International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 32 Issue 5

Experience-based co-design to improve a pulmonary rehabilitation programme

Sharon Williams, Alice M. Turner, Helen Beadle

The purpose of this paper is to investigate patient perspectives on attending pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). This qualitative case study identifies the benefits and challenges to…

Enhancing organizational health literacy in a rural Missouri clinic: a qualitative case study

Ricardo Wray, Nancy Weaver, Prajakta Adsul, Kanak Gautam, Keri Jupka, Stacie Zellin, Kathryn Goggins, Santosh Vijaykumar, Natasha Hansen, Rima Rudd

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a collaborative effort between a health care organization and academic institution to strengthen organizational health literacy.

Gynecology healthcare professionals towards safety procedures in operation rooms aiming to enhanced quality of medical services in Greece

Konstantinos Dinas, Eleftherios Vavoulidis, Georgios Chrysostomos Pratilas, Kimon Chatzistamatiou, Alexandros Basonidis, Alexandros Sotiriadis, Leonidas Zepiridis, Konstantinos Pantazis, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Vassilis Aletras, George Tsiotras

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes of healthcare professionals in Greece toward safety practices in gynecological Operation Rooms (ORs).

The legal, governance and ethical implications of involving service users and carers in research

Virginia Minogue, Mary Cooke, Anne-Laure Donskoy, Penny Vicary

Service user and carer involvement in all aspects of the health and care research process, from co-applicant on funding applications to active engagement in a research study, is…

Structural empowerment and nurses’ patient identification behaviors: a cross-sectional study

Young Mee Kim, Se Young Kim

The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships between structural empowerment and patient identification behaviors of nurses.

An exploration of how domains of quality of care relate to overall care experience

Ashley Jill Shepherd, Julie Cowie, Michelle Beattie

The purpose of this paper is to determine the relative influence of the different domains of healthcare quality from the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT) and…

Appreciative enquiry peer review improving quality of services

Frank R. Burbach, Sarah K. Amani

Mental health service improvement initiatives often involve the setting of targets and monitoring of performance. The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of…

Evidence based practice among healthcare providers: a cross-sectional study

Khalil Kalavani, Rafat Mohebbifar, Sima Rafiei

Nowadays health systems in most of the countries are trying to build their healthcare provision system based on scientific knowledge based evidence. Evidence-based practice (EBP…

Patients’ perspective of a dedicated biologic clinic for inflammatory arthritis

Erika Cefai, Daniela Balzan, Cecilia Mercieca, Andrew Borg

The purpose of this paper is to assess the patient’s perspective on a dedicated clinic set up for patients diagnosed with an inflammatory arthritis who are being treated with a…

Business process improvement methods in healthcare: a comparative study

Ehab Seed Ahmed, Mohammad Nazir Ahmad, Siti Hajar Othman

According to the literature concerned with this study, less than satisfactory outcomes have been achieved through implementing business process improvements methods (BPIMs) in…