International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 16 Issue 6
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Modeling access to health care within a community
Teresa Zayas‐CabánHealth disparities have been a growing concern in the USA. Differences in access to healthcare play a role in these health disparities. This article presents a model that…
Patients’ satisfaction with nursing care in Jordan
Jafar A. Alasad, Muayyad M. AhmadThis exploratory study investigated patients’ satisfaction with nursing care at a major teaching hospital in Jordan. A total of 266 in‐patients participated in the study. Patients…
Care pathways: conceptualising and developing a multi‐skilling initiative
Suzana GrubnicThis study seeks to extend knowledge of care pathways through describing the conception and development of them within a children’s hospital. The care pathway was conceived by the…
The marketing strategies analysis for the umbilical cord blood banking service
Muhsi Yang, Tsai‐Chi Robert Kuo, Roseanne Murphy JonesRecently, researchers have explored the medical applications of umbilical cord blood (UCB) to treat certain types of cancer and other disorders. UCB is a hematopoietic tissue that…
Project storyboards: catalysts for collaborative improvement
Sarah W. FraserThis action‐orientated evaluation uses case studies from project facilitators involved in three different collaborative improvement programmes in the UK; medicines management…
Methods for performing human reliability and error analysis in health care
B.S. DhillonThis paper presents nine different methods and approaches useful for performing human reliability and error analysis in health care. These methods are failure modes and effect…
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0952-6862Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar