... Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Staffing Patient safety Surgery Quality improvement National Health Service Handover mechanisms Patient safety during on call periods is dependent on a reliable and effective handover mechanism...

... methods. Evidence-based practice Outcome Care pathways Colorectal cancer National health service Cancer screening David W. Borowski can be contacted at: DWBorowski@AOL.com 14 11 2016 05 06 2017 19 06 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing...

... and push for further innovations, such as technology and science, especially given that China’s current innovation level is still behind many developed countries (Shambaugh, 2013). China Education Prevention Policy Public health service National health service The large health reform in 2009...

... practice Service quality Service delivery Standards National Health Service Quality standards Alcohol-related ill-health and harm is high and is increasing in England (National Audit Office, 2008). Alcohol-related harm’s total annual cost to English society is estimated at £21 bn, with alcohol...

... and facilitate national monitoring. This can be accomplished through the involvement of healthcare professionals with expertise in nutrition support working within proactive NSTs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Service delivery Standards Service quality Quality improvement National health...

... can be increased, without increasing budgets, to meet a rising clinical demand. The results allow managers and clinicians to improve job planning to ensure more children and young people have quick access to services. Process management Management National Health Service Partnership Lean...

... Infection control Maintenance National health service Performance measures HAIs Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a major problem. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) estimate the UK HAI rate to be 6 per cent and that 1,602 patients in UK acute care acquire HAIs...

... technology side, currently over 90 percent of healthcare services and functionality are managed by computerized procedures. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Governance European Foundation for Quality Management Management Self-assessment National Health Service Quality frameworks...

..., in minutes, staff magazines or documents outlining a Lean consulting tender or reporting an early, experimental project based on Lean methodology. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Lean Health care Implementation NHS England National Health Service United Kingdom...

... on Safety and Quality in Health Care (www.safetyandquality.gov.au/) and the Modernisation Agency within the UK National Health Service (NHS) (Secretary of State for Health, 1999 ; Iles and Sutherland, 2001 ; Iles and Cranfield, 2004 ; National Co‐ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery...

.... The politics of transition. From church to garage. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> National health service Healthcare management Healthcare policy Performance management The New Politics of the NHS – From Creation to Reinvention (6th edition) Article Type...

... developing this area. Originality/value The paper is the first known attempt to survey the literature relating to National Health Service educational governance. Education Health services Governance Quality assurance National Health Service United Kingdom The NHS Education for Scotland...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Quality improvement Performance management National Health Service Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 7 Keywords: Quality improvement...

... quality that healthcare organisations were expected to meet or aspire to. Health services National Health Service Trusts Quality standards United Kingdom Clinical governance UK public service reforms over the last ten years have seen a gradual shift towards increased governance...

... proposals must demonstrate the benefits to patients and the impacts on service delivery. Carers National Health Service Financing Research Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the NHS is not a new phenomenon and has been supported by a raft of policy and guidance since the 1990s. Examples...

... Health Service Financing Targets The need to provide an effective and efficient public service has been a central theme throughout the 60‐year history of the UK National Health Service (NHS). However, there is currently a perception of an unprecedented increase in the number of health care...

... the exploitation of IS/IT. Customer orientation Change management National Health Service Previous scholars such as Brooke and Maguire (1998) , Berg (2001) , Ash et al. (2004) , Weingart et al. (2006) , Reichertz (2006) and Dorr et al. (2007) have been able...

... for particular treatments or certain healthcare professionals. As in other sectors, traditional healthcare workforce planning has tended to focus supply and demand trends for different occupations (Wilson and Briscoe, 2001 , pp. 557‐605). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 National Health...

.... This was an opportunity for trusts to let patients and the public know that they are taking effective action to tackle these infections. Keywords: Performance management, Patients, Safety, Quality standards, National Health Service NHS Trusts are urged to remain vigilant and strive for further improvement...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Patient care National Health Service Qatar Middle East Article Type: News and views From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 22, Issue 5 Keywords: Patient care, National Health Service...