International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 32 Issue 6
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
An assessment of education, in-service training and tenure prolongation as methods for enhancing nursing performance
Nestor Asiamah, Henry Kofi Mensah, Ben OcraThe purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical basis for considering in-service training, tenure prolongation and continuing education as methods for enhancing nursing…
The Global call for action on infection prevention and control: Implication for low income countries
Gertrude Sika Avortri, Juliet Nabyonga-OremHealthcare-associated infections (HAIs) constitute a major threat to patient safety and affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The World Health Organization in 2016…
Reducing interruptions during medication preparation and administration: An improvement project
Alberto Mortaro, Diana Pascu, Serena Pancheri, Mariangela Mazzi, Stefano Tardivo, Claudio Bellamoli, Federica Ferrarese, Albino Poli, Gabriele Romano, Francesca MorettiAccording to literature, interruptions during drug administration lead to a significant proportion of medication errors. Evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce…
Investigating power styles and behavioural compliance for effective hospital administration: An application of AHP
Anjali Pathania, Gowhar RasoolThe purpose of this paper is to examine the use of power tactics by hospital administrators in order to gain employee compliance. It attempts to understand the influence of power…
Quality assurance as a foundational element for an integrated system of dementia care: Perspectives from physicians and geriatricians
George A. Heckman, Lauren Crutchlow, Veronique Boscart, Loretta Hillier, Bryan Franco, Linda Lee, Frank Molnar, Dallas Seitz, Paul StoleeMany countries are developing primary care collaborative memory clinics (PCCMCs) to address the rising challenge of dementia. Previous research suggests that quality assurance…
Survey of isolation room equipment and resources in an academic hospital
Brittany Telford, Ray Healy, Ellen Flynn, Emma Moore, Akshaya Ravi, Una GearyThe purpose of this paper, a point prevalence study, is to quantify the incidence of isolation and identify the type of communicable diseases in isolation. The paper evaluates…
Nursing staff and patients’ length of stay
Ioannis Moisoglou, Petros Galanis, Evangelia Meimeti, Angeliki Dreliozi, Petros Kolovos, Panagiotis PrezerakosThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of nurse staffing, nurse education and work experience on patients’ length of stay (LOS) in the Greek public hospitals.
Japanese surgical resource utilization in 2016
Yoshinori Nakata, Yuichi Watanabe, Hiroto Narimatsu, Tatsuya Yoshimura, Hiroshi Otake, Tomohiro SawaThe purpose of this paper is to examine from the viewpoint of resource utilization the Japanese surgical payment system which was revised in April 2016.
Leadership styles’ influence on the quality of nursing care
Aladeen Alloubani, Laila Akhu-Zaheya, Ibrahim Mubarak Abdelhafiz, M. AlmatariThe purpose of this paper is to investigate managers’ leadership styles, from the perspective of registered nurses, and its effects on the quality of nursing care in both the…
Improving pediatric experience of pain during vaccinations: a quality improvement project
Terri MacDougall, Shawna Cunningham, Leeann Whitney, Monakshi SawhneyThe purpose of this paper is to share lessons learned from a quality improvement (QI) project that studied pediatric pain assessment scores after implementing additional…
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- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar