Healthcare qualityQuality cultureQuality assessmentQuality improvement"Quality care" definitions must encompass the perspectives of physicians, nurses and patients."Quality care" judgments are mainly based on careprocesses, less on structures or outcomes.Successful communication and staff motivation are core ...
Addressing medical errors remains a top priority in healthcare policy. Payers, policymakers, and the public show no signs of relenting. Clinicians face pressure from within the profession to self-regulate quality and safety, while external calls for stricter oversight persist. Market forces and ...
This chapter expands on the previous one by dealing with practical aspects of the quality of individual care using the principles of ethics. Although ethics are regarded as rather a ‘dry’ subject by some, this chapter brings the theory alive and is full of practical advice on how to base ...
Do patient experiences on priority aspects of health care predict their global rating of quality of care? A study in five patient groups Background Patient-given global ratings are frequently interpreted as summary measures of the patient perspective, with limited understanding of what these......
Experts perceived that the scenarios were highly innovative, but only moderately desirable, and that their implementation could especially improve patients' knowledge, quality of healthcare, and living standard. Contrarily, monetary aspects, technical prerequisites, and data security were identified as key...
are routes within the healthcare delivery system that consist of all the steps that people with intellectual disabilities and their families have to take in order to realise the needed care and services.Aim: This article aims to identify the quality aspects of trajectories that are considered impor...
The effect of a quality improvement initiative on the quality of other aspects of health care: the law of unintended consequences. Med Care 2007;45:8 -18
摘要: Objectives.—(1) To examine the relationship between access to care and the number of missed workdays, and (2) to determine how this relationship is confounded by the presence of having health insurance and health care use among migraineurs.关键词:...
Kresimon, JRychlik R, Kiencke P, Kresimon J. Healthcare research study into quality of life and pharmacoeconomic aspects of patients with chronic back pain being treated with oxycodone/naloxone or other WHO step opiods. Interim analysis. Article in German. Gesundh Okon Qual Manag. 2011;16:...