... at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Process management Evidence-based practice Private healthcare Management Quality management Nursing quality The Finnish Work Environment Fund Funding: This study was supported by the Finnish Work Environment Fund...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Customer satisfaction Health services Quality management Quality improvement Contingency theory Report cards Theoretical basis for this work is contingency theory. In short, it describes...

...Natkamol Chansatitporn; Vallerut Pobkeeree Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore, confirm and verify leadership with regards to quality management measurement models. This research focused on identifying individual staff members’ leadership attributes at the Thai National Institute...

... 08 08 2018 31 08 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Leadership Quality healthcare Quality management Patient satisfaction Nursing quality Leadership style has vital importance in the quality of nursing care...

...Natkamol Chansatitporn; Vallerut Pobkeeree; Surachart Na Nongkhai; Somchai Sangkijporn Purpose The purpose of this paper is to confirm and examine organization-related factors that could affect quality management at the Thai national reference laboratory known as National Institute of Health...

... Healthcare Process management Quality management Standardization There has been much debate and research recently about how to reduce costs and improve healthcare quality. Improving healthcare effectiveness and efficiency has been an important imperative within developed nations, as healthcare...

..., procedures, processes and resources for implementing quality management” (ISO 8402, 1994), or in more detail, the agreed company-wide operating work structure, which is documented in effective, integrated technical and managerial procedures for guiding the co-ordinated actions of the workforce, the machines...

... healthcare services’ environmental impact can be replicated to provide measurable data on departmental quality improvement initiatives and to be used in hospitals’ quality management systems. Originality/value No other research has been published on the life cycle assessment of MRI. The share of outside...

... (dependent variable). Findings From the nurses’ viewpoints, accreditation effects on services quality mean score was 3.60±0.61. Linear regression analysis showed that leadership and quality management were identified as the most important accreditation quality predictors. The R² value...

... failure?). Khushboo Jain can be contacted at: drjainkhushboo@gmail.com 22 09 2015 12 01 2016 16 06 2016 31 07 2016 23 09 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Quality management Continuous quality...

...Lina Al-Qatawneh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the process followed to control records in a Jordanian private community hospital as an ISO 9001:2008 standard requirement. Design/methodology/approach Under the hospital quality council’s supervision, the quality management...

... error sources and minimize variability in the processes and results (DelliFraine et al., 2010 ; Joint Commission Resources, 2008). Vest and Gamm (2009) suggest that Six Sigma concepts are closely associated with those of total quality management. In spite of conceptual differences between...

...-VHA providers) regarding dual care medication co-management; and improve compliance with the VA’s dual care policy. Lean thinking Quality management Continuous quality improvement Veterans need to be taught their dual care medication responsibilities. If a veteran presents with a non-VHA...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Lean thinking Hospital management Quality management Clinical risk management Clinical process Health lean management During the last decade, the healthcare sector has been characterized by two contradictions. First, medical care costs have been...

... index, +0.11. The question “My immediate supervisor is emotionally supportive when I need it” only affected the mental energy index (weight +0.13). Dr Pia Hannele Jansson von Vultée can be contacted at: pia@predoc.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Analysis Stress Quality...

.... Quality management Assessment Process management Quality healthcare Lean practices Fuzzy planning Shared vision Clear goals Increasingly, researchers note the major challenges facing the US healthcare system, which include rising costs, mounting quality challenges and threats...

..., accounting for two-thirds of new rural physicians (Chan et al., 2005). Management Staffing Recruitment Retention Quality management Many US physicians are reaching retirement age and new generations tend to have a different approach to medical practice, placing greater value...

...Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad Purpose – Despite the potential benefits of total quality management (TQM), many healthcare organisations encountered difficulties in its implementation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the barriers to successful implementation of TQM in healthcare organisations...

... be contacted at: skumar@stthomas.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Health and safety Infection control Six Sigma PDCA Quality management Process management Organizational effectiveness Organizational change US companies for many years have been outsourcing and developing...

...Khwanjai Wangkahat; Somboon Nookhai; Vallerut Pobkeeree Purpose The article aims to give an overview of the system of public health laboratory quality management in Thailand and to produce a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis that is relevant to public health...