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Sumner, Jennifer, and Hayley Lapalme. "The public plate in the transnational city: Tensions among food procurement, global trade and local legislation." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation 6, no. 1 (January 12, 2019): 22–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i1.268.
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Local food systems are crucial to sustainability, and one of the most effective ways to develop them is to harness the buying power of large public institutions, such as hospitals and universities. Steering public funds toward local food systems, however, is not as easy as it might appear. Institutions must navigate a maze of regulations that can become significant barriers to effecting change. In Ontario, for example, public institutions are squeezed between two contradictory policies: the Broader Public Sector Directive, which mandates a level playing field and prohibits preferential buying based on geography, and the Local Food Act, which aims to increase the consumption of local food (with a specific focus on procurement in Ontario public institutions) and to foster successful and resilient local food economies and systems. Adding to this tension, global trade treaties are drilling down to the local level, proscribing preferential procurement of local food as “protectionist” and a barrier to trade.
Public institutions are caught in the middle, wanting to purchase more local products but unwilling to risk reprisals. This paper investigates these tensions by reporting on a recent study of institutional buyers and government officials in the Toronto area to understand more thoroughly these barriers to operationalizing a local food system, while recognizing that sustainable food systems require a judicious combination of ‘local and green’ and ‘global and fair’ (Morgan 2008).
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Kruger, Arthur. "Collective Bargaining in Ontario Public Hospitals." Articles 40, no. 1 (April 12, 2005): 48–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/050109ar.
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Karim, Safiya, Kelly Brennan, Yingwei Peng, William J. Mackillop, and Christopher M. Booth. "Estimating the optimal rate of adjuvant chemotherapy utilization in stage III colon cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology 35, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2017): 6591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6591.
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6591 Background: Identifying optimal chemotherapy utilization rates can drive improvements in quality of care. We report a benchmarking approach to estimate the optimal rate of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) for stage III colon cancer. Methods: The Ontario Cancer Registry was linked to electronic chemotherapy records to identify ACT utilization among a random 25% sample of patients with stage III colon cancer diagnosed during 2002-2008 in Ontario, Canada. We explored whether hospital factors (teaching status, regional cancer centre, medical oncologist on-site) were associated with ACT rates. The benchmark population included hospitals with the highest ACT rates that accounted for 10% of the patient population. Hospital ACT rates were adjusted for case mix in a multi-level model accounting for random variation at the hospital level. A Monte Carlo simulation was used to estimate the proportion of observed ACT rate variation that could be due to chance alone. Results: The study population included 2,801patients with stage III colon cancer; ACT was delivered to 66% (1861/2801) of patients. There was no difference in hospital ACT rate by teaching status (64% academic vs 67% non-academic, p = 0.107), comprehensive cancer centre status (65% cancer centre vs 67% non-cancer centre, p = 0.362), or having medical oncology on site (67% on site vs 66% not on site, p = 0.840). After excluding hospitals that had case volumes less than 10 (N = 150), unadjusted ACT rates varied across hospitals (range 44% to 91%, p = 0.017). The unadjusted benchmark ACT rate was 81% (95%CI 76%-86%); utilization rate in non-benchmark hospitals was 65% (95%CI 63%-66%). When using adjusted ACT rates in a multi-level model significant variation remained across hospitals (p < 0.001). The adjusted benchmark ACT rate was 74% (95%CI 63%-83%); non-benchmark hospital ACT rate was 65% (95%CI 53%-75%). The simulation analysis suggested that the non-random component of ACT rate variation across hospitals was 1.5%. Conclusions: There is significant variation in ACT rates across hospitals in routine practice. The estimated benchmark ACT rate is 74%. However, simulation analyses suggest that most of the variation in ACT utilization across hospitals may be due to chance alone.
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Goldberg, Ted, and Randolph Reid. "Methods of Payment to Hospitals in Ontario." Journal of Public Health Policy 7, no. 2 (1986): 218. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3342260.
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Murphy, Yoko, and Howard Sapers. "Prison Health as Public Health in Ontario Corrections." Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being 5, no. 1 (April 23, 2020): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.122.
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The majority of incarcerated individuals in Canada, and especially in Ontario provincial correctional institutions, are released into the community after a short duration in custody. Adult correctional populations have generally poor health, including a heightened prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders. There are legal and ethical obligations to address health care needs of incarcerated individuals, and also public health benefits from ensuring adequate, appropriate, and accessible health services to individuals in custody. The Independent Review of Ontario Corrections recommended the transformation of health care in Ontario provincial corrections in 2017, including transferring health service responsibilities to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The Correctional Services and Reintegration Act, 2018, would affirm the provincial government’s obligation to provide patient-centred, equitable health care services for individuals in custody. We encourage the Government of Ontario to proclaim the Act and continue the momentum of recent reform efforts in Ontario.
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Reeleder, D., V. Goel, P. A. Singer, and D. K. Martin. "Accountability Agreements in Ontario Hospitals: Are They Fair?" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 18, no. 1 (December 26, 2006): 161–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mul024.
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Cohen, Jared C., and Kevin J. Latchford. "Sugammadex in Ontario hospitals: Access and institutional policies." Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 26, no. 1 (April 22, 2019): 50–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep.13151.
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Meehan, John F. "The Morgan Hill Earthquake of April 24, 1984—Effects on Hospitals and Public School Buildings." Earthquake Spectra 1, no. 3 (May 1985): 575–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.1585278.
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Two hospitals constructed under the provisions of the Hospital Act and six public school buildings constructed under the provisions of the Field Act were investigated following the Morgan Hill earthquake and all were observed to have performed quite well during the Morgan Hill earthquake. Maintaining function in hospitals in an important aspect of the Hospital Act; neither of the two hospitals inspected suffered any loss of function.
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Kulis, Richard E. "The public interest and liquor licenses in Ontario." Contemporary Drug Problems 25, no. 1 (March 1998): 85–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009145099802500104.
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Residents’ groups are becoming more organized and vocal in expressing their concerns regarding the negative effects of poorly operated liquor licensed premises. Using the “public interest” measures in the Liquor Licence Act, the residents have successfully had liquor licenses revoked and new license applications denied. This paper examines some of the types of problems suffered by residents and the efforts they have made to alleviate those problems. These efforts include proactive consultation with licensed-premises operators, lobbying of politicians, adversarial license hearings, and legislative amendments.
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Mudron, Maureen, Cynthia Honssinger, Rod G. Meadows, and Lori Spencer. "Health Care and Public Health Lawyers: Reclaiming the Historical Role." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 31, S4 (2003): 56–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2003.tb00752.x.
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Traditionally, hospital emergency readiness plans primarily addressed natural disasters, but because of preparations for year 2000, the arrival of terrorism in the United States, and the potential for mass casualties, hospitals were prompted to bring together new partners and create new emergency readiness plans. These new plans, however, give rise to a number of important issues hospitals must consider. First, hospitals must consider legal liability that might arise during an emergency. For example, what liability might arise when decision are made regarding the provision of individual treatment versus mass triage? Second, hospitals must be cognizant of relevant privacy rules, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as they apply to public health emergencies activities. Third, hospitals must be aware of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) which requires Medicarefunded hospitals to screen patients for emergency medical conditions and prohibits their transfer until they are stabilized.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ontario. Public Hospitals Act"
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Parisian, Esther Elizabeth. "Health Care Reform and Rural Hospitals: Opportunities and Challenges under the Affordable Care Act." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313596532.
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Hollingsworth, John (John William) Carleton University Dissertation Political Economy. "'Hard times' in the 'New times'; the institutional contradictions of an emergent local workfare state (Ontario works in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)." Ottawa, 2000.
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Koenane, Nonhlanhla Alice. "An evaluation of the employment equity act at uThungulu District hospitals for people with disabilities." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1681.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master Of Administration in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zululand, 2017Equality is a constitutional provision which grants some people with disabilities opportunities of employment. The law that effects the constitutional provision is the Employment Equity Act (1998) where affirmative action measures are prescribed and to be implemented by designated employers. Many years have passed since the promulgation of the equity legislation in South Africa it is therefore justifiable to evaluate its implementation practices. In line with the central argument, the aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of Employment Equity Act at UThungulu District Hospitals for people with disabilities. Findings revealed that the implementation of Employment Equity Act in public hospitals is self-contradictory; that is, hospitals are thriving to obtain and retain health professionals with the skills that will assist in combatting diseases whereas people with disabilities are characterised by the low levels of literacy. The implementation of the Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) in the public health system is an indication of the nature of skills that are a priority in public hospitals. In line with the transformation agenda, positions that do not require high levels of literacy such as cleaning, security, catering and laundry were outsourced thus decreasing opportunities of people with disabilities to be employed. On the other side of the continuum, penalties imposed by the National Department of Labour for failing to submit Employment Equity Plan against the set quota in the public service confirms that the equity legislation was not contextualised in the South African setting during its formulation phase. Budgetary constraints were reported to be one of the contributing factors for the lack of implementing the equity legislation. However, presence of misappropriation of funds and corruption were reported to be some of the major causes of lack of policy implementation in the public service. The results revealed that district hospitals are not ready to socially and economically integrate people with disabilities based on lack of official accommodation, outsourcing of jobs where people with disabilities can be gainfully employed, lack funds to transform the physical environment and the conflicting priorities of the health sector that seeks to prioritise the employment of health professionals with scarce skills in order to combat diseases.
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Hummel, Stephen. "A strategic governance model to improve the performance of emergency departements in public hospitals in the province of Ontario, Canada." Phd thesis, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00909524.
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The rapidly increasing demand for health care in the province of Ontario has led to greater numbers of patients turning to Emergency Departments of public hospitals for the care they need. Management quality of Emergency Departments measured by patient outcomes is likely symptomatic of management quality of the hospital and ultimately that of the hospital board. This study is a first to our knowledge in connecting the management quality with board composition of hospitals. Performance was assessed by ascertaining which activities were present then the performance of those activities, in terms of patient outcomes, was assessed. Data was collected from the Ministry of Health of Ontario reporting all 109 hospitals over 3 years and from the histories of board members. The effect of activities on patient outcomes was evaluated with activities having a positive effect on patient outcomes classified as critical activities. Performance of critical activities was compared with board composition and skills. 3 links were found between boards and performance, boards with members having operational turnaround skill competencies had superior performance, boards with entrepreneurs and medical staff had a positive effect, and boards with politicians had a negative impact on performance. Therefore boards of hospitals in Ontario should be constructed so that members can provide superior governance leading to better patient outcomes. This study revealed both activities which had no or negative impact and the absence of proven best practice activities. This is an issue of quality of management as board competency can be assessed by activity presence and the performance of those activities.
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Fox, Stephanie, and n/a. "Learning and leaving : a study of the interrelationships among innovation in nursing education, professional attitudes and wastage from nursing." University of Canberra. Education, 1987. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060710.132455.
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The purpose of this study was to examine some of the
interrelationships between innovation in nursing education,
professional attitudes and wastage from nursing. Five groups of
students who participated in innovative nurse education courses in
A.C.T. hospitals in the 1970's were surveyed by a self
administered questionnaire which gathered biographical data as
well as attitudinal information. Their responses were compared
with those of students who had undertaken a traditional nursing
course at an A.C.T. hospital in the same period.
The findings of this study suggested that the instrument used may
provide a better measure of satisfaction with nursing than of
professional attitudes. One of the unexpected findings from the
survey which suggested the need for further study was that many of
those who had undertaken further nursing study indicating apparent
commitment to continuing education in a chosen career would not
encourage others to enter nursing. Another was that those who
indicated greater career choice commitment may in fact be those
who felt unable to obtain alternative employment.
It was found that innovation in hospital based nurse education
courses attracted different people and produced graduates with
different attitudes to professional issues,who followed
different career pathways compared to graduates of traditional
nurse education courses. Innovative courses appear to have
attracted older and better qualified entrants and to have
increased the likelihood of graduates being promoted. Respondents
from the innovative courses showed increased interest in
continuing education and Professional Association activity than
their control group colleagues. They were more frustated with the
traditional role of the nurse as the selfless, dedicated worker
and were less commited to their career choice, overall these
findings perhaps indicated a level of dissatisfaction with nursing
higher in the innovative course graduates than in the control
group. These findings may support Brief's contention (1976) that
expectations raised during the educational process, if not
fulfilled, will lead to wastage.
wastage from nursing was intimately linked with dissatisfaction
with work conditions in nursing. Those who had permanently left
nursing had more frequently left for work related reasons and
undertaken non-nursing study than those who had left and returned
or who had never left. Those who left for work related reasons
were less likley to return and less likely to choose nursing again
if given the chance than those who left for other reasons.
Findings about the institutionalisation of innovation in nursing
education were difficult to identify with certainty, since time
lapse alone could explain many of the findings. Attitudes to the
Professional Association were more favourabe in respondents from
the later intakes into the innovative courses than from the
earlier. Given the recent increases in industrial activity in
nursing, this finding is consistent with time lapse. Later intakes
also demonstrated greater commitment to continuing education than
earlier. This too can probably be explained by the greater
availability of such facilities in more recent times.
In a period of shortages of nurses prepared to work in the health
care facilities of Australia, and of changes in the educational
preparation of nurses, the findings of this study relating to
attitudes and wastage should be used as the basis for future
workforce planning.
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Wilhoit, Kathryn Wallin. "A Measurement of Readiness for Tennessee Hospitals to Implement “Meaningful Use” Criteria Resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1449.
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In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law. This legislation provided for monetary rewards for those acute-care hospitals that meet "meaningful use" computerization and reporting criteria.
The study used a descriptive, nonexperimental design to answer three research questions (1) What is the level of readiness to meet "meaningful use" criteria in the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) member hospitals; (2) What is the level of readiness to meet "meaningful use" criteria in the rural THA member hospitals; and (3) Is there a difference in the readiness to meet "meaningful use" criteria between rural and urban THA member hospitals?.
A survey was sent to 115 THA member hospital, with a return rate of 83% (N=95). The inclusion criteria focused on acute-care hospitals, with rehabilitation, psychiatric and long-term care hospitals falling into the exclusion criteria.
The Readiness Score was determined for the total survey respondents (N=95), as well as for the rural (N=41) hospitals and urban (N=54) hospitals in the Tennessee Hospital Association member hospitals meeting the inclusion criteria. Z-scores of the readiness score were examined and indicated that there was one outlier with z>3.0. Therefore, that case was removed from the comparison in the t-test (N=94). The t-test comparison of rural and urban hospital found a significant difference at (p=.002), two tailed.
To ensure that the slightly nonnormal distribution of the readiness scores did not explain the difference found with the t-test, an additional nonparametric test was also conducted. The Mann Whitney U-test showed that even with the assumption of a normal distribution is not made, the difference in readiness between urban and rural hospitals is still statistically significant at p=0.026.
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Tiongco-Cruda, Beatriz. "An assessment of the health human resource development provisions of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 : a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Master of Public Policy, Massey University at Albany." Massey University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/870.
