International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 18 Issue 5
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Assessment of quality of care in postpartum wards of Shaheed Beheshti Medical Science University hospitals, 2004
M. Simbar, Z. Alizadeh Dibazari, J. Abed Saeidi, H. Alavi MajdDespite 77 per cent antenatal care coverage and 90 per cent skilled attendant at delivery, adjusted maternal mortality in Iran is 76 per 100,000 births. Low quality of maternal…
An international comparison of information in adverse events
Alan Gillies, John HowardAims to describe the growing importance of information and its governance within public services. The paper starts by considering how scandals in three national public health…
The quality of prescribing in general practice in Kerman, Iran
Gholamreza‐Sepehri, Manzumeh‐Shamsi MeimandiThe aim of the present study was to assess the prescribing pattern of general practitioners (GPs) in Kerman province of Iran.
An ISO 9001 quality management system in a hospital: Bureaucracy or just benefits?
Jaap van den Heuvel, Lida Koning, Ad J.J.C. Bogers, Marc Berg, Monique E.M. van DijenTo describe how The Red Cross Hospital in Beverwijk, The Netherlands implemented an ISO 9000 quality management system throughout the entire organisation, obtained an ISO…
Implementing TQM in the health care service: A four‐year following‐up of production, organisational climate and staff wellbeing
Eva Lindberg, Urban RosenqvistThe present study seeks to present a case study over four years following an implementation process of total quality management (TQM) on an ICU (intensive care unit).
“To protect or not to protect?” Complaining vulnerable adults? That is the challenge
Louise Bell, Rachel Osborne, Peter GreggHidden camera television documentaries filmed in care home settings have shown evidence of the abuse of vulnerable adults, been widely discussed in the mass media and have brought…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar