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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"quality improvement initiatives"”.
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Dialogue Experiences in a Cross-Functional Health Care Team
… who work with and make decisions related to quality improvement initiatives and who participate in and/or facilitate team meetings, and to human resource development professionals with an interest in human process interventions and in team dynamics more generally.
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A Framework for Clinical Healthcare Process Design: Investigating Applicability to Lean
… of lean methodologies as a tool for process improvement. Other philosophies and methods such as Six-Sigma have also been introduced into hospitals to guide quality. Many of these efforts have provided theories or perspectives of quality improvement without being firmly connected to a model of …
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An examination of the role of information technology as an enabler of business process reengineering
… business process is one response to the cry for quality improvement initiatives during the past few decades. A review of the literature reveals an integrated approach for effective business process reengineering is desirable. A revised model is suggested to envisage a BPR initiative as a holistic …
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A quality improvement plan for a technical department within a petrochemical company
Quality improvement initiatives have been implemented by various manufacturing companies. Through initiatives such as international standards organization, lean production, total quality management systems and six sigma, quality has improved dramatically while optimizing production and costs. This …
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Respiratory Management Education for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse
… such as post anesthesia respiratory management. Quality improvement initiatives aimed at resolving knowledge deficits in settings such as these can improve both quality and patient safety via a more competent and educated PACU nursing staff. Purpose: To address an educational need among the CVMC …
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Building Psychological Safety In An Organization Under Chronic Stress
… urban health care system and were involved in quality improvement initiatives and the safety event process. Following the program, the participants demonstrated knowledge acquisition with an overall mean score of 88% (n=20). Overall, participants were very likely to utilize the concepts learned …
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The Effects of Downsizing in a Public Agency Employing Quality Management Practices
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A Trigger-Tool-based Description of Adverse Events in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Qatar
… for guideline deviance. Furthermore, focused quality improvement initiatives to reduce AEs and Documentation errors should also be addressed in future research.
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Advancing clinical pharmacy practice
… pharmacy – measuring and improving standards and quality of care; prescribing, prescribing practices and prescribing safety; innovative practice within legal and ethical frameworks; the impact and outcomes of clinical pharmacy. A unifying premise is my aim of advancing clinical pharmacy practice. …
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A Psychometric Investigation Of The Family Empowerment Scale
… Within youth mental health in particular, quality improvement initiatives and flagship service models have been effortfully built with empowerment as a core tenet. Notably, these clinical efforts largely outpaced any consensus on how to clearly define or measure empowerment, and …
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Indications, challenges, and characteristics of successful implementation of perioperative registries in low resource settings: A systematic review
Background Data is central to healthcare system improvement. Perioperative registries can be utilised for quality improvement initiatives through tracking outcomes, developing risk prediction models, and supporting policymakers and health professionals in making evidence-based decisions and …
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Knowledge and attitudes regarding pain among surgical nurses in three teaching hospitals in Ireland
… in the management of pain are of a high quality standard. Aim: The central purpose of this study was to determine the baseline level of knowledge and attitudes regarding pain of Irish surgical nurses working in three teaching hospitals in Dublin. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey …
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Adolescent Mental Health in Primary Care: A Needs Assessment for Improving Practice
… specific nature of the obstacles that impede the quality improvement process related to integrating mental and physical health and how to overcome them. Objectives: The purpose of this DNP project was to gain insight into the PCP role, exploring perceptions, current practices, and barriers related …
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Impact of the Acute Surgical Unit on a Local and Global Scale
… patients, staff and health budgets. Further improvements may involve ASU wards as centres of education and excellence, linked contractual obligation and increased funding for general surgeons to deliver EGS care and greater inter-hospital coordination. Future research includes cost analyses, …
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Accurate Measurement of Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
… due to faulty equipment or incorrect technique. Quality improvement initiatives around the care of women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy need to incorporate performance assessment of staff BPM technique and BP equipment accuracy assessment. Equipment should be in full working order, …
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Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV services: viral load testing among pregnant women living with HIV in Mutare District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
… and supervision processes and establish quality improvement initiatives for PMTCT services. Interventions like alert systems should be implemented for ease of identifying women who require HIV VL testing. Point of care technology and mHealth could reduce VL result turnaround time. All …
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The quality of diabetes care in the community: practice, policy and culture
… on system, practice and professional-level initiatives to promote the quality of care. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the ‘quality chasm’ around the organisation and delivery of diabetes care in general practice, to explore GPs’ attitudes to engaging in quality improvement …