International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 24 Issue 1
Addressing the issues of management and quality
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Perceptions of healthcare practitioners in Saudi Arabia regarding their training in oral cancer prevention, and early detection
Louay Jaber, Sami Shaban, Deema Hariri, Stephanus SmithHealthcare practitioners (HCPs) have a major responsibility in the prevention and early detection of oral cancer (OC). Accordingly, adequate training in this area will positively…
Quality‐assuring intervention for technical medical staff at medical committees
Yoram Chaiter, Elio Palma, Yossy Machluf, Avi Yona, Avi Cohen, Avinoam Pirogovsky, Tamar Shohat, Amir Ytzhak, Nachman AshThis paper seeks to examine an intervention program which was developed in order to improve the performance and skills of technical medical personnel at the military recruitment…
Quality of education at multidisciplinary case conferences in psychiatry
Marie Naughton, Seamus MacSuibhne, Ian Callanan, Allys Guerandel, Kevin MalonePurpose – A large Dublin‐based teaching hospital facilitates a weekly Psychiatric Case Presentation meeting, which is relatively unique in medicine and even in psychiatry, in that…
Do patients' perceptions exceed their expectations in private healthcare settings?
Norazah Mohd Suki, Jennifer Chiam Chwee Lian, Norbayah Mohd SukiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether patients' perceptions exceed expectations when seeking treatment in private healthcare settings in the Klang Valley Region of…
Hospital services quality assessment: Hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, as a tangible example of a developing country
Mahmood Nekoei‐Moghadam, Mohammadreza AmiresmailiAlthough quality orientation is one of the main priorities of any progressive organization, quality evaluation in organizations providing services such as hospitals is one of the…
Sustainable leadership in a Thai healthcare services provider
Sooksan KantabutraRhineland leadership practices contrast sharply with the prevailing Anglo/US business model of short‐term maximization of profitability, and are said to lead to greater corporate…
What is, could be better: Swedish women's perceptions of their intrapartal care during planned vaginal birth
Ann‐Kristin Sandin‐Bojö, Linda J. Kvist, Marie Berg, Bodil Wilde LarssonThe aim of this study is to describe how Swedish women, planned for vaginal birth, perceive the quality of intrapartal care that they receive and the subjective importance they…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar