990 Search Results for Quality Improvements
Performance Improvement Plan For The John Hopkins Hospital
The John Hopkins Hospital Patient Care and Safety
I. Purpose and Quality Statement:
II. Patient safety can be defined as the measures to prevent errors and negative effects that often arise f Continue Reading...
Business Case Quality
Quality, value, and cost are elements or aspects that are inherently connected and firmly combined (Homer et al., 2004). Quality improvement programs have yet to disseminate as fast as possible all the way through medical facil Continue Reading...
Bishop Shanahan High School, a Catholic co-educational secondary school of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is committed to sustaining excellence, provides a strong spiritual life, and challenging academic and rich extracurricular programs. The schoo Continue Reading...
Introduction
In the US, healthcare safety isn’t up to the mark, as it ought to be. Figures from a couple of important research works reveal that between 44,000 and 98,000 individuals lose their lives per annum within healthcare settings owing t Continue Reading...
Award Winning Practices in Quality Initiatives
Quality Initiative Practices
Sutter Davis Hospital (SDH) offers acute care services in four basic areas, namely, medical-surgical along with ICU, emergency care, surgical services and pregnancy and mat Continue Reading...
Total Quality Management in Emirates Global Aluminum Company
Total Quality Management (TQM)
TQM is a method of enhancing the competitive advantage of the organization in pursuit of a significant market share to increase the profit margins of the or Continue Reading...
AustralianHE
'How to Effectively Market and Manage Quality Australian International
Education'
A primary focus for the nearly half a million international students choosing to study in Australia each year seems to be on obtaining a higher educatio Continue Reading...
After the change process has been developed a failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) would need to be done. This analysis is done in order to project the likelihood that the process improvement plan will not fail. The interdisciplinary team for t Continue Reading...
Business Case Quality for Athens Medical Center
A cost reduction, and high quality healthcare delivery are paramount to the values of a healthcare organization. Typically, a cost reduction is driven by operational quality, and clinical improvement l Continue Reading...
Monitor Continuous Improvement
In the situation with Company X, talking about continuous improvement is putting the cart way before the horse. The CEO has determined that the company lacks consistent process of any sort, and explained that employee Continue Reading...
Awards
Gold Standards
Empowering Employees to Implement an Award Winning Approach
Using TQM to Drive Change and Improve Customer Service
Challenges and Benefits
Total Quality Management: A Case Study of a Quality Award Winning Organization
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mission/vision/goal -- aim for constant improvement in the product or service you offer your clients. You cannot do this without maintaining a high level of motivation and satisfaction in the people that comprise your organization -- consider that a Continue Reading...
The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) is one such database that provides information that helps registered nurse (RN) in evaluating patient outcomes, as it looks at quality improvement activities. Moreover, the database looks at Continue Reading...
This survey concluded that the customers were dissatisfied with the quality of the services, finding which prompted a second survey, this one among the Wal-Mart employees in the local store. Responses were not compulsory but were stimulated through Continue Reading...
12. Image of nursing. The image factor ensures the perception of the nurses' activity in society. An organization consistent with this factor will promote the idea that the role of the nurses is essential in the general framework of the patients' c Continue Reading...
Patient Satisfaction in Quality of Managed Care
Aspect to be compared
Gender and Patient
Satisfaction in Managed Care, etc.
Stakeholder Perceptions of Quality in Managed Care Plans
Two Steps to Enhance Managed Care Quality
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Water Quality and Lake Winnipeg Watershed Management
Eutrophication is the process by which nutrients in natural waters increase, causing an overgrowth of algae. Lake Winnipeg is one lake that has been adversely affected by eutrophication. Using Lak Continue Reading...
Strategic Leadership
Impact on Quality
The key recommendations are oriented towards quality improvement. First, evidence-based practice has established links between the practice and desirable outcomes. Using evidence to guide treatments and decisi Continue Reading...
Quality Analysis
The relationship between cost and quality in health care is not a constant, but in general, higher costs are associated with the most modern equipment and drugs. However, to fully understand the connection between cost and quality, Continue Reading...
Business
Bringing Quality Back to Commercial Air Travel
In 1988, ten years after deregulation of the aviation industry in the U.S., Gourdin's article titled "Bringing Quality Back to Commercial Air Travel" was published in the Transportation Journa Continue Reading...
Health Care Costs and Health Care Quality
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, dedicated to improving the health and health care of Americans, focuses on research, publication and funding. Two of its articles, "What is the National Quality Strategy?" Continue Reading...
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Milk-borne Diseases
However, although fewer cases of milkborne ailments exist today, the possibility is still realistic. For example, more than 300 people in the United States got sick from drinking raw milk or eating cheese made from r Continue Reading...
It is a quantitative instrument, that has been statistically validated, and probably most appropriate as an instrument to ensure adherence to certain state and/or national standards.
MCC -- Dialogue approach to rating a teacher's performance. Both Continue Reading...
Health Care -- Quality in Healthcare Enterprise
The metrics used to determine quality in my medical enterprise are: the Clinical Process of Care Measures; and the Patient Experience of Care Dimensions, embodying facets in which an acute care hospita Continue Reading...
rules for evaluating an investigator's research endeavor are closely guarded by a code of research ethics to which the writing and investigation must adhere; namely objectivity, subject knowledge, and professionalism. The article authored by Henders Continue Reading...
In fact, the local public library, increasingly threatened by competition from other entertainment sources such as expanded home entertainment systems, deluxe bookstores with cafes, and the Internet, could do well to adopt TQM principles. "A library Continue Reading...
The healthcare landscape is undergoing a paradigm shift, transitioning from a volume-based system to one focused on value and accountability. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) play a crucial role in this transformation, aiming to improve healthca Continue Reading...
Sigtek Case Analysis
The Total Quality initiative launched by Telwork for its subsidiary Sigtek represents a common practice for Corporate America; "remaking themselves into significantly better competitors" (Kotter, J. 1995. P. 59). For Sigtek, the Continue Reading...
Competencies of IOM
The Institute of Medicine is an American organization founded in 1972 with the aim of training health workers, unlike other medical organizations aimed at profit making. As a non-profit organization, IOM has made remarkable prog Continue Reading...
Practicum in Healthcare, Week 2This is the second week of the implementation of my DNP project on hypertension management to address the issue of high blood pressure through a structured program focusing on lifestyle modifications, medication adheren Continue Reading...