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    Improving Adherence of Ethiopian Hospital Reform Implementation Guideline Patient flow Standard in Adigrat General Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba Universty, 2013-10) Negash, Abrehet; Molla, Mitike(PhD)
    Problem statement: assessment of patient flow standard met is too low in Adigrat general hospital. Objective: Increasing the number of completed (met) patient flow standards in Adigrat general hospital in order to improve patient outcome. Result: The percentage of patient flow standards showed an improvement from 23% to 85%. Patients triage within five minute also increased from 40% to 90% as the result of this improvement emergency mortality rate decreased from 0.3% to 0.1 %. Method: pre-post intervention study was conducted in Adigrat general hospital which is located in Adigrat town, Tigray Northern Ethiopia. Paired sample t-test pre-post used to determine whether statistical difference exists between pre and post intervention result. Conclusion: provision of training on emergency case management can plays great role in reduction of mortality in emergency Room. Moreover, establishing patient flow team has a great impact for adopting different type of protocols and procedures according the contexts of the hospital and also adherence to the Ethiopian hospitals reform implementation guide line can result significant ( p value .001) improvement in patient flow standards in Health facility. Recommendation: Full Implementation of the Ethiopian Hospital Reform Implementation Guide line (EHRIG) strategies should be made and it is better to establish patient flow standard teams from different departments and professions.