International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 10 Issue 4
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
The challenges of assessing outcome in chronic pain
Rebecca Haines, Alan Blair, Michael OsbornClinicians in chronic pain services are facing the need to develop meaningful and methodologically adequate measures, not only to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and…
Papers not patients? ‐ unlocking resources, paying for quality
John Richard HughesReviews the present contracting arrangements in general practice. Outlines recent Government White Papers, leading to a discussion of the future opportunities for general…
Implementation of a documentation management system for quality assurance in a university hospital
Patrice François, José Labarère, Hervé Bontemps, Georges Weil, Jean CalopDevelopment and implementation of guidelines constitutes the basis of quality management systems for any organization. The authors have studied the internal documentation produced…
Measuring the outcomes of disease management
Gillian Fairfield, Andrew F. LongDiscusses measuring outcomes in the context of disease management and provides a single framework in the form of a key question checklist. Identifies key stakeholders. Outlines…
Clwydian Community Care Trust: district nursing patients’ questionnaire
Peter Reid, Katherine J. PierceThe aim of this project was to develop a reliable and valid consumer satisfaction questionnaire for users of the District Nursing Service in Clwyd. During the qualitative phase 18…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar