International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 7 Issue 5
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Guidelines, Protocols and Outcomes
Andrew F. LongClinical guidelines are being widely advocated. Discusses the agenda foroutcomes in a context of both purchasing and providing and from user andclinical perspectives. Debates the…
Health Visiting: A New Model for a Deprived Area
Maggie Boyd, Adrian ChubbDiscusses Nottingham’s approach to developing a public health roleexplicitly alongside traditional health visiting. Argues that theirapproach makes significant improvements to the…
Secondments in Health Care Quality Assurance
Joy I. GreigDescribes different types of secondment in quality assurance. Addressesthe social and occupational characteristics of the associated roles.Demonstrates that the benefits of…
Quality Improvement in General Surgery: Hong Kong Style
Beng Hong Ong, Hugh KochA second article describing the significant move of United ChristianHospital towards “continuous quality improvement”. Describes the generalsurgery CQI programme, its problems and…
Quality Costing
John M. SabugueiroOutlines the introduction of a “quality costing” perspective into qualityimprovement of priority services. Illustrates cash‐releasing andnon‐cash releasing opportunities.
Introducing Anticipated Recovery Pathways: A Teaching Hospital Experience
Terina Riches, Louise Stead, Charlotte EspieIntegrated Care Plans, or Anticipated Recovery Pathways, embrace qualityand efficiency concepts. They allow multi‐disciplinary input on patientcare planning. Pathways are now…
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0952-6862Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar