Stephen Girard (1750–1831): a one-eyed American patriot

Stephen Girard trader, banker, millionaire, and patriot lived 81 full and exciting years. Apparently born with a blind or amblyopic right eye, he emigrated from Bordeaux. France, via Santa Domingo to the United States, and finally settled in Philadelphia, where he developed a successful maritime trade. Ultimately, Girard became the first multimillionaire in the United States. Extremely generous, he often walked from his home in the center of Philadelphia to his farm in what is now South Philadelphia distributing shoes to needy children. Probably Girard’s most heroic gestures were his gallant fight against the yellow fever epidemic in 1793 and his loan to the U.S. government during the War of 1812, which allowed the bankrupt country to continue the conflict and ultimately to win the war. Presented, in part, at the tenth annual meeting of the David G. Cogan Ophthalmic History Society, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, March 8 and 9, 1997.     

Do Eye Hospitals Have a Role in Our Future?

Eye hospitals, originally founded to care for the poor, have developed into academic centers and tertiary "hospitals of last resort." Inexorable economic pressures, especially price competition, are likely to close many of them, particularly those which are marginal in quality or management. Survival of the remainder may further depend on their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and to fulfill, better than anyone else, the special mission of basic and clinical research and training. Society must be convinced that some of these complex, highly differentiated, relatively expensive eye hospitals are significant national resources, serve the public welfare, and are worth preserving.     

Infection control as a quality control in an integrated hospital quality assurance program

I have discussed infection control in the context of a quality control system in a hospital. To date hospital "quality assurance" has been unfocused, retrospective, and CME related-an inappropriate response to such quality problems as inappropriate antibiotic usage, hospital related infection, and professional (malpractice) liability. I have suggested that the control paradigm (a concurrent signal leads to response system) may provide the approach needed to enhance the effectiveness of the whole hospital quality assurance effort.     

业务院长医疗查房的实践与体会

文章介绍了业务院长医疗查房的内容和查房的具体做法,并对业务院长医疗查房的心得作了讨论,指出业务院长医疗查房是医疗质量管理的一项基本内容,要作为一项制度常抓不懈,要与业务部门的考核紧密挂钩。通过业务院长查房,进一步带动医院医疗质量的持续改进和提高。     

谈高校校长办公室的协调力建设

校长办公室是高校的综合管理部门,是高校落实科学发展观的排头兵。协调力是办公室工作科学发展的持续动力。加强高校校长办公室协调力建设对于扎实推进学校工作健康发展有重要意义。本文从加强高校办公室协调力建设的基础、途径和目标三个方面论述如何加强校长办公室协调力建设。