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Republic Act No. 9173, or the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 enunciates a bevy of incentives under its Health Human Resource Production, Utilization and Development provisions, intended to stem the rising tide of Filipino nurses leaving the country to work overseas. Under Sections 30 to 34 of the Nursing Act, these incentives include the following: (1) upgrading the minimum base salary of nurses from salary grade 10 to 15; (2) establishing a nurse specialty program in government hospitals to upgrade the nurses’ skills whereby recipients of the program are required to work in government hospitals for two years; and (3) the provision of other benefits such as scholarship grants, free medical care, etc. These provisions are the government’s policy response to mitigate the impact of nurses’ migration and retain an adequate supply of skilled Filipino nurses in the country: This research is a qualitative study that seeks to assess the health human resource development provisions and their implementation and aims to help improve them. This study examines the responsiveness of the provisions to the needs of nurses, and identifies the deficiencies of the provisions by looking into the working conditions of nurses in two Philippine government hospitals. It also examines the processes and the factors affecting the implementation of the provisions. This study employed a combination of four data collection methods: (1) focus group interviews of nurses working in two Philippine government hospitals, (2) key informant interviews of officials of government agencies and private organizations tasked to implement the health human resource development provisions, (3) document analyses, and (4) researcher’s field notes/journal. The researcher conducted five focus group interviews with a total of 15 nurse participants and 12 key informant interviews. The nurses are working under conditions of low salaries and heavy workload, that is characterized by low nurse-to-patient ratios in the National and LGU Hospitals. The problems of inadequate nurse staffing, large number iii of patients and inadequate supplies in the two government hospitals are identified as causes for the heavy workload of nurses. The nurses want a salary increase that is commensurate to their heavy workload, their professional qualifications and long years of service. For the nurses, a salary increase signifies the government’s recognition of their dedication, hard work, and commitment to provide health care to Filipinos despite working under dire circumstances. The nurse specialty training program in areas such as oncology, nephrology, critical care, etc. has not been implemented because of the limited capacities of government hospitals to provide this kind of training and the lack of regulatory framework for the practice of nurse specialists in the Philippines. The other benefits have not been implemented as well. The provisions of the Nursing Act are deficient because they do not address the causes of the heavy workload of nurses. To improve the work conditions of nurses, the Philippine government needs to prioritize to the long neglected health sector by increasing the budgetary allocation in order to create more nurse positions in government hospitals, to provide adequate supplies and equipment for government hospitals and to improve the facilities for nurses.
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Bekwa, Noluvuyo Margaret. "Assessing reasons for non-compliance to the requirements of the Employment Equity Act no. 55 of 1998 : case study of the dietetics department within Tygerberg Hospital." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85573.
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Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The relevance of employment equity has been widely debated. This study is of the view that affirmative action is the core factor in realising compliance to and implementation of employment equity. The study was aimed at investigating why Tygerberg Hospital has not complied with the implementation of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) No 55 of 1998 specifically with regards to the field of Dietetics. Research questions have been formulated, relying on literature which includes guiding legislation and policies. Recruitment and selection processes applicable to the dietetic department were analysed and linked with the consulted literature. Role of transformation in transforming the institution was part of the study to ascertain the scope of transformation in managing diversity within Tygerberg Hospital. A combination of data collection tools was used in the study, including interviews and questionnaires to better understand the underlying reasons of non-compliance. The fundamental findings of the study showed that even though policies and legislation had been formulated, there are underlying issues to be addressed by the institution, such as language barriers and personal perceptions of the institution which could subsequently be improved through effective diversity management strategies. It is recommended that the institution will have to come up with a short-term, measurable plan to ensure compliance such as an institutional employment equity plan, appointment of a transformational officer who will focus on managing the institutional diversity management, and an internal capacity building unit to carry out institutional training and development as opposed to the current system. To ensure monitoring and evaluation compliance on employment equity, it is recommended that the responsibility be linked to the performance plan of the senior managers as well as the line manager of the dietetic department. By so doing failure to comply will result in a poor performance assessment outcome of the delegated authority, compliance enforced through departmental disciplinary procedures.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die toepaslikheid van billike indiensneming is al wyd gedebatteer. Hierdie studie is die mening toegedaan dat regstellende aksie die kern faktor is om nakoming van en die implementering van billike indiensneming te bereik. Die studie was daarop gemik om ondersoek in te stel waarom Tygerberg Hospitaal nie voldoen het aan die implementering van die Indiensneming Gelykheids Wet No 55 van 1998 nie, spesifiek met betrekking tot die veld van Dieetkunde. Vrae in die navorsing was geformuleer, gebasseer op literature wat rigtinggewende wetgewing en beleid insluit. Werwing en seleksie prosesse van toepassing in die Dieetkunde Departement was ontleed en gekoppel aan die toepaslike literatuur. Die rol van transformasie in die transformering van die inrigting het deel uitgemaak van die studie om die omvang van transformasie te bepaal, rakende die bestuur van diversiteit binne Tygerberg Hospitaal. ‘n Kombinasie van data versameling metodes was in die studie gebruik. Dit het onderhoude en vraelyste ingesluit om die onderliggende redes vir nie-nakoming te verstaan. Die fundamentele bevindinge van die studie het getoon dat ongeag die feit dat beleid en wetgewing geformuleer was, daar onderliggende aspekte was wat by die inrigting aangespreek moet word, soos taal-hindernisse en persoonlike persepsie oor die inrigting en wat gevolglik verbeter kan word by wyse van ‘n effektiewe uiteenlopende bestuursstrategie. Dit word aanbeveel dat die inrigting navore moet kom met ‘n kort-termyn en meetbare plan ter versekering van ‘n institusionele billikheidsindiensneming plan, die indiensneming van ‘n Transformasie Beampte wat sal fokus op bestuur van die inrigting se diversiteit en ‘n interne eenheid om die vermoë van die inrigting se opleiding en ontwikkeling uit te voer in teenstelling met die huidige sisteem. Om monitoring en evaluasie van billike indiensneming te verseker, word dit aanbeveel dat dié verantwoordelikheid gekoppel word aan die werkverrigtingsplan van Senior Bestuurders asook dié van Lynbestuurders van die Dieetkundige Departement. Mislukking om hieraan te voldoen sal lei tot ‘n swak werkverrigting evaluering resultaat van die aangewese outoriteit. Voldoening hieraan sal afgedwing moet word deur departementele dissiplinêre prosedures.
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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.
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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
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Kazman, Kohn Melanie. "Evidence Based Strategic Decision Making in Ontario Public Hospitals." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43614.
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Context: A relatively recent focus on evidence based management has been influenced strongly by evidence based medicine. Healthcare administrators are encouraged to utilize similar principles to optimize their decision making. There are no known studies that address whether or not and how evidence is used by healthcare administrators in decision making practice and process.
Objectives: This study explores how evidence is conceptualized by public hospital executives and whether or not, and how, evidence is brought to bear on strategic decision making.
Design: The study undertook a qualitative design, using a grounded theory approach. The focus was to uncover how evidence is conceptualized by decision makers, whether or not and how evidence as defined is brought to bear, and under what conditions and why evidence is brought to bear. The study included four public hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area, two academic health sciences centres and two community teaching hospitals. Hospital CEOs were asked to identify three strategic decisions (one clinical expansion, one partnership, and one decision on prioritizing quality improvement). Interviews were conducted with 19 healthcare leaders and decision makers, and content analysis was undertaken for 64 supporting documents.
Results: Strategic decision makers in this study bring an amalgam of evidence to bear on strategic decisions. Evidence comes from sources internal and external to the organization, and includes a series of types of evidence ranging from published research to local business evidence. The reasons for bringing evidence to bear are highly intertwined. Evidence was sought, developed, and brought to bear on decisions in a formalized manner, and was used in concert with conditions internal and externalto the organization, and informed by the decision maker characteristics.
Conclusion: Evidence plays a prominent role in strategic decision making. Strategic decisions were supported by processes requiring evidence to be brought to bear.
Books on the topic "Ontario. Public Hospitals Act"
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Ontario. Public Hospitals Acts Review. Steering Committee. Into the 21st centur.Ontario public hospitals: Report of the Steering Committee, Public Hospitals Act Review. --. [Toronto, Ont.]: Ontario Ministry of Health, 1992.
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Ontario. Public Hospitals Acts Review. Steering Committee. Into the 21st century --Ontario public hospitals: Report of the Steering Committee, Public Hospitals Act Review. [Toronto, Ont.]: Ontario Ministry of Health, 1992.
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Ontario. Public Hospitals Acts Review. Steering Committee. Into the 21st century: Ontario public hospitals : executive summary and recommendations from the report of the Steering Committee, Public Hospitals Act Review. Toronto, Ont: Ministry of Health, 1992.
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etc, Ontario Laws Statutes. Public Hospitals Act: Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter P.40 as amended by: 1996, Chapter 1, Sched. F, ss. 3-15. Toronto, Ont: Queen's Printer for Ontario = Imprimeur de la reine pour l'Ontario, 1996.
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Legislature, Ontario. Social Housing Reform Act: Statutes of Ontario : office consolidation. Toronto: Queen's Printer, 2000.
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The Wellesley Hospital (Toronto, Ontario). Recruitment policies and procedures: The Wellesley Hospital, Ontario. [Toronto, Ont.]: Ontario Ministry of Health, the Ontario Women's Directorate and the Ontario Hospital Association, 1988.
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Tague-Sutcliffe, Jean. Impact of the 1984 Ontario Public Libraries Act: A study for Association of Library Boards of Ontario, April 1987. London, Ont: Tague & Harris, 1987.
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Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation. Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government with respect to Bill 26, the Savings and Restructuring Act, 1995. [Toronto]: The Federation, 1996.
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Ontario. Working Group on the 1987 Work Force Survey. Report to the public hospitals in Ontario on the 1987 Hospital Work Force Survey and the Employment Equity Incentive Fund Program. [Toronto: Ministry of Health], 1989.
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Ontario. Health protection and promotion act, 1983: Statutes of Ontario, 1983, chapter 10 as amended by 1984, chapter 55, s.227. [Toronto, Ont.]: Government of Ontario, 1985.
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Adkison, Danny M., and Lisa McNair Palmer. "Public Institutions." In The Oklahoma State Constitution, 317–18. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197514818.003.0029.
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This chapter addresses Article XXI of the Oklahoma constitution, which concerns public institutions. Section 1 provides that “educational, reformatory, and penal institutions and those for the benefit of the insane, blind, deaf, and mute, and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be established and supported by the State in such manner as may be prescribed by law.” This section allows the legislature to provide for certain citizens as an act of public goodwill, and perhaps as a requirement of other constitutional provisions. For instance, this section has been important in defining rights such as the provision of interpreters for deaf mutes in criminal prosecutions, failure to educate, law libraries in prisons, school desegregation, and prisoners’ rights. As a specific example, in Board of Commissioners of Logan County v. State (1927), the court decided that the state has a duty to establish hospitals for the insane and to support or sustain those hospitals.
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Aydin, Gokhan. "Improving Health and Efficiency With Strategic Social Media Use in Health Organizations." In Research Anthology on Public Health Services, Policies, and Education, 127–48. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8960-1.ch006.
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The emergence of social networking systems as mainstream applications and an inherent element of daily life is a phenomenon observed throughout the world as the worldwide social media users exceeds 2.7 billion. Similar to other sectors, healthcare organizations have also started benefiting from social media in distinct ways such as collecting feedback, educating, communicating and supporting patients and citizens. Social networks can act as remarkable channels for healthcare providers, governmental institutions, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and others to educate, communicate to, listen, connect to and engage existing and potential customers, patients, physicians and healthcare professionals. Despite the various benefits offered, health institutions, health professionals and stakeholders are reluctant to utilize social media due to several barriers and lack of expertise. This chapter aims to provide a better understanding on the ways healthcare companies can utilize social networks in detail to overcome use barriers and obtain related benefits.
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B., Rajitha. "Intelligent Vision-Based Systems for Public Safety and Protection via Machine Learning Techniques." In Handbook of Research on Machine Learning Techniques for Pattern Recognition and Information Security, 1–17. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3299-7.ch001.
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Abnormal behavior detection from on-line/off-line videos is an emerging field in the area of computer vision. This plays a vital role in video surveillance-based applications to provide safety for humans at public places such as traffic signals, shopping malls, railway stations, etc. Surveillance cameras are meant to act as digital eyes (i.e., watching over activities at public places) and provide security. There are a number of cameras deployed at various public places to provide video surveillance, but in reality, they are used only after some incident has happened. Moreover, a human watch is needed in order to detect the person/cause of the incident. This makes surveillance cameras passive. Thus, there is a huge demand to develop an intelligent video surveillance system that can detect the abnormality/incident dynamically and accordingly raise an alarm to the nearest police stations or hospitals as per requirement. If AI-supported CCTV systems are deployed at commercial and traffic areas, then we can easily detect the incidents/crimes, and they can be traced in minimal time.
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Parsons, Anne E. "Flying the Cuckoo’s Nest." In From Asylum to Prison, 69–97. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469640631.003.0004.
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This chapter charts the multiple factors that spurred the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in the 1960s. In 1963, Congress passed the Community Mental Health Act, which funded the creation of community mental health centers and provided inpatient and outpatient care, partial hospitalization, emergency services, and public education. The creation of Medicare and Medicaid also caused many states to reduce their reliance on custodial mental hospitals. Meanwhile, anti-psychiatry texts like Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest spurred anti-institutionalism and advocates filed successful lawsuits against involuntary commitment laws. Institutionalized people gained a plethora of civil liberties, further reducing the mental hospital population. The chapter explores these national changes at the local level at places such as the Philadelphia State Hospital. That institution released large numbers of people, many of whom faced hardship when they left the hospital. That trend reflected how changes in mental health law and policy did not guarantee that people could access medical and social services in their home communities.
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Illingworth, Patricia, and Wendy E. Parmet. "A Nation of Uninsured Immigrants." In Health of Newcomers. NYU Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814789216.003.0005.
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The United States is unique among developed countries in not providing health insurance to all of its citizens. But newcomers, both legal and undocumented, are far more likely to be uninsured than natives. This chapter reviews US law, including the Affordable Care Act, regarding immigrants’ access to health insurance, exposing the conflicting and inconsistent policies towards including immigrants within the nation’s health care system. These policies not only reduce immigrants’ access to health care, they add significant complexity to the US health care system, and create a range of health and economic costs to immigrants and natives alike. The chapter focuses in particular on the practice of medical repatriation, whereby hospitals send seriously ill immigrants to their countries of origin, explaining how the conflicting edicts of US health law encourage the practice by requiring hospitals to treat all emergency patients regardless of citizenship or insurance status, while denying many immigrants public benefits for nonemergency care.
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Saraswat, Ishita, Aymen Brahim, Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, and Christo El Morr. "Accessibility Monitoring for People with Disabilities." In Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, 726–35. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3542-7.ch039.
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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a law mandating that organizations in Ontario must comply to accessibility standards for people with disabilities. However, there is no tool to report accessibility complaints and track them. To that effect, mobile applications can be effective to make report and monitor accessibility issues as they arise in private as well as public spaces (e.g. building, sidewalks). An App would provide users with an opportunity beyond the mapping of compliance, it can provide data that addresses the gaps across legislation and embodied experiences. The objective of this paper is to share a novel method associated with the development accessibility monitoring Android App prototype called “ACCESS-ABILITY.” ACCESS-ABILITY is a first-of-its-kind app in the domain of disability informatics, it facilitates the formation of a collaborative virtual community that can be used by people with disabilities, advocacy groups, organizations and official bodies.
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Tong, Carrison K. S., and Eric T. T. Wong. "Picture Archiving and Communication System for Public Healthcare." In Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition, 1162–70. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch158.
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For the past 100 years, film has been almost the exclusive medium for capturing, storing, and displaying radiographic images. Film is a fixed medium with usually only one set of images available. Today, the radiologic sciences are on the brink of a new age. In particular, Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) technology allows for a near filmless process with all of the flexibility of digital systems. PACS consists of image acquisition devices, storage archiving units, display stations, computer processors, and database management systems. These components are integrated by a communications network system. Filmless radiology is a method of digitizing traditional films into electronic files that can be viewed and saved on a computer. This technology generates clearer and easier-to-read images, allowing the patient the chance of a faster evaluation and diagnosis. The time saved may prove to be a crucial element in facilitating the patient’s treatment process. With filmless radiology, images taken from various medical sources can be manipulated to enhance resolution, increasing the clarity of the image. Images can also be transferred internally within hospital departments and externally to other locations such as the office of the patient’s doctor or medical specialist in other parts of the world. This is made possible through the picture-archiving and communication system (Dreyer, Mehta, & Thrall, 2001), which electronically captures, transmits, displays, and saves images into digital archives for use at any given time. The PACS functions as a state-of-the-art repository for long-term archiving of digital images, and includes the backup and bandwidth to safeguard uninterrupted network availability. The objective of the picture-archiving and communications system is to improve the speed and quality of clinical care by streamlining radiological service and consultation. With instant access to images from virtually anywhere, hospital doctors and clinicians can improve their work processes and speed up the delivery of patient care. Besides making film a thing of the past, the likely benefits would include reduced waiting times for images and reports, and the augmented ability of clinicians since they can get patient information and act upon it much more quickly. It also removes all the costs associated with hard film and releases valuable space currently used for storage. According to Dr. Lillian Leong, Chairman of the Radiology IT Steering Group of the Hong Kong Medical Authroity, a single hospital can typically save up to 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately US$321,000) a year in film processing cost (Intel, 2007). The growing importance of PACS on the fight against highly infectious disease such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is also identified (Zhang & Xue, 2003). In Hong Kong, there was no PACS-related project until the establishment of Tseung Kwan O Hospital (TKOH) in 1998. The TKOH is a 600-bed acute hospital with a hospital PACS installed for the provision of filmless radiological service. The design and management of the PACS for patient care was discussed in the first edition of this encyclopedia (Tong & Wong, 2005). The TKOH was opened in 1999 with PACS installed. At the beginning, due to immature PACS technologies, the radiology service was operating with film printing. A major upgrade was done in 2003 for the implementation of server clustering, network resilience, liquid crystal display (LCD), smart card, and storage-area-network (SAN) technologies. This upgrade has greatly improved the reliability of the system. Since November 2003, TKOH has started filmless radiology service for the whole hospital. It has become one of the first filmless hospitals in the Greater China region (Seto, Tsang, Yung, Ching, Ng, & Ho, 2003; Tsou, Goh, Kaw, & Chee, 2003).
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Lee, Mark J. W., and Catherine McLoughlin. "Supporting Peer-to-Peer E-Mentoring of Novice Teachers Using Social Software." In Cases on Online Tutoring, Mentoring, and Educational Services, 84–97. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-876-5.ch007.
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The Australian Catholic University (ACU National at www.acu.edu.au) is a public university funded by the Australian Government. There are six campuses across the country, located in Brisbane, Queensland; North Sydney, New South Wales; Strathfield, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT); Ballarat, Victoria; and Melbourne, Victoria. The university serves a total of approximately 27,000 students, including both full- and part-time students, and those enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Through fostering and advancing knowledge in education, health, commerce, the humanities, science and technology, and the creative arts, ACU National seeks to make specific and targeted contributions to its local, national, and international communities. The university explicitly engages the social, ethical, and religious dimensions of the questions it faces in teaching, research, and service. In its endeavors, it is guided by a fundamental concern for social justice, equity, and inclusivity. The university is open to all, irrespective of religious belief or background. ACU National opened its doors in 1991 following the amalgamation of four Catholic tertiary institutions in eastern Australia. The institutions that merged to form the university had their origins in the mid-17th century when religious orders and institutes became involved in the preparation of teachers for Catholic schools and, later, nurses for Catholic hospitals. As a result of a series of amalgamations, relocations, transfers of responsibilities, and diocesan initiatives, more than twenty historical entities have contributed to the creation of ACU National. Today, ACU National operates within a rapidly changing educational and industrial context. Student numbers are increasing, areas of teaching and learning have changed and expanded, e-learning plays an important role, and there is greater emphasis on research. In its 2005–2009 Strategic Plan, the university commits to the adoption of quality teaching, an internationalized curriculum, as well as the cultivation of generic skills in students, to meet the challenges of the dynamic university and information environment (ACU National, 2008). The Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Program at ACU Canberra Situated in Australia’s capital city, the Canberra campus is one of the smallest campuses of ACU National, where there are approximately 800 undergraduate and 200 postgraduate students studying to be primary or secondary school teachers through the School of Education (ACT). Other programs offered at this campus include nursing, theology, social work, arts, and religious education. A new model of pre-service secondary teacher education commenced with the introduction of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) program at this campus in 2005. It marked an innovative collaboration between the university and a cohort of experienced secondary school teachers in the ACT and its surrounding region. This partnership was forged to allow student teachers undertaking the program to be inducted into the teaching profession with the cooperation of leading practitioners from schools in and around the ACT. In the preparation of novices for the teaching profession, an enduring challenge is to create learning experiences capable of transforming practice, and to instill in the novices an array of professional skills, attributes, and competencies (Putnam & Borko, 2000). Another dimension of the beginning teacher experience is the need to bridge theory and practice, and to apply pedagogical content knowledge in real-life classroom practice. During the one-year Graduate Diploma program, the student teachers undertake two four-week block practicum placements, during which they have the opportunity to observe exemplary lessons, as well as to commence teaching. The goals of the practicum include improving participants’ access to innovative pedagogy and educational theory, helping them situate their own prior knowledge regarding pedagogy, and assisting them in reflecting on and evaluating their own practice. Each student teacher is paired with a more experienced teacher based at the school where he/she is placed, who serves as a supervisor and mentor. In 2007, a new dimension to the teaching practicum was added to facilitate online peer mentoring among the pre-service teachers at the Canberra campus of ACU National, and provide them with opportunities to reflect on teaching prior to entering full-time employment at a school. The creation of an online community to facilitate this mentorship and professional development process forms the context for the present case study. While on their practicum, students used social software in the form of collaborative web logging (blogging) and threaded voice discussion tools that were integrated into the university’s course management system (CMS), to share and reflect on their experiences, identify critical incidents, and invite comment on their responses and reactions from peers.
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"—Part I. Corporation of the City of London: Their Ancient Traditions and Public Services: Constitution: Military Spirit: Chartered Rights: Coal Duties-Origin and Objects of, and Statutes Relating Thereto: City Orphans: Diversion of Orphans' Funds by Crown: Orphans' Relief Act, A.D. 1694: City and Metropolitan Improvements Charged on Coal and Wine Duties: Work of Corporation: Charitable and Patriotic Grants: Education: The Royal Hospitals: The Irish Society: Corn Duties: Open Spaces around London: Epping Forest-Conspicuous Part taken by Corporation in Preserving: Exceptional Position of Corporation." In A History of Private Bill Legislation, 377–451. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203770399-11.
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Issever, Halim, Selma Soyuk, and Haluk Sengun. "P147 Organisational citizenship behaviour of the nurses working in public hospitals." In Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally, EPICOH 2016, September 4–7, 2016, Barcelona, Spain. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.464.
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Hahn, Jeffrey L. "Characteristics and Environmental Fate of Mercury in Municipal Waste Combustor Ash Before and After Implementation of the “Maximum Achievable Control Technology” Air Standards." In 11th North American Waste-to-Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/nawtec11-1686.
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Mercury emissions from waste-to-energy facilities have been a source of public concern for more than ten years following release in the early 1990s of the EPA’s inventory of anthropogenic sources of mercury that listed MWCs as a significant source of mercury air emissions. Since 1990, source reduction, product reformulation, and increasingly effective battery recycling programs reduced mercury in trash by about 90%, according to the EPA. Pollution control equipment on waste-to-energy plants thereafter remove greater than 90% of the remaining mercury in the waste stream that is used as a fuel to generate power. The use of mercury by U.S. manufacturers will decline even further due to the virtual elimination of mercury from alkaline batteries and aggressive recycling and product substitution at hospitals, homes, and businesses. The Clean Air Act regulations promulgated in 1995 under the Maximum Available Control Technology standards have ensured that mercury emissions from waste-to-energy plants nationwide represent less than 3% of the U.S. inventory of man-made mercury sources, according to EPA, (or less than 1% of mercury emissions from all sources). Furthermore, health risk assessments completed over the past several years for new and existing waste-to-energy plants consistently reveal that the levels of mercury emissions result in exposures which are 100 times less than the threshold health effects standard established by federal and state regulatory agencies. Nonetheless, certain environmentalists and critics claim that the significant reduction in mercury air emissions has resulted in a transformation of the metal into the ash. In other words, the questions posed is whether what is not now going up the stack is instead finding its way into the ash. This paper answers that question with a resounding “no.” Based on an analysis of test data, mercury in MWC ash has not increased despite a greater than 90% reduction in mercury emissions.