International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 22 Issue 1

Quality improvement in primary care: ethical issues explored

Quality improvement (QI) processes in family medicine are becoming increasingly complex. Their influence on the organisation of the sector and on the daily work processes is…

Developing, testing and applying instruments for measuring rising dependency‐acuity's impact on ward staffing and quality

This paper aims to explains how relatively simple nurse staffing formulas from “best practice” ward dependency‐acuity data can be used for nursing workforce planning and…

Factors affecting performance of hospital nurses in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

The purpose of this paper is to identify factors influencing performance of hospital nurses in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia. Specific objectives were to estimate self‐reported…

Protocols, policy directives and choice provision: UK midwives' views

Within maternity hospitals midwives are expected to follow the protocol‐driven culture and orders issued by senior staff. Simultaneously, midwives are expected to follow social…

RFID in the healthcare supply chain: usage and application

The purposes of this study are to first, determine the most efficient and cost effective portions of the healthcare supply chain in which radio frequency identification devices…

Data mining in pharma sector: benefits

The amount of data getting generated in any sector at present is enormous. The information flow in the pharma industry is huge. Pharma firms are progressing into increased…

An assessment of diagnostic efficiency by Taguchi/DEA methods

The aim of this paper is to propose a new, objective and consistent method for the calculation of the diagnostic efficiency in medical applications.

Canada - Health Canada provides easier access to information on licensed natural health products

USA - Expanding health care coverage and lowering costs – health savings accounts

2009 Advertising and Consumer Psychology Conference

Japan - The Healthcare Revolution – the rise of the “medical mall”

Finland - Almost half of Finns think that their health services have become worse

Middle East – United Arab Emirates Daman quality award to Lifeline Hospital, Abu Dhabi

Africa – South Africa Government urged to raise treatment standards

Who Decides Who Decides? Enabling Choice, Equity, Access, Improved Performance and Patient Guaranteed Care

Health Promotion in Action – From Local to Global Empowerment

World Health Organization

Caribbean - PM Douglas warns Caribbean nations about HIV/AIDS

Editorial

Australia - Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights

Europe - EMEA releases guidelines on development of medicines for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

UK - £1 million new funding for world’s first end of Life Care Research Institute

UK - Change4Life – eat well, move more, live longer

Africa - Beating meningitis

A-Z of Qualitative Research in Healthcare (2nd edition)