. The ages of the inpatients in Sun Hospital were $29.21{\pm}11.31$ on the average; 71 females' mean average was $29.63{\pm}11.29$ and 29 males' mean average was $28.17{\pm}11.48$. In regard of school career, the patients who finished high-school course or higher accounted for 78%; the patients' school career seemed to be relatively high. The patients who complained of temporomandibular pain accounted for the highest proportion with 65%. In motivation to visit this hospital, internet surfing was 11%, mass media was 10%, acquaintance's introduction was 38%. The patients, who were hospitalized at another hospital due to the same symptom, accounted for 56%. The dental clinics, which made the patients visit this hospital, accounted for 20%. The patients, who were previously aware that the present symptom should be treated by oral medicine, accounted for 38%. The patients, who were not aware of the fact in advance, were 62%. The respondents of 51% answered that they were aware of the fact one month or below before hospitalization. 2. The patients, who complained of craniocervical ache, accounted for 58%; the patients, whose ache aches affect dailylife, were 22%. Continuous ache was 14% and intermittent ache was 68%, and dull pain was 23%. 3. Life variations were compared with each other by using SRRS (Social Readjustment Rating Scale). In consequence, the variation within 3 years indicated a significant difference in the both groups but the variation within 6 months did not indicate any differences. 4. In regard of the questionnaire on the incidents happened for a week, the ache-group was compared with the group free from the ache. As the result, the number of strain arisen for a week, the decrease of favorite works and sudden fear indicated a significant difference. Pleasant feeling and the decrease of interests in looks did not indicate a significant difference, but came close to the significance. 5. In the questionnaire on impatience, the ache-group indicated higher value but there was not a significant difference. 6. In the questionnaire on the symptoms caused by stress, the two groups indicated significant differences in the item of 'the teethridge itches and feels a tooth rising' and 'the occiput or the nape is stiff.' In the item 'the inside of the cheek or the teethridge are widely peeled off, accompanied with ache and hemorrhage', 'the face has acne or pimple' and 'headache frequently attacks', a significant difference was not observed but the two groups came close to the significance.

A Study on the State of Convenience Facilities for the Accessibility of a Disabled Person in Dental Institutions in the City of Cheongju (청주시 소재 치과의료기관의 장애인 접근성 확보를 위한 편의시설 실태조사)

  • Lim, Soon-Ryun;Kim, Sun-Ju
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.235-241
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the state of convenience facilities for the disabled in dental institutions in an effort to provide some information on the improvement of the accessibility of disabled people to dental institutions. A survey was conducted on the licensed dental institutions in the city of Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, from March to April, 2011. The findings of the study were as follows. The dental offices were the majority of the dental institutions investigated, and for the establishment of the dental institutions. Some of the offices were established before 1990, and some were established in 2011. The time period of establishment varied within the offices. As for the location of the dental institutions within the buildings, they were mostly on the second or third floor. Regarding the convenience facilities for the disabled, the most installed convenience facilities were boardwalks and elevators, and the least installed ones were parking lots and restrooms for the disabled. The hospitals and public dental centers were equipped with all the convenience facilities investigated in this study. Overall, the dental institutions that were established in and after 2006 were equipped with more convenience facilities than the dental institutions that were established before 1990. And the dental clinics that were on the third or higher floor were more equipped with elevators and outdoor slope ways than those that were on the first or second floor. Therefore the revision of the law is required to urge even the primary dental institutions to compulsorily install the convenience facilities. The findings of the study are expected to make a contribution to the improvement of the accessibility of disabled people to dental institutions.

The Segmentation of Teeth in CT Images by Adaptive Optimal Threshold (적응 최적 임계화 방법의 CT영상에서의 치아 분리)

  • 허훈;채옥삼
    • Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.89-92
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    • 2002
  • CT영상으로 골조직이나 특정 기관의 3차원 모델을 재구성하는 연구는 큰 진전을 이루어 현재는 진료나 치료계획 수립에 없어서는 안될 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 그러나 기존의 방법으로는 교정이나 시술 시뮬레이션을 위해서는 치조골과 치아를 개별적으로 분리해서 모델링해야하는 치과분야의 요구를 만족시키는 데는 어려움이 있다. 치아와 치조골의 경계를 정확하게 분리하여 개별적으로 조작이 가능한 치아모델을 생성하기 위해서는 슬라스별로 두 영역을 분리할 수 있는 최적의 임계치가 결정되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 좁은 간격으로 촬영한 연속적인 CT영상 슬라이스들 사이에서 치아들의 형태와 임계값이 점진적으로 변하는 성질을 이용하여 각 슬라스별로 최적의 임계치를 결정하여 치아영역을 분리하는 적응적인 최적 임계화 방안을 제안한다.

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Improving Hospital Referral System based on Perception of Delivery of Healthcare by Enrollees (국민건강보험 이용자의 의료전달체계 인식에 따른 진료의뢰 개선 방안)

  • Jeong, Young Kwon;Suh, Won Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.594-602
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    • 2016
  • This study was carried out to suggest hospital referral system improvements based on health insurance subscriber perceptions of the delivery of healthcare. Health insurance subscriber outpatients (n = 207) referred from a stage 1 medical institution to the S university hospital located in Seoul responded to the study survey. The study's item reliability is reliable as the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was greater than 0.7. This study results showed that 5.9% of patients were referred from a higher stage hospital to a same stage hospital. The main factor attracting patients to S university hospital were physician reputation and confidence. The highest factor ($4.40{\pm}.92$) was xxxx. In addition, survey respondents reported that the concentration of patients in extra-large hospitals in Seoul ($4.24{\pm}.97$) was an important issue, and the issue with the highest priority for improvement ($4.05{\pm}1.02$). A positive correlation was detected between the recognition and improvement of delivery of healthcare (p < 0.01). Based on the results, we suggest that improvements in the delivery of healthcare should focus on patients rather than suppliers of national health insurance or other insurers. Keywords: delivery of healthcare, health services accessibility, national health insurance, tertiary care centers, hospital referral.

Geographical Characteristics and Patients' Determinants of Online Referrals : A Case Study of Choongbook, Korea (온라인 협진에 대한 지리적 특성과 환자의 결정에 관한 연구 : 충청북도 사례를 중심으로)

  • Park, Soo-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.617-637
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    • 2011
  • This study employs qualitative approaches to examining geographical characteristics and patients' determinants of online referrals in terms of regionalization. In this light, I conducted interviews with 20 patients receiving online referrals in Choongbook, Korea, and investigated their behaviors regarding these referrals between July and August 2009. I found that many patients who suffered from various levels of illness preferred tertiary care centers outside of Choongbook and did not enjoy their experience with the local medical institutions as the online referral service sites. This result might be because patients choose online referrals for psychological considerations such as quality and level of health care services, personal stakes in online referral service sites, acceptability and credibility of good tertiary care centers, and easy access to and use of medical institutions. Meanwhile, immediate benefits with regard to the technological value of online referrals, such as convenience, utility, and original purpose associated with regionalization, did not influence patients' decision-making. Therefore, the social and public networks affiliated with online referrals plus the effect of Korean medical laws play hostage to private decisions made by citizens, who prefer high-level medical institutions. Accordingly, the technological contribution of online referrals does not halt the outflow of patients from local, tertiary care centers. Especially, the existing health care system and patients' behaviors are deeply related to referrals in the online system. To protect regionalization, the improvement of health care services from the present state of affairs is required.

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Factors Associated with the Prehospital Delay in Acute Myocardial Infarction (급성 심근경색증 환자의 병원내원시간 지연에 관련된 요인)

  • Choi, Kyu-Chul;Choi, Sung-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.707-712
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    • 2013
  • In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the delay from symptom onset to hospital arrival has a critical effect on morbidity and mortality. This study examined to find out the determinants of the prehospital delay in patients with AMI. The study sample consisted of 597 patients hospitalized with AMI between Jan and Dec 2009. Demographic, medical history, and clinical data were abstracted from the hospital medical records of patients with confirmed AMI, the prehospital delay was categorized as less than or greater than 6 hours. Older age, low socioeconomic status(medical aid), and low use of Emergency medical system were associated with delays in seeking emergency care for Acute myocardial infarction. Education programs to improve patient knowledge of acute coronary syndrome symptoms and promote patient responsiveness with regard to seeking medical care should be used to reduce the prehospital delay time, especially in the low socioeconomic group.

Comparative Analysis of Medical Center Choice Factors : Outpatient Center (의료기관 선택에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석 : 외래환자 중심으로)

  • Park, Hyun-Sang;Lee, Hye-Seung
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.319-328
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    • 2019
  • One of the most important things for hospital managements is understanding the patients' needs. The aim of this study is to analyse the priorities of the factors influencing patients' choice for hospital with analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which can derive the relative importances of factors. With understanding the factors that influencing patients' choice for hospital, the proper methods to improve hospital reputation and health care quality could be determined. Among 12 factors, speciality of hospital, number of departments, staff kindness, doctor-patient communication, and patients' visit time were relatively more important and higher priority. Whereas, public transport accessibilities, hospital equipments, and parking lots were relatively less important and lower priority. These results could be used to improve hospital reputation and health care quality effectively. Therefore, the hospitals in Gwangju should consider the factors that influencing patients' choice and improve policies for hospital marketing strategies for better hospital reputations and health care quality.

The Analysis of radioactivity Concentration in drainage when using a radioactive Iodine (방사성옥소 사용 시 배수 중 방사능농도 분석)

  • Lee, Kyung-Jae;Sul, Jin-Hyung;Park, Young-Jae;Lee, In-Won
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2018
  • Purpose With regard to the use of radioiodine in domestic medical institution, the case of exceeding the allowance of nuclear safety Act about radioactive concentration in drainage was found. Through understanding the cause of exceeding case and analyzing radioactive concentration in drainage, evaluating the relationship of the public waters in surroundings and usefulness. Materials and Methods From November 1, 2014 to April 30th, 2015, the research is aiming at domestic twenty hospitals for six months. By using a HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer(Canberra DSA-1000) and GENIE-2000 Analysis software for comparative analysis, measuring a radioactive concentration of radioiodine in drainage. Consequently, we confirm the excess of radioactive concentration of radioiodine in seven medical institutions. Results Conducting a survey of twenty hospitals and average radioactive concentration of radioiodine in drainage appears $42,100Bq/m^3$. The features of domestic hospitals where show a high radioactive concentration are a number of medical treatment patient when using radioactive iodine and the absence of private rest room. During I-131 whole body scan, the pretreatment procedure of urinating is considered emission of residual Iodine. In public waters, the cause of exceeding detect on radioactive concentration in drainage suppose a diagnostic radioactive iodine. Conclusion We confirm the importance of enhanced education, providing a safety control instructions and installing a private rest rooms for patients who injected a low capacity radioiodine. Also, constructing institutional and legal management system is considered about the Emission management standard in drainage.

Analysis of the Characteristics of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Patients Visiting the Emergency Departments: Focused on Health-care Delivery System (외래의료 민감 질환으로 응급실을 내원한 환자의 특성 분석: 의료전달체계 중심으로)

  • Huh, Young-Jin;Kim, Ji-Yeon;Lee, Myoung-Hwa;Lee, Sung-Min;Oh, Mi-Ra
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.10 no.10
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    • pp.253-258
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    • 2020
  • This study analyzed, the characteristics of ambulatory care sensitive conditions(ACSCs) in patients visiting emergency departments(EDs) and compared characteristics according to two age groups (adults aged 19-64 years and, elderly people aged ≥65 years). By accessing data from the National Emergency Department Information System(NEDIS) from January 1 to December 31, 2018, we examined the proportions of different ED types and ACSCs, length of stay(LOS) in the ED, LOS hospital, and hospital admission rates. Regarding the types of EDs, we found that the proportion of local emergency medical centers was high(P<0.001). Regarding the rates of different ACSCs, 31.7% of adults were treated for gastroenteritis, a high proportion of the elderly people(48.2%) were diagnosed with and treated for pneumonia(P<0.001). The LOS in the ED was longer in elderly people for all diseases categories, except for congestive heart failure and diabetes(P<0.001). The LOS in the hospital was also significantly longer in elderly people for all ACSCs(P<0.05), and the admission rate was significantly higher in elderly people for all diseases, except for diabetes(P<0.01). Thus, analyzing the ED visits made by patients with ACSCs will need to strengthen the health-care policy to induce treatment centered on outpatient.