International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 13 Issue 3
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
System negligence is at the root of medical error
John ØvretveitThis article compares the ways in which we think about errors and poor quality in health care to the approach taken by other industries. It proposes a more scientific study of…
Quality in palliative care services: patients’ views
N.V. RaynesThis article identifies the views of terminally ill patients with cancer about the palliative care services they receive and the value they put on these. A sample of 27 patients…
Costing clinical audit: preparing for clinical governance
Jane Robinson, Wendy LefortClinical audit departments will have to demonstrate more “business‐like” procedures such as rigorous project management in order to meet the demands of clinical governance…
The Quality Quiz: a tool for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations survey preparation
Kenneth R. Ong, Jaycinth Blackman, Maureen Barron, Jimmie Ahmed, Catherine Corbelli, Joseph SkarzynskiAs part of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations survey preparation, two prospective, interventional studies were conducted. The first study compared the…
Availability and quality of obstetric care services in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a situation analysis
Kennedy Nyabuti OndimuKenya has seen a gradual decline in the quality of health services particularly those in the public sector. This has adversely affected health status of vulnerable groups…
Quality in finance of health care: the unaddressed imperative
Patrick Asubonteng Rivers, Saundra H. GloverAs the health‐care industry undergoes major change, a method of “accounting for quality” has become a key factor in health services delivery and fiscal accountability. This…
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0952-6862Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar