... in their hospitals. Canada Patient care Patient safety Quality improvement Acute care hospitals Quality improvement (QI) efforts to progress patient care and increase patient safety in Canadas’ hospitals and around the globe is a relatively new phenomenon. There have been a few studies...

... for orthopaedic patients. Table III lists the contextual and organizational factors present in Case 2. Claudia Amar can be contacted at: claudia.amar@cfhi-fcass.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Canada Management Strategies Waiting time Sustainable services Case 2...

... There were 278 physicians from Manitoba, Canada who completed a self‐report questionnaire during 2006. The largest specialty was family medicine, followed by internal medicine and pediatrics. Mean years of practice was 16, and 60 percent of the respondents were male. Respondents indicated the extent to which...

... it was located next to the entrance room where incoming/outgoing staff impeded fully opening the fridge door. Shelf height was right for most staff and offered good visual and physical access. Medication errors Physical environment Long‐term care facility Canada Health care Patient care...

... settings. Oscar E. Firbank can be contacted at: oscar.e.firbank@umontreal.ca Quality improvement Quality assessment Priority setting Homecare Canada Social care Elder care Customer services quality © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 If I have something, I feel...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Cancer care treatment Ill health prevention Health professionals Collaboration Canada Kenya Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 3 Keywords...

... and higher numbers representing positive responses. Additional response options were categorical and open‐ended (Appendix, Table AI). We recruited parents/guardians of pediatric day case surgery child patients from British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Canada. Ethical approval was obtained through...

... a wonderful, committed team of volunteers, and none of this could be possible without them”, she adds. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Rehabilitation Patients Canada Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Performance measures Quality indicators Cancer Attitudes Qualitative research Canada In an age of limited resources but increased demands for accountability, performance measurement has become a common exercise by which health care organizations...

... The Task Group will explore and develop approaches in areas of mutual interest for improving Inuit health. The joint workplan will focus on four key areas: implementation of an Office of Inuit Health at Health Canada to better address Inuit specific health issues; cross-jurisdictional...

... Publishing Limited 2007 Antibiotics Hospitals Medical diagnosis Patient care Canada We carried out a retrospective chart review to determine the reasons why it took more than eight hours to administer the first dose of antibiotics. Following an initial review of 50 charts we categorized...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Health and medicine Rehabilitation Health services Canada Americas Canada Better access to better care Keywords: Health and medicine, Rehabilitation, Health services, Canada Toronto – The McGuinty government...

... Publishing Limited 2005 Health services Workplace Job satisfaction Patient care Research work Canada Differences in the way hospital care is organized can affect patient outcomes, including mortality and readmission rates (Mitchell and Shortell, 1997 ; Weisman and Nathanson, 1985...

... Keywords: Nursing, Leadership, Health services, Best practice, Canada Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh today announced federal funding of $5.53 million to help strengthen Canada’s nursing workforce, paying tribute to the critical role nurses play in Canada’s health care system. Minister...

... Keywords: Natural products, Public health, Canada Canadians are becoming more and more interested in natural health products(NHPs). As the popularity of NHPs continues to grow, so do calls for assurances of their safety and quality. The Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) supports...

... survey of 243 nurses from 13 units of a 300‐bed university‐affiliated hospital in Quebec, Canada, during 2001. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the five sub‐scales were confirmed; three of the sub‐scales had greater ability to discriminate between units. Using hierarchical regression models, “resource...

... but who held important information to inform the process. Elderly people Emergency services Hospitals Patient care Quality improvement Canada In 1998, Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) inaugurated the Elder‐Friendly Hospital Initiative, a wide‐ranging evidence‐based quality...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Government Primary care Canada Canada Investment in primary care Keywords Government, Primary care, Canada In the autumn it was announced that the Government of Canada is investing funds to improve primary health-care...

...Barbara Morris © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Health Canada Canadian heart health trends Keywords: Health, Canada The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation publishes an annual Report Card on Canadians' Heart Health, which summarises and tracks heart health...

... transcribed interviews with ten seniors from across Canada. Members of the National Advisory Council of Canada, most of whom are themselves seniors, participated in designing the study, carrying out the interviews and interpreting the results. Clusters of values were identified concerning health care services...