International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 23 Issue 5

A social network analysis of healthcare professional relationships in a French hospital

Laurent Boyer, Raoul Belzeaux, Olivier Maurel, Karine Baumstarck‐Barrau, Jean‐Claude Samuelian

This paper aims to describe relationships among healthcare professionals in a French public hospital using social network analysis (SNA) and to improve health service quality by…

Healthcare reforms and cost reduction strategies in Europe: The cases of Germany, UK, Switzerland, Italy and France

Daniel Simonet

This paper aims to analyse health reforms carried out in a sample of European countries.

Improving patient safety culture

Johan Hellings, Ward Schrooten, Niek S. Klazinga, Arthur Vleugels

Improving hospital patient safety means an open and stimulating culture is needed. This article aims to describe a patient safety culture improvement approach in five Belgian…

Quality control and quality assurance of medical committee performance in the Israel Defense Forces

Yoram Chaiter, Yossy Machluf, Avinoam Pirogovsky, Elio Palma, Avi Yona, Tamar Shohat, Amir Yitzak, Orna Tal, Nachman Ash

The paper aims to focus on a unique quality control system that was set up ten years ago to evaluate Medical Classification Committee decision‐making processes at the Israel…

DOC questionnaire: measuring how GPs and medical specialists rate collaboration

Annette J. Berendsen, Wim H.G.M. Benneker, Klaas H. Groenier, Jan Schuling, Richard P.T.M. Grol, Betty Meyboom‐de Jong

This paper aims to assess the validity of a questionnaire aimed at assessing how general practitioners (GPs) and specialists rate collaboration.

Reducing unnecessary outpatient attendances

F. Donnellan, T. Hussain, A.R. Aftab, C. McGurk

The purpose of this paper is to explore unnecessary outpatient department attendances and to improve efficiency by actively pre‐assessing patient charts and pre‐specifying…

World Health Organization

United States of America - Health plans collaborate on landmark initiative to reduce time, expense for physician office practice paperwork

Collaborating clinicians

Keith Hurst

Australia - Despite improvements, prognosis still poor for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer

India - 25 million Indian diabetics can be cured

Experts unite to boost dementia research

Europe - Giving dementia sufferers the help they need

Sudan - Universal access for HIV programmes still a long way off in the south

Medical Management of Eating Disorders – A Practical Handbook for Healthcare Professionals (2nd edition)

Working with Self-management Courses – The Thoughts of Participants, Planners and Policy Makers

Canada - Government of Canada, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and The Heart and Stroke Foundation announce action to protect families from chronic diseases

NGA focus on States' health care responsibilities spotlights need for congress to pass Federal Medicaid relief

Call for papers for Leadership in Health Services

Cambodia - Cases of malaria up by 30,000

United Kingdom - Cutting specialist nurses would be “false economy”, says RCN

Pakistan - 35m children administered anti-polio drops

Arthritis cases on the rise in Qatar

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