International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 32 Issue 4

Patient safety culture in maternity units: a review

Waleed Al Nadabi, Bryan McIntosh, Tracy McClelland, Mohammed Mohammed

The purpose of this paper is to summarize studies that have examined patient safety culture in maternity units and describe the different purposes, study designs and tools…

Preferences of Iranian average risk population for colorectal cancer screening tests

Vajiheh Ramezani_Doroh, Alireza Delavari, Mehdi Yaseri, Sara Emamgholipour Sefiddashti, Ali Akbarisari

The purpose of this paper is to explore the preferences of the average risk Iranian population for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests.

Relationships between maternal characteristics and infant birth weight

Maryam Javadi, Sima Rafiei, Fariba Zahedifar, Ameneh Barikani

Nowadays, the importance of infant birth weight (IBW) as a key factor in determining the future of physical and mental development of children is a growing concern. The purpose of…

mHealth apps design using quality function deployment

Süleyman Barutçu

The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to draw health managers’, clinicians’, entrepreneurs’ and mobile apps designers’ attention toward new mobile health applications…

Care living labs’ effect on care organization and quality of working life

Anselm Yennef Vereycken, Leen De Kort, Geert Vanhootegem, Ezra Dessers

There is a growing interest in living labs (a research concept in which innovations are co-created with end-users and tested in practice) as a method to test and develop health…

Can Bahraini patients accept e-health systems?

Ali Zolait, Nadeen Radhi, Muna Moahmmed Alhowaishi, Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram, Lulwa Mohammed Aldoseri

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether Bahraini individuals accept e-health system and the prominent factors affecting e-health system adoption in Bahrain.

A hospital recreation room quality improvement intervention

Lorraine Dolan, Maria Kane, Fiona Timmins, Geraldine Prizeman, Orla Dempsey

Patients with extended hospital admissions had no recreation facilities in the ward. They were often confined to spaces around their beds, using the ward corridor for…

Factors affecting quality management at the Thai national institute of health

Natkamol Chansatitporn, Vallerut Pobkeeree, Surachart Na Nongkhai, Somchai Sangkijporn

The purpose of this paper is to confirm and examine organization-related factors that could affect quality management at the Thai national reference laboratory known as National…

Comprehensive geriatric assessment in Swedish acute geriatric settings

Ewa Wressle, Eva Törnvall

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a widely used approach in geriatric care and involves multidisciplinary assessments focused on determining a frail elderly person’s…

Patient involvement in consultation for atrial fibrillation – the cardiologists’ perspective

Ulla Hellström Muhli, Jan Trost, Eleni Siouta

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the accounts of Swedish cardiologists concerning patient involvement in consultations for atrial fibrillation (AF). The questions were: how…