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Lee, Yuna Swatlian Hiratsuka. "Fostering creativity to improve health care quality." Thesis, Yale University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10633255.

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<p> Eliciting and evaluating new ideas to improve the quality of health care are important processes for health care organizations. Creativity, which refers to the generation of novel and useful ideas, is required for innovation and is valued by many organizations. Health care staff (e.g., primary care providers, nurses and medical assistants) can be an important source of creative ideas. In my dissertation, I conducted a longitudinal, mixed methods study of 220 improvement ideas generated over 18 months by improvement team members from 12 federally qualified community health centers. I also a

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Badrick, Tony Cecil. "Implementing total quality management in Australian health care organizations." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997.

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Maříková, Irena. "Health Care Quality with the Patient in Relation to Strategic Management in selected Health-Care Organization." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-194060.

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The aim of the thesis is to make the strategic analysis of the specific medical device in relation to quality of health care from the view of its patients. In this thesis are used selected analysis instruments of the strategic management. For finding of the quality of the health care, which the medical device provides, I used investigation through questionnaires. Information I gained through these questionnaires I have evaluated and analysed this data. The medical device I have chosen doesn't wish to be named in my thesis so I will respect the wish of its management. This hospital is located i

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Tabladillo, Mark Z. "Quality management climate assessment in healthcare." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24162.

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Abdelmotleb, Fakhureldein Abdusalam. "Development of Total Quality Management framework for Libyan health care organisations." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2008. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/17146/.

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Primary health care is the first stage for the national health. As such it is considered as the first stage of communication between the citizen, family and the society. The main objective for any primary healthcare is to meet the need of the individual at high quality, and improve the performance of the healthcare system. The quality here is what the patient receives with regard to excellent and safe medical and health services. According to the available literature and based on the author’s many visits and preliminary investigation regarding Libyan healthcare sector in general and Tripoli he

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Lee, Hyang Yuol. "Quality of care: Impact of nursing home characteristics." Diss., Search in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. UC Only, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3352465.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Francisco, 2009.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-04, Section: B, page: 2206. Advisers: Mary A. Blegen; Charlene A. Harrington. Includes supplementary digital materials.

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Bell, Mary Ann 1953. "Perceptions of quality of care in the nursing home." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291785.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of residents, family members, and nursing staff regarding quality of care and the physical environment in the nursing home. Relationships among quality of care, the physical environment, and selected organizational characteristics were then described. The Quality of Care Scale (QoCS) and the Environment Description Scale (EDS) were given to a convenience sample of 100 subjects. A significant difference in perceptions of quality of care was found between the nurse assistants and residents. Significant relationships were obtained between

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Lu, Wei. "Economic determinants of quality of care in nursing homes." Thesis, Wayne State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3626093.

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<p> This dissertation examines the factors that will affect nursing home quality of care using several national data sources on market regulation, county demographic characteristics, market structural and the characteristics of different types of long-term care providers in 2010. </p><p> The first study examines how nine different measures of nursing home care quality respond to the greater levels of local market competition from these alternative providers of long-term care, as well as other nursing homes. Findings reveal that faced with greater competition from assisted living facilities,

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Veerkamp, Celeste Goff. "Gatekeepers to healthcare quality and patient safety| Veritas Credentials." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10158999.

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<p> The current environment of healthcare requires organizations to look at each department and each employee from an economic vantage and to consider at all viable options for cost containment. An organization’s Medical Staff Office has traditionally taken responsibility for providing the credentials and privileging function for organizations. The amount of work and time as well as seasonal fluctuations in the number of applicants proves difficult for an organization from a staffing and budgetary standpoint. For many organizations, the ability to outsource its credentialing functions

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Richardson, Samuel Starr. "Quality-based payment in health care: Theory and practice." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11142.

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Quality-based payment in healthcare—also known as pay-for-performance—is a popular policy intervention aimed at improving healthcare quality. However, there has been little theoretical work characterizing the underlying quality problem or the interaction between pay-for-performance and existing payment mechanisms. Furthermore, there is little empirical evidence that pay-for-performance has a substantial effect on healthcare quality.

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Rabih, Joyce. "TQM implementation in health care : a proposed framework." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ39974.pdf.

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Walsh, Michael Paul. "Critical systems thinking, dialogue and quality management in the National Health Service." Thesis, University of Hull, 1995. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3900.

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This thesis considers quality in the National Health Service (NHS), the theories of dialogue, critical systems thinking, and quality - and how these domains can be related together to produce a new concept of quality called critical quality.A quality gap is identified between what the NHS produces and what the public requires of it. It is argued that this gap is unfair because of the generally unequal access of stakeholders to decisions about quality in the NHS. It is suggested that only through dialogue can the gap be reduced in size in a non-oppressive way.Principles of dialogue are derived

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Senot, Claire. "Combining Conformance Quality and Experiential Quality in the Delivery of Health Care." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397407599.

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Skiti, Vuyi. "Barriers in implementing total quality management in Kraaifontein public health care facility in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/964.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Purpose – The health care industry is faced with numerous challenges ranging from rising medical costs, poor state of hospitals, deteriorating health care services and an increasing number of hospital deaths. All these disparities present tremendous challenges for the health care managers in charge of the health care services. As a result, they are forced to try new management methods that will assist their organizations to remain cost effective and efficient. Total Quality Management (TQM) constitu

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Salinas, Stanley. "Examining the relationship between perceived quality of care and actual quality of care as measured by 30 day readmission rates| Examining the relationship among shared risk, capitation, physician employment, hospitalists, and medical homes with patient experience and overall hospital quality." Thesis, Central Michigan University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3723146.

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<p> Background</p><p> Medicare’s Value Based Purchasing program has linked outcomes and patient experience to reimbursement. Most clinicians and administrators have been amenable to linking outcomes with reimbursements; however, linking patient experience with reimbursement has been contentious. There is a concern among some clinicians and administrators that patient experience is not only difficult or impossible to accurately measure but also that it may have little or no relationship with actual quality. The goals of this study are to add to the body of knowledge surrounding the rela

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Driesen, Kevin E. "Statistical process control as quantitative method to monitor and improve medical quality." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280602.

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Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods, developed in industrial settings, are increasingly being generalized to medical service environments. Of special interest is the control chart, a graphic and statistical procedure used to monitor and control variation. This dissertation evaluates the validity of the control chart model to improve medical quality. The research design combines descriptive and causal comparative (ex-post facto) methods to address the principal research question, How is the control chart model related to medical quality? Hospital data were used for patients diagnosed with

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West, Christopher E. "Technical limitations of electronic health records in community health centers: Implications on ambulatory care quality." Diss., Search in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. UC Only, 2010. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3398890.

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Elsaeiby, Aber. "Healthcare Operations Management: Models for Improving Productivity, Scheduling and Quality." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449421673.

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Tsugawa, Yusuke. "Variation in Quality and Costs of Care Across Physicians and Its Determinants." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493500.

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This dissertation evaluates one of the key determinants of health care quality and costs – practice patterns of physicians. For decades, rapid health care spending growth and suboptimal quality of care have been fundamental issues of the U.S. health care system. A large body of literature has demonstrated substantial geographic variation in health care utilization without concomitant improvement in patient outcomes in higher spending regions. This literature has spurred debate about whether current levels of health care utilization are indeed socially wasteful – i.e., generate higher spending

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Pavlou, Pavlos Georgiou. "The application of quality award driven assessment models in the health care sector." Thesis, University of Salford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247487.

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Thierry, Linda. "Does Implementing a Quality Improvement Practice Decrease Falls on the Medical Wards?" Thesis, Grand Canyon University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13807507.

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<p> <b>Rationale/Background:</b> Fall prevention is a paramount and lifesaving healthcare initiative. The investigation of interventions for the prevention of falls may lead to a decrease in injuries and promotion of superlative care for patients hospitalized in an acute healthcare environment. </p><p> <b>Purpose: </b>The purpose of this quantitative correlational direct practice improvement (DPI) project is to determine the relationship between the implementation of a fall prevention training program and changes in fall rates over a period over three months. </p><p> <b>Theoretical Framewo

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MacArthur, Colin. "Evaluation of the quality of an injury surveillance system." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40187.

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The health care burden associated with childhood injury is huge. Surveillance--the collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data--is seen as an important step towards understanding and controlling the injury problem. The usefulness of surveillance data, however, depends on their quality. Quality may be defined as the collection of reliable and valid data along with an unbiased capture of events. (An important issue in paediatric injury surveillance is that proxy respondents are often used to provide data on behalf of the child.) Previous evaluations of paediatric injury surve

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Westman, Göran. "Planning primary health care provision : assessment of development work at a health centre." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Socialmedicin, 1986. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100557.

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At the Primary Health Care Centre in Vännäs (VPHCC), northern Sweden, a development work was implemented in 1976-1980. The overall purpose was to enhance primary health care planning. In trying to improve health care delivery cooperation with community members was initiated and some organizational changes like a new appointment system, a new medical record and local care programs for some common diseases were introduced. Official statistics were also used for comparative purposes. The aims of the work were postulated (increased accessibility, higher continuity, more equitable distribution and

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Motsohi, Tsepo. "Management of hypertension in mental health patients in a primary care setting : an assessment of quality of care." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12136.

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Includes summary.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-48).<br>In his experience working in the Metro District Health Services Clinics of the Department of Western Cape, the researcher has encountered numerous cases of sub-standard quality of medical care for mental health patients. These encounters, as well as a need to audit the general quality of care of patients with chronic diseases of lifestyle, have been the motivation behind the creation of this research project.The study is a retrospective cohort study using patient folders as a source of data. It compares the standards,

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Hopson, Christopher Paul. "Alternative Models of Nursing Home Care: A Study of the Impact of the Teaching Nursing Home Model on Staff Quality and the Quality of Resident Care." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/47128.

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Business Administration<br>Ph.D.<br>As the percentage of elderly adults within the U.S. continues to grow, long-term care options will increase. Facing increased competition from other forms of long-term care, many nursing homes are seeking innovative models to enhance management and clinical care practices. The Teaching Nursing Home model, first established in the 1970s, is one in which academic institutions partner with nursing homes to create information exchanges between the nursing home and the school. Currently, nursing schools throughout the country work with nursing homes to create cli

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Rhodes, Harry B. "Factors influencing the quality of EHR performance| An exploratory qualitative study." Thesis, Capella University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10252643.

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<p> A significant amount of evidence existed in support of the positive effect on the quality of healthcare that resulted from transitioning to electronic health information systems, equally compelling evidence suggests that the development process for electronic health information systems falls short of achieving its potential. The objective of this research was to assess the existing HIT standards and health information management (HIM) principles to determine if they are robust enough to inform the development of national and international interoperability standards. The research question a

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Avery, Mark. "Scope and Span of Stakeholder Control for Health Care Quality and Risk - Development of a Healthcare Integrated Quality and Risk Strategy." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/405628.

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This research has sought to identify important factors relating to quality patient care and the management of risk in the acute healthcare sector. Key stakeholders including consumers, healthcare workers, health delivery organisations and those involved in the governance of healthservice organisations are part of a critically important continuum of service users and providers, who require and seek to deliver high-quality patient care. The concepts of quality, risk and safety domains are defined within the context of operating complex health organisations that deliver care in a high-risk enviro

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Anzeljc, Samantha Ann. "A Primary Care Intervention for Management of Childhood Obesity." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366237927.

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Drescher, Lisa, Julia Klemp, and Oskar Lindh. "The Path towards Excellence : Business Excellence in Swedish Dental Clinics." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15957.

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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether Swedish dental clinics apply parts of Business Excellence models in their business operations and whether or not they are aware of doing so. The framework for this survey will be based on the success factors that we identify in the Swiss dental clinic Frenkenklinik AG, which is known to effectively apply theories behind Business Excellence. Background: An extensive range of research has been carried out regarding Business Excellence and its effect on manufacturing, service companies and even healthcare. Still, there is a lack of studi

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Kollberg, Beata. "Performance Measurement Systems in Swedish Health Care Services." Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Department of Management and Engineering, Linköpings universitet, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-9302.

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Adindu, Anthonia U. "The effect of incongruity on quality of health information systems : Bama, Nigeria PHC case study." Thesis, University of Hull, 1995. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3692.

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Generally, organisations mobilise information from varying sources on which policies, plans, objectives and organisational management are predicated. indeed, everyone within organisation needs information to perform tasks, it is thus indispensable and its use so pervasive that a methodical approach for collection and processing is imperative. In health care organisations, involved with people and life, this is even of greater significance, in many instances allowable margin of error is narrow and can be devastating.Accurate and reliable information in clinical care for example cannot be compro

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Abu, Zayed Mohammed. "Total Quality Management: the Case for the Public Sector: a Comparative Study of the Implementation of Total Quality Management in Three Health Care Organizations." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1313.

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Total quality management [TQM] is an approach to improving the competitiveness, effectiveness and flexibility of the whole organization through the improvement of the organizational processes and those who perform them. There has been a rising interest among public sector professionals in examining the applicability and usefulness of TQM methods to public organizations. This research provides descriptive information about the experience of three health care organizations that vary in terms of ownership, whether being publicly or privately owned, with implementing TQM. Participants at these org

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Zullig, Leah L. "Equity in an equal access system? -- Quality & timeliness of cancer care in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3562835.

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<p> The objective of this dissertation was to examine the association between patients' race and receipt of National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline-adherent and timely colorectal cancer (CRC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system. Data were from the External Peer Review Program (EPRP) Special Study on CRC and NSCLC, originally purposed for performance monitoring, examined in an observational, retrospective study design. The sample consisted of African American (AA) and Caucasian patients diagnosed with CRC between 2003 and 2006 or N

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Swanson, Abby Jo. "Electronic Medical Records in Acute Care Hospitals: Correlates, Efficiency, and Quality." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/871.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the organizational and environmental correlates of hospital EMR use and to examine the relationship between hospital EMR use and performance. Using a theoretical framework that combines resource dependence theory with Donabedian's structure, process, outcome model, a conceptual model is created. To test the hypotheses of this model, logistic regression and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) are used. The data included in this analysis come from the AHA, HIMSS, CMS, ARF, and HQA. In the analysis of hospitals correlates of EMR use, three hypotheses wer

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Radnay, Suzannah J. "Towards a paradigm for Total Quality Management in health care, a study of three Canadian hospitals." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq25997.pdf.

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Zieres, Gundo. "Change Management durch das Excellence-Modell im Gesundheitswesen : der MDK Rheinland-Pfalz als Referenzobjekt in der Gesundheitswirtschaft." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2012/6176/.

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Die gewaltigen Strukturveränderungen im Bereich des Gesundheitswesens, die in den letzten Jahren bereits erfolgten und die, die noch bevorstehen, zwingen Unternehmen, mit geplanten und gesteuerten Veränderungsprozessen die Voraussetzungen für eine kontinuierliche Anpassung an die neuen Gegebenheiten zu schaffen und somit ihre Zukunftsfähigkeit sicherzustellen. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird gezeigt, wie das Excellence-Modell der EFQM als Instrument für Veränderungsprozesse eingesetzt werden kann und es geeignet ist, Veränderungsziele zu definieren und die Zielerreichung zu bewerten. Referenzobje

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Mallur, Kavya. "A Quality Assurance Framework for Business Process Management." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32273.

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A business process is a defined collection of linked structured tasks, activities, and decisions performed together to produce a desired set of results in order to achieve business goals on behalf of the organization. Companies are increasingly moving their business processes online using Business Process Management (BPM) tools and technologies. With BPM, online business processes are defined by an explicit business process model that flexibly combines and orchestrates forms delivered through a web browser to integrate tasks performed by people, and web services accessible through Internet pro

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Robbins, Julie. "Speaking Up is Hard to Do:What Can Management Do to Help When Patient Safety is on the Line?" The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365424400.

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Yemane, Habteab. "Quality assurance for delivering mobile applications that enable healthier and more productive lives." Thesis, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1526310.

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<p> Mobile medical applications are emerging as a significant part of the healthcare industry. Despite this popularity, mobile medical application development has proven difficult due to several factors. Moreover, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 2013 publishing of strict regulatory requirements has further complicated development efforts.</p><p> Consequently, this thesis addresses the market need to design mobile medical applications in a manner that simultaneously ensures conformance to regulatory requirements and facilitates commercial success. Thoroughly analyzed as a soluti

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Chiaranai, Chantira. "Self-Care and Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/2077.

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Joish, Vijay. "Development of the Diabetes Resource Consumption Index and profiling quality of diabetes care in the Veterans Health Administration." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280360.

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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a risk-adjustment index for one year healthcare resource use specific to diabetic patients, based on severity of illness measures; and to profile quality of diabetes care between outpatient clinics. The data for this study was collected from four outpatient clinics within the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ. The DRCI was developed using a sample size of 367 diabetic subjects that had complete information on diabetes-specific variables. Individual DRCI weights, based on the magnitude of one year healthcare res

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Adams, Vanessa. "Perceptions and expectations of regional office health employees regarding quality of internal head office services." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1967.

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Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis is to determine the perceptions and expectations of employees at regional offices about the service delivered to them by central head office. A further objective is to establish what employees at regional offices expect from head office, attempting thereby to establish the current position of the head office (perceived image) in relation to their expectations (ideal image). The method of data collection is quantitative with a survey design technique

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Dodd, Catherine J. "Trends and predictors of quality, access, and cost in California's hospices. An examination of changes in quality in California's Medicare certified hospices from 2000--2005." Diss., Search in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. UC Only, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3261269.

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Chukmaitov, Askar S. "Variations in Quality Outcomes Among Hospitals in Different Types of Health Systems." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1414.

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Although prior research has found differences in costs and financial performance across different types of hospital systems, there has been no systematic study of variations in patient quality of care or safety indicators across different systems. Our study examines whether five main types of health systems - centralized (CHS), centralized physician/insurance (CPIHS), moderately centralized (MCHS), decentralized (DHS), and independent (IHS) - as well as other hospital characteristics are associated with differences in quality of patient care. Data were assembled for 6 years (1995 - 2000) from

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Dalton, William T., Karen E. Schetzina, Matthew T. McBee, et al. "Parent Report of Child's Health-Related Quality of Life after a Primary-Care-Based Weight Management Program." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5111.

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Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been recognized as an important target and health outcome in obesity research. The current study aimed to examine HRQoL in overweight or obese children after a 10-week primary-care–based weight management program, Parent-Led Activity and Nutrition for Healthy Living, in southern Appalachia. Methods: Sixty-seven children (ages 5–12 years) and their caregivers were recruited from four primary care clinics, two of which were randomized to receive the intervention. Caregivers in the intervention groups received two brief motivational interv

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Slayback, Benjamin G. "Spinal cord injury and surfing| A quality of life study." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527752.

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<p> A spinal cord injury (SCI) can be debilitating and research is necessary to examine how patients' quality of life (QOL) can be improved through both psychological and physical remedies. This study's central research question was: Does participation in surfing improve perceptions of quality oflife in an individual with spinal cord injury? By interviewing eight individuals with SCis, the researcher attempted to assess, by means of a qualitative semi-structured interviews, whether participation in surfing activities had a positive impact on the respondents' perceived QOL. Respondents experien

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Nabitz, Udo Werner Holmes A. "Quality management in health care empirical studies in addiction treatment services aligned to the EFQM excellence model /." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2006. http://dare.uva.nl/document/90407.

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Schano, Gregory R. "Effect of Education on Adult Sepsis Quality Metrics In Critical Care Transport." Mount St. Joseph University Dept. of Nursing / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn155951570531873.

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Casati, Nicolas M. "Examining queuing theory and the application of Erlang-C to improve productivity and quality in central sterile supply." Thesis, Argosy University/Seattle, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3587492.

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<p> This research investigated a queuing theory known as Erlang-C and its applicability in its use in central sterile supply. Erlang-C was used to calculate human resource needs in real time to encourage effectiveness in preparing trays for surgery. No consistent way of organizing tray preparation for surgery in a hospital currently exists. Efficiency in preparing trays is the goal of this study. Once surgical instruments are used, they need to be organized in sterilizable trays by a sterile processing technician before being sterilized. This study examines the actual versus the predicted

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Crengle, Suzanne Marie. "The management of children's asthma in primary care : Are there ethnic differences in care?" Thesis, University of Auckland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/4957.

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Whole document restricted until August 2010, see Access Instructions file below for details of how to access the print copy.<br>Abstract Background Asthma is a common problem in New Zealand, and is associated with significant morbidity and costs to children, their families, and wider society. Previously published New Zealand literature suggested that Māori and Pacific children were less likely than NZ European children to receive asthma medications and elements of asthma education, had poorer knowledge of asthma, and experienced greater morbidity and hospitalisations. However, none of the p

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