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dc.contributor.authorZajac, Jeffrey Den
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-15T22:39:40Z
dc.date.available2015-05-15T22:39:40Z
dc.date.issued2003-09-01en
dc.identifier.citationMedical Journal of Australia; 179(5): 250-2en
dc.identifier.govdoc12924972en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/9533en
dc.description.abstractPublic hospitals designed for the past are not changing rapidly enough to meet the needs of the future. Changing work practices, increased pressure on bed occupancy, and greater numbers of patients with complex diseases and comorbidities will determine the functions of future hospitals. To maximise the use of resources, hospital "down times" on weekends and public holidays will be a distant memory. Elective surgery will increase in the traditionally "quiet times", such as summer, and decrease in the busy winter period. The patient will be the focus of an efficient information flow, streamlining patient care in hospital and enhancing communication between hospitals and community-based health providers. General and specialty units will need to work more efficiently together, as general physicians take on the role of patient case managers for an increasing proportion of patients. Funding needs to be adequate, and system management should involve clinicians. Safety will be enshrined in hospital systems and procedures, as well as in the minds of hospital staff. If these changes are not implemented successfully, public hospitals will not survive in the future.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAustraliaen
dc.subject.otherElective Surgical Proceduresen
dc.subject.otherForecastingen
dc.subject.otherHospital Restructuringen
dc.subject.otherHospitals, Public.organization & administration.trends.utilizationen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherPersonnel, Hospitalen
dc.subject.otherPhysician-Patient Relationsen
dc.titleThe public hospital of the future.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleMedical Journal of Australiaen
dc.identifier.affiliationDepartment of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC.en
dc.description.pages250-2en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12924972en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
local.name.researcherZajac, Jeffrey D
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crisitem.author.deptEndocrinology-
crisitem.author.deptMedicine (University of Melbourne)-
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