NHS performs well in many international comparisons on measures such as efficiency, equity, and access.3 Despite these achievements, however, problems with health outcomes remain.34 Moreover, other European countries have also improved their health outcomes in recent decades, often at a faster rate ...
Quality improvement collaboratives (originally termed “breakthrough collaboratives” [45]), in which representatives from different healthcare organizations come together to address a common problem, identify best practice, set goals, share data and initiate and evaluate improvement efforts [46], are o...
Quality of maternal healthcare in India: Has the National Rural Health Mission made a difference? While NRHM has made efforts to address lacunae associated with quality of maternal care in the public health system, there is much scope forimprovement... H Nair,R Panda - 《Journal of Global He...
However, continuous quality improvement (CQI), with its emphasis on quality outcomes, is being adopted with great enthusiasm at most NHS sites. This article describes how Brighton Health Care NHS Trust in the south of England follows the CQI path and discusses some of its achievements and the ...
In contrast, the private sector, led by the Independent Healthcare Association, sought to identify a provider of key performance indicators to support both internal, within-sector drives for quality improvement and external demands produced by governmental review and the introduction of the National ...
social media; quality improvement; health services; system transformation; digital health; stakeholder engagement; consumer engagement; health policy1. Introduction Social media has shaped the internet since Web 2.0 was defined in 2004 [1]. Social media are any online platforms that allows users to ...
BMJ Quality & Safety is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the science of improvement across healthcare service and provision.
Quality improvement (QI) is an intentional, systematic application of specific methods to improve service delivery, to achieve positive change. In health care, QI is defined as a rigorous systematic process that emphasises continuous activities to achieve measurable improvement of health outcomes, health...
Board oversight of quality: any differences in process of care and mortality? In response to legal and accreditation mandates as well as pressures from purchasers and consumers for quality improvement, hospital governing boards seek ... HJ Jiang,C Lockee,K Bass,... - 《Journal of Healthcare ...
However, patient engagement is a new phenomenon, particularly in community based primary care clinics. How to engage patients in quality improvement in these clinics, or what effect this might have, is not well known. The involvement of patients needs to be adapted to the way these clinics ...