• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.126-138
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• 2020

Purpose: In Korea, since the Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life was implemented in February 2018, advance directives (ADs) have become legally effective and should be documented after sufficient explanation by a registered counselor. However, little is known regarding the adequacy of current AD counseling. This qualitative study aimed to explore the barriers to AD counseling based on counselors' experiences. Methods: We conducted focus group interviews using purposive sampling. Seven counselors working at hospitals, community health institutions, and non-profit organizations participated in this study. They were asked about the challenges and problems they encountered during AD counseling. Results: Three themes emerged from this study; 1) issues regarding consistency in AD counseling, 2) issues regarding AD counselors' competency and work environment, and 3) issues regarding the adequacy of the service system. The interviewees stated that the lack of a manual for standardized service made AD counseling inconsistent. The limited competency and poor work environment of counselors were pointed out as major barriers. The interviewees also stated that a proper service system considering individual circumstances is absent. Conclusion: The goals of AD counseling should be clarified and guidance should be implemented for providing standardized services. Further efforts to enhance the competency of AD counselors and to improve their working conditions are needed. Establishing an integrated framework for an adequate service system is also essential to overcome systematic barriers to AD counseling.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.177-185
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• 1998

영국의 산업혁명에서 태동되어 유럽 각국으로 급속히 보급, 발전된 새로운 조형예술의 개념 즉, 디자인 운동은, 제2차 세계대전 이후 더욱 발달된 산업기술과 국제화시대로 인하여 보다 새로운 국면을 맞이하게 되었다. 기업의 다양화, 전문화 그리고 국제화 등과 함께 등장한 디자인에 있어서의 아이덴티티의 개념은 모든 시각표시물의 표준화라는 작업을 통하여 그 결과의 나타나게 되었고, 또한 이러한 개념은 상품판매에 의한 이윤의 극대화를 목표로 하고 있는 기업에서뿐만 아니라 국가기관이나 학교, 병원 또는 각종 종교단체 등과 같은 공공기관 및 단체에서도 도입하여 적극 활용하고 있는 실정이다. 1910년 개교한 이래 90여 년이라는 역사와 전통을 갖고 있는 서울산업대학교는 그 동안 여러 가지 교 명의 변경과 함께 주변환경과 시대적 특성에 맞는 나름대로의 시각 표시 물을 사용해 왔으나, 1998년 학교 영문명칭의 변경으로 인하여 새로운 도약의 계기를 맞게 되었다. 그러므로 이에 따른 새로운 이미지의 표방과 함께 U.I.)University Identification)라는 개념을 정식으로 도입하여 최초로 매뉴얼을 제작하게 되었으며 이는 시대적 추세에 의한 필연적 결과라 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.394-405
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• 2004

The objective of this study is to develop a nutrition policy on food and nutrition labeling and education systems for fast food and carbonated soft drinks in Korea by identifying the fast food and soft drink use and by examining nutrition policies and labeling in Korea and other countries. Fast food is defined as food dispensed quickly at a restaurant generally offering a limited menu of inexpensive items, which may be mostly not nutritious. It is a growing component of the Korean diet, especially on children and adolescent population. Low nutrient dense beverages such as carbonated drinks are also increasing in the children and adolescent's diet in Korea and concern has been raised that these beverages may replace more nutritious beverage and provide empty calories. According to 2001 Korean national health and nutrition survey, fast food and carbonated soft drinks were most popular among 13 - 19 years old adolescents. Thirty six and 72 percent of adolescents consumed hamburger and carbonated beverage equal to or more than once a week, respectively. In United States, all processed food including soft drinks should disclose full nutrition information by nutrition labeling requirement.. Restaurant foods are not required to provide nutrition information currently, but legislation on mandatory nutrition labeling of fast foods with other restaurant foods has been proposed currently in US. The sales of foods of minimal nutritional value, such as soft drinks, in the nation's schools is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture. Nutrition information about fast food in US has been provided by fast food companies, non-profit organizations, hospitals and government through internet, booklet and brochure, etc, but the information is available from only a few resources in Korea. This study suggests a nutrition policy on fast food and soft drink use which includes establishing mandatory nutrition labeling and developing nutrition education materials and programs by web-site, booklet and government and school programs in Korea.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.823-835
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• 2010

The research aimed to measure the efficiency of using multi stores in a foodservice company using by DEA (data envelopment analysis) which is a new management science technique. The study also attempted to identify relevant variables affecting DEA efficiency in order to suggest methods for improving efficiency. The data were collected from 148 contract foodservice operations, which were operated in similar fashion in October 2009. The DEA efficiency was calculated as an output-oriented BCC Model. Sales, and CSI (customer satisfaction index) were used as output variables whereas food cost, labor cost, and management expense were used as input variables to calculate the DEA efficiency. Operation process variables of the unit consisted of the were consist of ratio of regular employee, ratio of housekeeper, meal counts, meal price, food cost per meal, contract period, number of menu items, forecasting accuracy, order accuracy, inventory turnover, use of processed food, deviation of food cost, number of new menus, and number of events. According to the BCC score and profitability, units were classified into four groups: High efficiency-high profitability (HEHP), High efficiency-low profitability (HELP), Low efficiency-high profitability (LEHP), and Low efficiency-low profitability (LELP). The HEHP group contained 54 units, which mostly contracted management fee type and had a high meal price. The units were also very large and, served three meals. Twenty of the units were operated with high labor cost: most of these were factories and hospitals. The LEHP group contained 20 units, that were mainly office stores of large scale and medium price. Fifty-four LELP group had a low meal price. A high performance group must have high efficiency, profitability, and satisfaction. The BCC score was over 0.969, the meal price was over 4,116 won, the food cost was over 2,077 won, and meal counts per month were over 10,212 meals.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2016

The objective of this study was to estimate the proper amount of subsidy required to operating dental hospital or clinic for the disabled. Models for estimating operating profit of general dental hospital/clinic and opportunity cost of operating dental hospital/clinic for the disabled was formulated. Data were collected from various sources such as the annual reports of Purme Hospital, one of the running dental hospitals for the disabled, statistics from Healthcare Bigdata Hub, operated by Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service of Korean Government, and the deliberation data of non-reimbursable treatments in Seoul Dental Hospital for the Disabled. A dental hospital/clinic for the disabled was less profitable than a general dental hospital/clinic, of which the reason is that the chair time for the average patient is longer. However, It was false that a dental hospital/clinic for the disabled scored less average insurance fee for a treatment. Disabled patients had more frequent prosthodontic treatments, which had a high average insurance fee. There were some groups of treatments that could yield higher profitability in a dental hospital/clinic for the disabled; recall checks, and periodontal treatments.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2022

South Korea is not a wasteland of publicly funded health care-instead, it has a good medical social security system known as the national health insurance (NHI). The NHI of Korea has three unique features; (1) low premiums, low insurance fees, and low coverage; (2) obligatory designation of medical institutions; (3) and allowance of non-benefit services. These features have made hospitals and doctors interested in profit-seeking. However, the commercialization of medical institutions has taken place in both private- and public-established sectors. A basic problem of commercialization is the co-existence of the obligatory designation of medical institutions and non-benefit services. The problem became worse in the Kim Dae-Jung government because it officially permitted non-benefit services. Since 2000, the Korean government has consistently pursued benefit extension policies, but the coverage rates of the NHI have stagnated. In addition, premiums and current medical expenses have markedly increased because policy-makers have emphasized accessibility to the NHI, while ignoring important principles of medical social security such as a needs-based approach and patient-referral system. In order to resolve the commercialization problem, the obligatory designation of medical institutions to the NHI should be changed to a contract system, and non-benefit services should be prohibited at NHI institutions. We must re-establish the patient-referral system via a needs-based approach. We also need to build a primary healthcare system and public health policies. We should make a long-term plan for healthcare reform.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2011

체외 검사는 각 검사 마다 6-7개의 standard 농도를 이용한 표준곡선(Dose response curve)을 사용하여 검사 결과를 분석하며, 표준곡선 사용은 진료재료 소모에 많은 부분을 차지하고 있다. 현재 원내에서 검사하는 검사항목 가운데 일부 검사 항목은, standard 농도를 이용한 환자의 검사 결과 분석수치가 대부분 낮은 결과의 분포를 보이고 있었으며, 이러한 검사 들은 마지막 standard 농도의 사용이 불필요하다고 판단하였다. 이에 낮은 검사 결과의 분포를 보이는 검사항목들을 선정하고, 마지막 standard 농도의 자리에 사용했던 진료 재료를 절감하여 진료재료의 소모비용을 줄였다. 원내 검사 항목 중 11개의 검사 항목을 진료재료 절감 대상항목으로 하였고, 검사가 진행한 횟수 만큼 마지막 standard농도에 사용되었던 진료재료(검사 Tube)를 절감할 수 있었다. 2009년 7월부터 2011년 2월까지 월별 진료재료 절감 개수, 절감 개수를 진료재료 단가로 계산하여 진료재료 절감액과, 절감된 진료재료를 환자 검사용 진료재료로 사용하여 발생한 수익을 ABC 원가계산을 근거로 산정하였다. 2009년 7월부터 2011년 2월까지 절감된 진료 재료는 3,131개였다. 이는 약 31kit의 검사 시약에 해당되는 진료재료를 절감하였다. 이것을 진료재료 단가로 계산하면 약 640만원의 진료재료비가 절감되었고, 이러한 진료 재료는 환자 검사 진료재료로 사용되어 약 1,370만원의 수익이 발생하였다. 환자의 검사 결과가 정상이거나, 낮게 분포하는 검사항목들은 마지막 standard 농도를 사용하지 않고 범위를 줄여서 검사를 진행하여도 검사 결과를 분석하는데는 영향이 없었고, standard 농도 범위 조정이 검사 결과의 신뢰성에는 영향이 없는 것으로 분석 되었다. 따라서 이 활동은 핵의학 체외검사의 진료재료 사용에 효율성을 높이고 진료재료 절감 및 병원 수익에 많은 효과가 있을 것으로 생각한다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

현재 국내 의료계는 의료시장개방과 영리법인화, 민간의료보험 도입 등 급격한 의료 환경의 변화를 앞두고 있다. 이에 따라 주요 대학병원을 중심으로 중장기적 비전수립을 통해 변화를 꾀하려는 움직임이 곳곳에서 감지된다. 이러한 병원의 현실과 환자들의 다양한 요구에 발맞추어 RFID와 USN 기술을 이용한 첨단화된 시스템을 업무에 도입하여 개선함으로써 병원서비스를 차별화하고자 한다. 그러나, 아직 유비쿼터스 기술을 접목한 병원정보시스템의 도입은 표준화 및 여러 문제로 인해 부분적으로만 적용하고 있는 실정이다. 특히 RFID 기술 적용에 있어서 의료 환경에 적합한 태그 설계의 부재와 RFID 시스템의 호환성 및 확장성의 문제가 현실적으로 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 병원환경을 위한 RFID Tag 설계, RFID와 SIP의 연동을 위한 RFID-SIP UA(User Agent) 설계, 개체의 위치 추적을 위한 위치 추적 프로그램을 구현하였다. 실험 결과 제안한 시스템은 EPCglobal 사에서 제안한 대표적인 EPCglobal network와 비교했을 때, 현재의 네트워크를 수정없이 그대로 사용하며, 분산된 구조를 가지고 있기 때문에 호환성 및 확장성등의 장점을 가진다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 제안한 논문을 차세대 RFID 애플리케이션 서비스를 위한 모델을 제시한다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.364-376
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• 1997

This study was made to analyse the nursing professional attitudes and mental health of clinical nurses in order to promote good mental health and positive attitudes. The 150 subjects obtained from 3 hospitals in Seoul completed a self-report questionnaire. Demographic data was collected in addition to data about nursing professional attitudes and mental health. The data was analyzed by SAS, t-test, scheffe's test, pearson's correlation and the GLM procedures. The results of the data analysis as follows : 1) Nursing professional attitudes were positive (MS=3.76) 2) Mental health was shown to be satisfactory (MS=0.65) 3) The relationship between nursing professional attitudes and mental health of the subjects were shown to be significant according to the professional education level with depression(r=-0.19, p=0.03/sup */), anxiety(r=-0.23, p=0.01/sup **/), hostility(r= -0.19, p=0.03/sup */), phobicanxiety(r=-0.18, p=0.04/sup */), but there was a significant difference according to the pursit of social profit with anxiety(r=-0.17, p=0.03/sup */). There was a significant difference according to autonomy with somatization(r=-0.23, p=0.01/sup **/), obsessive-compulsive(r=-0.22, p=0.01/sup **/), depression(r=-0.20, p=0.02/sup */), anxiety(r=-0.17, p=0.05/sup */). Finally, There was a significant difference according to ethics with hostility(r=-0.17, p=0.05/sup */). 4) According to nursing professional attitudes and demographic fators there was a significant difference in the professional position(t=2.01, p=0.05/sup */), work location(f=4.99, p=0.01/sup **/), length of employment (f=3.66, p=0.03/sup **/). 5) The nursing professional attitudes and occupational factors showed a positive correlation with the anticipation of length of employment (t=2.00, p=0.05/sup */). 6) According to Mental health and dmographic factors there was a significant correlation with the professional position(t=-2.21, p=0.03/sup */). 7) According to mental health and occupational factors there was a significant difference correlation. Based on the study results, the following recommendation are made : 1) Nursing education curriculum should be developed for the continuous promotion of mental of professional nurses. 2) Follow up study of identification of the variables which positively influence professional nurses attitudes.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.58-76
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• 2003

Background : Aim of this study is focused on the analysis of the needed abilities of medical representatives resulting in building up the market and increasing sales. It is to propose methods to increase this ability ensuring continuous growth in market share and profit. Methods : A survey was conducted between January 6 and May 31, 2003. Using SPSS(Version 10.0), the collected data was analyzed by Hotelling T2, factor analysis. Some hypotheses were selected to include the conclusion. Some questionnaires for physicians working in hospitals or clinics and the medical representatives working in a pharmaceutical company were created and asked to them to either prove or reject those hypotheses. The results were analyzed to find the primary factors that effect the interactions between physician and the medical representatives. These factors were also studied along with the theoretical research based on published references. Results : The results were as follows. The main reasons for the physician to meet with a medical representatives were collection of product informations needed for patient treatment and collection of informations on current medical issue and as well as personal interests. The main parameters by which physicians evaluate the medical representatives are human relationship including sincerity and manners and supply of accurate and unbiased information on products. Overall, the medical representatives' perception on the importance of medical knowledge and ability to deliver it are lower than that expected by physicians. Conclusion : Medical and pharmaceutical companies' environment are changed rapidly. And those changes forced medical representatives to set new roles and competency. In order to drive away from the past 'rule of thumb' and 'adaptation to circumstance', optimal method and systemic development to train and support the medical representatives should be quipped. They will help medical representatives to be specialists in medical knowledge and to understand the exact need of health care professions. Product competitiveness will be increased and eventually successful business can be achieved through it.