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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Continuous Quality Improvement"”.
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Building the frameworks to implement the continuous quality improvement philosophy related to pharmaceutical care.
The provision of high quality patient care, together with the need to accurately assess this care, is paramount to the effectiveness of healthcare delivery. Pharmacy has yet to meet these challenges. Research questions & Aim: i) What are the component parts of clinical pharmacy services in Tayside …
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A web-based intelligent learning environment for the teaching of industrial continuous quality improvement
… for developing an intelligent platform for continuous quality improvement, in order to deliver an efficient learning environment for students to learn quality improvement techniques in a structured manner. Many quality improvement programmes often fail because these techniques and their …
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Implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement in a Community Mental Health Care Center: Effect on Morale
… important to all service organizations because quality is dependent upon the nature of face-to-face interactions. Because the workers in mental health service organizations must care for patients, morale is especially important. Although studies suggest that rapid change due to cutbacks, …
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Human resource management practices that encourage continuous quality improvement practices in small and medium-sized enterprises in the food processing sector in Thailand
… Management Practices (HRMPs) that encourage the Continuous Quality Improvement Practices (CQIPs) in Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand. The multiple methods approach was used for the data collection of this research in order to provide triangulation of the data. The HRMPs that …
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Student Assessment in the Context of Quality: One Community College's Journey
… interplay between assessment, accountability, quality improvement, and institutional effectiveness in the community college, this case study explored the processes that tied the assessment of student learning to a community college district's continuous quality improvement initiative. The …
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Perceptions of success factors in rural K-12 public alternative education programs
… then viewed through the conceptual framework of Continuous Quality Improvement. Results suggest input, teamwork, accountability, good management, and continuous improvement are success factors of rural K-12 public alternative education programs. Key words: Continuous Quality Improvement, K-12 …
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Statistical process control with special reference to multivariable processes and short runs
… quest for control and the subsequent pursuit of continuous quality improvement in the manufacturing sector, due to increasingly keen competition, has stimulated interest in statistical process control (SPC). Whilst traditional SPC techniques are well suited to the mass production industries, …
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Institutional Effectiveness and a Culture of Evidence: Accountability Cornerstones for the Community College in the 21st Century
… how to go about creating effective systems for continuous quality improvement emerge. This research focused on discovery, insights and understanding from the perspectives of community college leaders engaged in this process, reveals proven strategies to address these and other concerns while …
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Clinical Practice Guidelines as a Management Tool for Antibiotic Resistance in Streptococcus Pneumoniae
… not be beneficial to their patients. The use of continuous quality improvement as an alternative to address the problem of antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is discussed.
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ICCB Program Review: Assisting Illinois Community Colleges to Improve Quality
… built into the modified system. Therefore, the improvements appeared to be a more limited improvement event rather than facilitating on-going, continuous quality improvement of the Program Review system.</p>
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Illinois Learning Standards Implementation and a Systems Perspective on Four High-Implementation Elementary Schools: A Multiple-Case Study
… located in districts that received a state-level continuous quality improvement award, the Lincoln Award, implemented the ILS. The existence of a systems perspective at each school based on the Baldrige criteria was examined; the Baldrige criteria were used in judging the quality improvement …
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Impact of a Localized Lean Six Sigma Implementation on Overall Patient Safety and Process Efficiency
<p>Continuous quality improvement tools have been widely used in the Healthcare Industry to increase efficiency and patient safety as well as to reduce cost. This research explores the impact of a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) process improvement initiative on the overall process efficiency and patient …
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The future direction of Japanese automotive suppliers
… suppliers will meet the following conditions: 1. continuous quality improvement; 2. continuous cost reduction; 3. optimum global purchasing; 4. environment-responsive products and advanced technology; 5. modularization and systemization programs. Successful suppliers will achieve these conditions …
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A Case Study Of Four Years Documenting The Changes In The Process Of Self-reporting Academic Program Plans Alongside The Perceptions of Program Coordinators
… are faced with numerous challenges concerning quality assurance such as the quest for Continuous Quality Improvement. Implementation of technology has been a priority of many developing institutions of higher education. A large metropolitan institution of higher education has put into practice …
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Study of artificial neural network scheme application in manufacturing industry for monitoring-diagnosis bivariate process variation
… variation is known to be a major source of poor quality. As such, process monitoring and diagnosis is critical towards continuous quality improvement. This becomes more challenging when involving two or more correlated variables (multivariate). Process monitoring refers to the identification of …
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Improvement of cleaning effectiveness through Statistical Process Control in active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing
… as a future opportunity for enhanced control and continuous quality improvement. Multivariate statistical process control eliminates the need to monitor multiple control charts (one for each variable) at the same time accounting for the correlations among process variables.
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Pattern recognition for manufacturing process variation using integrated statistical process control – artificial neural network
… process is known to be a major source of poor quality products and variation control is essential in quality improvement. In bivariate cases, which involve two correlated quality variables, the traditional statistical process control (SPC) charts are known to be effective in monitoring but they …
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leaders for Manufacturing Program : breaking throught the quality ceiling
… an example is the launch and implementation of quality recording and reporting software in a body assembly area. A more complete examination of this change initiative using the three lenses of organizational design shows that this plant has reached a quality ceiling based on its strategic …
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Reducing Unplanned Extubations in the Intensive Care Unit With Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations
Purpose: The purpose of the quality improvement (QI) project was to analyze a deidentified datasetof unplanned extubations (UEs) events throughout Banner Health's academic hospitals in 2021, complete a literature analysis, and provide evidence-based recommendations (EBR) to Banner Health. …
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