Clinical Governance: An International Journal: Volume 17 Issue 2
Table of contents - Special Issue: Mandatory reporting of healthcare associated infections: can US experience inform Canadian policy?
Guest Editors: Sam Sheps, David Birnbaum
Mandatory reporting of healthcare associated infections: Can US experience inform Canadian policy?
Sam Sheps, David BirnbaumThis editorial aims to summarize major points from and explains the rationale of a symposium convened in Canada to explore whether American experience with mandatory public…
Public health implications of healthcare‐associated infections: Problems and prospects
Anthony Tellez‐MarfinFrom the symposium keynote address, this paper aims to explore how healthcare‐associated infections (HAIs) have been transformed from being only a hospital concern to a much…
Mandatory public reporting: The New York State experience
Rachel StricofThis paper aims to describe experience to date with mandatory public reporting of healthcare‐associated infection rates from a perspective inside one of the first and most…
The US experience with mandatory public reporting
David BirnbaumFrom a perspective inside one of the most advanced of the state programs, this presentation aims to explore issues of whom are we trying to reach; what information are we trying…
Public reporting of HAI rates: What we (mostly don't) know
Bernard BlackHealth‐care associated infections (HAIs) kill about 100,000 people annually; many are preventable. In response, 18 states currently require hospitals to publicly report their…
Factors influencing healthcare consumers' search for healthcare associated infection information on the World Wide Web
Paulette S. Reid, Elizabeth M. BoryckiThis paper seeks to provide a narrative review of some of the factors that influence healthcare consumers' information seeking involving healthcare associated infections (HAI) on…
State and federal legislative interests
David Birnbaum, Rachel StricofThis paper aims to briefly describe the increasingly complex array of organizations influencing American healthcare‐associated infection (HAI) prevention efforts during the modern…
What can Canada learn from the USA's experience in reducing healthcare‐associated infections?
William R. JarvisThe purpose of this paper is to briefly review the history of healthcare‐associated infection (HAI) prevention programs in the USA since the early 1970s until today, and provide…