HCA 250 Health Psychology Committee Report

HCA

Health Psychology Committee Report

The Health Psychology Committee is committed to enhance the health of patients and to assist patients in obtaining the shortest hospital stay, while improving the hospital's performance with respect to following the appropriate protocols and regimens. To that end, the Committee has established a new Division of Psychiatry, which is staffed by five specialists who are responsible for addressing specific interests of a wide-ranging population and assisting the hospital in treating the "whole" patient.

The committee has sought to address a key issue facing individuals who are facing a hospital stay - that is, an overriding fear of hospitals. According to the Child Development Institute (2008), one of the major...