International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 20 Issue 1
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents - Special Issue: 20th aniversary commemorative issue, quality then, quality now
Guest Editors: Keith Hurst
Introducing quality assurance: an exercise in audacity
Hannu VuoriThe purpose of the paper is to examine commitment to quality assurance within health authorities.
A comparative analysis of quality management standards for contract research organisations in clinical trials
Elizabeth Murray, Rodney McAdamThis article compares and contrasts the main quality standards in the highly regulated pharmaceutical industry with specific focus on Good Clinical Practice (GCP), the standard…
Health care performance and accountability
J. DummerThe purpose of the paper is to examine health care performance and accountability.
Cardiac surgery productivity and throughput improvements
Juha‐Matti Lehtonen, Jaakko Kujala, Juhani Kouri, Mikko HippeläinenThe high variability in cardiac surgery length – is one of the main challenges for staff managing productivity. This study aims to evaluate the impact of six interventions on…
Developing nursing: the contribution to quality
Stephen G. WrightThe paper aims to examine the concept of a nurse development unit and its impact on the quality of nursing practice.
Change of heart: How a team of North Kirklees Primary Care Trust clinicians used performance management principles to improve coronary heart disease services
Sue Jackson, Gillian MorganNorth Kirklees, an urban area in the East of England, known to have a 6.8 per cent incidence of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), embarked on a nurse‐led CHD primary prevention…
Blood transfusion policy in Dutch hospitals
J.J.E. van Everdingen, N.S. Klazinga, A.F. CasparieThe paper aims to investigate the quality in health care with regard to the blood transfusion policy in Dutch hospitals.
Marketing blood drives to students: a case study
Laurence Leigh, Michael Bist, Roxana AlexeThe aim of this paper is to motivate blood donation among international students and demonstrate the applicability of marketing techniques in the health care sector.
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0952-6862Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar