International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 8 Issue 7
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Towards improving care for children with diabetes in Kuwait
A.A. Shaltout, M.A. Qabazard, M. Al Khawari, R. Bushnaq, N.A. Abdella, R. Abdul Salam, H. MughalPresents the results of a medical audit of the records of 199children diagnosed as diabetic and admitted to Al‐Amiri Hospital,Kuwait. Uses the measurement of glycosylated…
Do or DIE
Karen Parsley, Joanne BarnesOver the recent past, a number of different approaches to qualityimprovement have been introduced to the field of health‐care delivery.Presents an overview of the approach…
Defining a quality strategy for learning disability services
Gordon SmithDescribes how Lifecare NHS Trust established core values and an ISO9000 quality framework as the foundation for patient care qualityimprovement. Discusses a procedural approach to…
Following pathways in pursuit of excellence
Sylvia NelsonPresents Cheviot and Wansbeck NHS Trust’s strategy for qualityimprovement with a patient‐focused approach. Describes the developmentand implementation of multidisciplinary…
Patient‐focused care and its role in hospital process re‐engineering
Janice NicholsonExamines the concept of patient‐focused care and how it fits intohospital process re‐engineering. Describes the project undertaken at theDerbyshire Royal Infirmary, to implement…
Developing standards for patient information
Kathy Richardson, Sally MoranPresents a review of the patient information literature used in theTaunton and Somerset NHS Trust. Describes the changes made to thisliterature in an attempt to improve the…
Path.Finder: an interactive clinical information system
Iain E. Buchan, Tom KennedyPresents Path.Finder, a locally managed health care informationsystem built in response to the need for better communication of currentresearch evidence and clinical practice…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar