khi journal club

March-April 2010 | System changes for patient safety

nadeem alduaij — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:17:58 +0000

After a brief hiatus, the KHI Journal Club resumes with a piece on patient safety by emergency physician and MPH candidate Anwar Al-Awadhi. As health systems in MENA strive to improve quality of care in their facilities, greater emphasis is being placed on overcoming challenges in patient safety. Interventions that place safeguards throughout the patient's flow within the health care system and means to measure their effects are being implemented as part of broader health reform plans.

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December 2009 | Should radiology IT be owned by the Chief Information Officer?

nadeem alduaij — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Biomedical engineer Hussein Al-Sayiegh reviews a debate on the rapidly evolving field of health informatics, much of which has stemmed from the efforts radiologists have undertaken to facilitate transfer of images to practitioners. With the advent of electronic medical records, who should now be controlling the growing pool of health records?

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October 2009 | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons impact on the ecosystem and human health

nadeem alduaij — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:29:00 +0000

KHI member Enas Al-Farra reviews her own research and other relevant literature related to air pollution in Kuwait. More specifically, she addresses the topic of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are a predominant cause of morbidity and mortality from pollution.

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September 2009 | Public health challenges in the Middle East & North Africa

nadeem alduaij — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:26:00 +0000

This month, Mohammad Al-Seaidan reviews a landmark article published in The Lancet by World Bank experts on the challenges our region faces in the area of public health. It provides a phenomenal overview of the burden of disease and political obstacles the MENA region is and will be encountering in the near-future.

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August 2009 | The passive-aggressive organization

nadeem alduaij — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:19:00 +0000

In this stellar review, Faisal Al-Terkait unveils the concept of the passive-aggressive organization, which, in many instances, is the reason for much delay in change and nurtures such practices as corruption and nepotism.

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July 2009 | Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy. Citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait.

nadeem alduaij — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:13:00 +0000

This month, KHI co-founder and vice-chair Bibi Alamiri reviews a piece on the socio-cultural traits of Kuwait by a social anthropologist who has extensively written on the country and the region. Understanding these dynamics and their history is fundamental to identifying viable solutions and means of implementing sustainable policy recommendations in a region with deep-seated traditions.

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June 2009 | Ethical analysis in public health

nadeem alduaij — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0000

This month, Amani Al-Bedah, Professor of Philosophy at Kuwait University, reviews the topic of public health ethics. Various ethical perspectives are highlighted and explained in the context of a growing need to understand the importance this field in defining the strategies governments adopt to reform their health systems.

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April 2009 | The politics of reforming health policies

nadeem alduaij — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:58:00 +0000

This month's journal club addresses the topic of political analysis in public health. The article emphasizes the importance for public health experts to engage in the analysis of key stakeholders involved when seeking the adoption or implementation of health reform strategies.

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