International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 31 Issue 3
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Improving Tanzanian childbirth service quality
Jennie Jaribu, Suzanne Penfold, Cathy Green, Fatuma Manzi, Joanna SchellenbergThe purpose of this paper is to describe a quality improvement (QI) intervention in primary health facilities providing childbirth care in rural Southern Tanzania.
Assessing primary care data quality
Yvonne Mei Fong Lim, Maryati Yusof, Sheamini SivasampuThe purpose of this paper is to assess National Medical Care Survey data quality.
Improvement attributes in healthcare: implications for integrated care
Patrick John HarnettHealthcare quality improvement is a key concern for policy makers, regulators, carers and service users. Despite a contemporary consensus among policy makers that integrated care…
Cleaning up the paper trail – our clinical notes in open view
Gerard Lambe, Niall Linnane, Ian Callanan, Marcus W. ButlerIreland’s physicians have a legal and an ethical duty to protect confidential patient information. Most healthcare records in Ireland remain paper based, so the purpose of this…
Improving patient safety in Libya: insights from a British health system perspective
Mustafa Elmontsri, Ahmed Almashrafi, Elizabeth Dubois, Ricky Banarsee, Azeem MajeedPatient safety programmes aim to make healthcare safe for both patients and health professionals. The purpose of this paper is to explore the UK’s patient safety improvement…
Barriers to empathy-based care: oncology nurses’ perceptions
Fariba Taleghani, Elaheh Ashouri, Mehrdad Memarzadeh, Mortaza SaburiThe purpose of this paper is to explore oncology nurses’ barriers to empathy-based care perceptions.
Asian Care Certificate (ACC): a care quality assurance framework
Tony TalaieQuality assuring elderly care through a viable and feasible standard framework is a major challenge for Asian governments. Although several attempts have been made to tackle…
Association between outpatient orthopedic surgery costs and healthcare facility characteristics
Yuichi Watanabe, Yoshinori NakataThe purpose of this paper is to examine the association between outpatient orthopedic surgery costs and Japan’s healthcare facilities using a large-scale Japanese medical claims…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar