International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 27 Issue 1
Addressing the issues of management and quality
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Developing a Persian inpatient satisfaction questionnaire
Mohammad Arab, Arash Rashidian, Abolghasem Pourreza, Maryam Tajvar, Roghayeh Khabiri Nemati, Ali Akbari Sari, Abbas Rahimi ForooshaniValid and reliable measures are required for assessing patient satisfaction meaningfully. The purpose of this paper was to develop and validate a Persian-language in-patient…
Developing a hospital quality improvement initiative in Lesotho
Joshua Berman, Elizabeth Limakatso Nkabane, Sebaka Malope, Seta Machai, Brian Jack, William BicknellHospital-based quality improvement (QI) programs are becoming increasingly common in developing countries as a sustainable method of strengthening health systems. The aim of this…
Quality of coroner's post-mortems in a UK hospital
Husayn Al MahdyThe aim of this paper was, principally, to look at the coroner's post-mortem report quality regarding adult medical patients admitted to an English hospital; and to compare…
The new neck of femur fracture target: experience in a district general hospital
Edward Britton, William NashThe hip fracture “best practice tariff” (BPT) came into effect in April 2010. It advocated two key improvements: surgery within 36hrs of arrival in the emergency department; and…
Listening to patients: improving the outpatient service
Cecilia Mercieca, Sara Cassar, Andrew A. BorgThis paper assesses the patients' healthcare information needs and expectations when they attend a rheumatology outpatient clinic. It proposes that obtaining the patients'…
ACE inhibitors and potassium foods – nurses' knowledge
Brenda Bertrand, Carrie Livingston-Bowen, Christopher Duffrin, Amanda MannAccording to Joint Commission standards, patients should be educated about drug-nutrient interactions. Because nurses are well-suited to educating patients, this paper aims to…
Patient results and laboratory test accuracy
Alexander Katayev, James K. FlemingTraditional quality control materials used for monitoring the clinical laboratory test accuracy might be non-commutable with patient samples and may not detect systematic errors…
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- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar