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Organizational Culture Change In A Texas Hospital, Alberto Coustasse-Hencke M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Organizational Culture Change In A Texas Hospital, Alberto Coustasse-Hencke M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Alberto Coustasse, DrPH, MD, MBA, MPH
Coustasse-Hencke, Alberto, MD, MBA, MPH, Organizational Culture Change in a Texas Hospital. Doctor of Public Health (Health Behavior), June 2004, 329 pp., 11 tables, 8 illustrations, bibliography, 198 titles. The purpose of this research was to analyze a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach in a Texas hospital with a main focus in Patient Satisfaction (PS), and to measure organizational change and its impact on PS. This dissertation also applied a "Shared Vision" of the organization as the central process in bringing forth the knowledge shared by members of the community hospital who were both subjects and research participants. The development of …
Retrospective Cohort Study Of The Efficacy Of Azithromycin Vs. Doxycycline As Part Of Combination Therapy In Non-Intensive Care Unit Veterans Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Justin Spivey, Heather Sirek, Robert Wood, Kalpit Devani, Billy Brooks, Jonathan Moorman
Retrospective Cohort Study Of The Efficacy Of Azithromycin Vs. Doxycycline As Part Of Combination Therapy In Non-Intensive Care Unit Veterans Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Justin Spivey, Heather Sirek, Robert Wood, Kalpit Devani, Billy Brooks, Jonathan Moorman
Billy Brooks
The IDSA Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Guideline recommends ceftriaxone in combination with doxycycline as an alternative to combination therapy with ceftriaxone and azithromycin for non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients hospitalized with CAP. This is an attractive alternative regimen due to recent concerns of increased cardiovascular risk associated with azithromycin. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of azithromycin and doxycycline each in combination with ceftriaxone for non-ICU Veterans hospitalized with CAP.