.... Håvard Hansen can be contacted at: havard.hansen@uis.no 20 07 2017 28 02 2018 09 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Decision making User satisfaction Service delivery Patient satisfaction Food...

... A schematic representation of the operations taking place inside the clinic Decision making Patient satisfaction Analysis Clinical effectiveness Capacity management Large outpatient health-care clinics schedule thousands of patient appointments each year. Productivity improvement...

... for treating UI. Decision making System thinking Comparative effectiveness analysis Cost utility analysis Markov chain decision model Stress incontinence The current healthcare delivery system is designed for treating acute illnesses within the US population. However, the majority of available...

... judged the workshops’ value on supporting decision making. Findings – In total, 15 employees participated in the workshops. Participants from workshop 2 reported more expected effects (27 effects; 18 positive) than from workshop 1 (14 effects; six positive). However, when effects were categorized...

... quality when the intervention CICU was compared to the control group. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Decision making Evidence-based practice Quality improvement Clinical guidelines Quality healthcare Unwarranted variation and its potentially detrimental consequences...

... et al., 2006 ; Singla et al., 2006 ; Scott et al., 2003). Measuring healthcare safety-culture enables us to identify improvements, safety behaviours and outcomes for both patients and staff. These instruments should also serve as decision making tools, especially for managers...

... management Quality improvement Decision making Kuwait Quality control and quality management have become important healthcare issues to: ensure patient and personnel safety; increase patient expectations; reduce risks; and increase hospital productivity. Quality Assurance and Total Quality...

.... However, following‐up individual patients can highlight medical therapy effects. Practical implications The article concludes that control charts, in particular one‐sided ones, are a valuable tool for monitoring chronic respiratory patients, thus contributing to medical decision making. Originality...

...J.R.C. van Sambeek; F.A. Cornelissen; P.J.M. Bakker; J.J. Krabbendam Purpose The purpose of this article is to find decision‐making models for the design and control of processes regarding patient flows, considering various problem types, and to find out how usable these models are for managerial...

... Healthcare information Patient safety mechanisms Patient choice Decision making Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 2 Keywords: Healthcare information, Patient safety mechanisms,Patient choice...

... measurement system, responsible for the organizational performance measurement effort. In this context the performance measurement system must be viewed as a complete organizational system (Lohman et al., 2004 ; Chenhall, 2005). Performance measures Decision making Health services Cost...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Patients Decision making Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 1 Keywords: Patients, Decision making In the great debate over healthcare reform...

... Keywords: Decision making, Health and medicine, Patients,Doctors When the first edition of this book came out in 2001 (under the title Evidence-based Patient Choice: Inevitable or Impossible?), it examined the emerging themes of patient choice and clinical decision-making, and looked...

... analysis Decision making Process efficiency 1. the efficient use of resources; 2. the clear achievement of the goals; and 3. comprehension by the user (patient) of the study undertaken. The first item is related to efficiency, i.e. how well inputs are converted to outputs...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Ethics Decision making Patients Please note that, unless expressly stated, these are not reviews of the titles given. They are descriptions of the books, based on information provided by the publishers. Assessing...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Patients Patient care Decision making UK – Health-care Commission What patients think about the NHS – overall “thumbs up” but patients need more information about their care Keywords: Patients, Patient care...

..., in a defined service area. These are licensed providers who are affiliated with, employed by, or under contract to provide health care services on behalf of the health plan. Doctors Primary care Interpersonal skills Competences Influence Decision making © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

... in the daily operations of an ER facility, their input to the design is essential. For this reason, also describes a group decision‐making process. Thus, one cannot expect to achieve an effective and efficient ER facility by concentrating solely on the design of the physical facility. One must give...

... and allocate resources and plan for implementation. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Charts Decision making Recording techniques The Planman system is couched in the framework of information‐based options of the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), developed by Briggs/Myers from 1942 onwards...

...Ali Dastmalchian; Raymond Tervo The findings of a study of organisational structure and decision making are outlined. The study was conducted in Saskatchewan and indicates the extent of decentralisation and the participation of employees, including doctors. © MCB UP Limited 1990 CANADA...