International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 16 Issue 3
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
The quality of health purchasing
John ØvretveitMuch has been written about quality in patient care and clinical support services, but very little about the quality of purchasing. This paper gives an overview of quality issues…
Compliance with instructions for writing structured care management tools
José Labarère, Cécile Bos, Pierrick Bedouch, Magali Fourny, Patricia Pavese, Benoit Allenet, Patrice FrançoisThe aim of this study was to assess whether clinical guidelines complied with the instructions for writing structured care management tools in a French university hospital. A…
Specialty audit leads – has this concept been effective in implementing clinical audit in an acute hospital?
M. Renshaw, A. IrelandClinical audit has a pivotal role to play in improving the quality of patient care. As part of the programme for co‐ordinating clinical audit across the trust each clinical area…
Gap analysis of patient meal service perceptions
Li‐Jen Jessica Hwang, Anita Eves, Terry DesombreThe provision of food and drinks to patients remains a largely unexplored, multidimensional phenomenon. In an attempt to ameliorate this lack of understanding, a survey utilising…
Developing a departmental culture for reporting adverse incidents
R. Bhatia, G. Blackshaw, A. Rogers, A. Grant, R. KulkarniA simple, reproducible model for reporting adverse events was developed in order to promote cultural awareness and acceptance of risk management within the authors’ department. A…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar