International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 21 Issue 3
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents - Special Issue: Managed care
Guest Editors: Keith Hurst
Quality of health care in the US managed care system: Comparing and highlighting successful states
Kristina L. GuoThis paper aims to examine the issue of quality of care in the US managed care system and to compare state‐level policies and programs. Specifically, it aims to describe five…
Seamless healthcare delivery systems
John Parnaby, Denis R. TowillTaking the physician sourced observation that “wasting time is always more expensive than saving it” leads naturally to the conclusion that effective and efficient patient‐centred…
LIFENET hospitals (India): developing new services' case study
Zillur Rahman, M.N. QureshiIndian healthcare is in the process of offering a plethora of services to customers hailing largely from India and from neighboring countries. The Indian hospital sector consists…
Business process re‐engineering – saviour or just another fad?: One UK health care perspective
Anjali Patwardhan, Dhruv PatwardhanPressure to change is politically driven owing to escalating healthcare costs and an emphasis on efficiency gains, value for money and improved performance proof in terms of…
Managed care's clinical and economic impact on patients with type II diabetes in France: A controlled population‐based study
Laurent Boyer, Patrice François, Magali Fourny, Céline Ohrond, Charles Chanut, José Labarère, Pascal AuquierThe purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of five type II diabetes managed care programmes (MCPs) in clinical and economic terms at the community level in which these…
Implementing QA programs in managed care health plans: factors contributing to success
Revital Gross, Yael Ashkenazi, Hava Tabenkin, Avi Porath, Alec AviramThe purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that contribute to the success or failure of quality assurance programs implemented by Israeli managed care health plans.
Point of care testing to improve glycemic control
George Rust, Morna Gailor, Elvan Daniels, Barbara McMillan‐Persaud, Harry Strothers, Robert MayberryThe purpose of this paper is to pilot‐test the feasibility and impact of protocol‐driven point‐of‐care HbA1c testing on levels of glycemic control and on rates of diabetic regimen…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar