... analysis with Wilcoxon signed-rank test was conducted with a Bonferroni correction applied, which resulted in a significant increase between the baseline and action phases (Z=3.317, p=0.003) between the baseline and continuous improvement phases (Z=6.633, p<0.001...

... Heart disease management Quality of care measures Healthcare delivery Continuous improvement Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 22, Issue 7 Keywords: Heart disease management, Quality of care measures...

... research (Archinard et al., 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Clinical audit Quality Continuous improvement Evidence‐based practice Hospital management Benchmarking The need for guidelines in liaison psychiatry has long been recognised (Stoudemire et...

...@hotmail.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Business process re‐engineering Total quality management Continuous improvement Medical management Health services United Kingdom To know how health care organisations became interested in industrial quality development tools and how...

... Keywords: Clinical governance, Patient experience, Continuous improvement © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Clinical governance Patient experience Continuous improvement Under the new community pharmacy contract in England and Wales, all contractors...

... COHSASA celebrates ten years Keywords: Quality assessment, Continuous improvement, Health services COHSASA has been working in the field of quality improvement in South African healthcare facilities for over 10 years. Part of the Proudly South African movement COHSASA has achieved...

...Kerry D. Swinehart; Allen E. Smith Purpose The purpose of this article is to present one example of how the strategies of total quality management (TQM) and continuous improvement are being used by US health care providers to meet the challenges of the future. Design/methodology/approach...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Quality systems Continuous improvement Health services United Kingdom Sheila Leatherman and Kim SutherlandRadcliffe Oxford in association with the Nuffield Trust2005ISBN 1-85775-790-4 Keywords: Quality systems, Continuous...

... services Middle managers, Quality improvement Continuous improvement Hospital management Organizational change basic QI skills provided to all staff; just‐in‐time specific QI skills training; use of different training methods based on adult learning principles; and continuous...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Continuous improvement Long-term care Baldrige Award Performance management American Health-care Association Quality awards Keywords: Continuous improvement, Long-term care, Baldrige Award,Performance management...

... to continuous improvement, kaizen, emphasises small‐scale changes. Table III summarises the characteristics of each approach. In summary, it is a key question whether senior managers and clinicians can adapt to the changes in managerial style. The research conducted here established the extent...

... conclude that the public sector is in a much worse position than the private sector in terms of total quality. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Health services Continuous improvement Total quality management Cyprus Hospitals There were many complaints from the public in 2002...

...Barbara Dunn; Stephen Mathews This paper outlines the continuous improvement journey of a voluntary organisation. The significant level of organisational growth and improving quality of services described is clearly linked to the organisation’s commitment to improvement. One of the approaches used...

...Clare Chow‐Chua; Mark Goh Presents an exploratory field research on all hospitals in Singapore, highlighting the different routes hospitals have adopted in pursuing their corporate quality journey for the new millennium. In general, both continuous improvement and innovation‐based approaches have...

... application of quality programmes. Explores ways of developing a more holistic and integrated programme of quality improvement. Describes the creation and implementation of a model for continuous improvement in health care quality. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Continuous improvement Health care National...

... and suppliers ranging from laboratories to pharmaceutical firms establish methods for making rapid continuous improvement and total quality management the cornerstone of the strategic planning process. The methodology of the GAO Report was to survey companies competing for the Malcolm Baldrige Award...