There is vast amount of literature that highlights and studies the presence and increase in violence and aggression in A&E departments (or ED), all across the world (e.g. UK, USA, Israel, Iran, Turkey & Australia). The impact of violence and aggression on A&E staff has been recorded very widely too. There is limited amount of reference/studies of the impact this violence and aggression has on the patient being violent and other patients using the A&E department at the same time. Interventions to reduce violence and aggression have also been documented in literature. However, references to environmental interventions such as design were found in only a handful of documents, and none of them established through research the impact of environmental interventions on violence and aggression in A&E.
Category: Research Methods
Yesterday I presented a talk ‘An overview of Healthcare apps in the UK’ at the Medical Apps Seminar organised by the British Computer Society (BCS).
18 CommentsI attended Healthcare Efficiency through Technology Expo 2011 yesterday and thought it would be useful to those who couldn’t attend to have a summary.
Leave a CommentWay-finding problems are common in hospitals, especially when the setting is poorly designed and badly sign posted.
One CommentSometimes it is difficult to find conferences where you can present your work, especially if you are doing interdisciplinary research like I am. Here are a list of websites that you can use to find conferences. Please contribute to this list by tweeting the website URL to @salma_patel or leave it in a comment below.
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