A5002873618- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Soviet and Russian History
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Global Health Care Issues
- European history and politics
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Organizational Strategy and Culture
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Medical Coding and Health Information
International Society for Quality in Health Care
1997-2015
Macquarie University
2015
Eastern Mediterranean University
2015
Portuguese League Against Epilepsy
2014
UNSW Sydney
2012-2014
Center For Policy Research
2014
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2014
Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2014
University Medical Center
2014
University Hospital and Clinics
2014
To investigate the relationship between ISO 9001 certification, healthcare accreditation and quality management in European hospitals. A mixed method multi-level cross-sectional design seven countries. External teams assessed clinical services on use of systems, illustrated by four pathways. Seventy-three acute care hospitals with a total 291 managing myocardial infarction (AMI), hip fracture, stroke obstetric deliveries, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain Turkey. Four...
Background. Quality problems in medical care are not a new finding. Variations practice as well actual errors have been pointed out for many decades. The current movement to write guidelines attempt correct these deviations from recommended has solved the problem. Objectives. In order gain greater acceptance of and change behavior health providers, science guideline implementation must be understood better. Research Design. A group experts who studied problem Europe United States was...
Hospital accreditation and International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) certification offer alternative mechanisms for improving safety quality, or as a mark of achievement. There is little published evidence on their relative merits. To identify systematic differences in quality management between hospitals that were accredited, certificated, neither. Analysis compliance with measures 89 six countries, assessed by external auditors using standardized tool, part the EC-funded Methods...
This paper provides an overview of the DUQuE (Deepening our Understanding Quality Improvement in Europe) project, first study across multiple countries European Union (EU) to assess relationships between quality management and patient outcomes at EU level. The describes conceptual framework methods applied, highlighting novel features this study.DUQuE was designed as a multi-level cross-sectional with data collection hospital, pathway, professional level eight countries.We aimed collect for...
To describe global patterns among health-care accreditation organizations (AOs) and to identify determinants of sustainability opportunities for improvement. Web-based questionnaire survey. Organizations offering services nationally or internationally provider institutions networks at primary, secondary tertiary level in 2010. External relationships, scope activity public information. Forty-four AOs submitted data, compared with 33 a survey 10 years earlier. Of the 30 that reported 2000...
The government, general managers, and professional bodies all agree that medical audit should be implemented throughout the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, it is not yet decided either nationally or locally how defined what its implications will be. In an analysis to find ways of measuring design effectiveness hospital audit, therefore, seven main measures emerged might serve as practical criteria. These were definition managerial responsibilities; organisation; scope audit; essential...
Healthcare accreditation has grown rapidly since the 1980s but critics question value of rather than certification or inspection. Research focused more on evidence impact provider institutions health systems; little been published determinants growth decline organizations and programmes.To describe development national in Europe relation to incentives, funding market position 2009; identify trends over time using data from previous surveys.Contacts 24 countries, identified by surveys, were...
The study aim was twofold: to investigate and describe the organizational attributes of accreditation programmes in low- middle-income countries (LMICs) determine how or what extent these differ from those higher-income (HICs) identify contextual factors that sustain are barriers their survival. Web-based questionnaire survey. National healthcare providers offering international services. In total, 44 agencies completed Income distinctions, programme features, cross-national divergence....
<h3>Context:</h3> This study was part of the Methods Assessing Response to Quality Improvement Strategies (MARQuIS) research project on patients crossing borders, a investigate quality improvement strategies in healthcare systems across European Union (EU). <h3>Aim:</h3> To explore association between implementation hospitals and hospitals' success meeting defined requirements that are considered intermediate outputs care process. <h3>Methods:</h3> Data regarding seven (accreditation,...
Service accreditation is a structured process of recognising and promoting performance adherence to standards. Typically, agencies either receive standards from an authorized body or develop new upgrade existing through research expert views. They then apply standards, criteria indicators, testing their effects, monitoring compliance with them. The has been widely adopted. international investments in are considerable. However, reliable evidence its efficiency effectiveness achieving...
The objective of this study was to describe the involvement patients or their representatives in quality management (QM) functions and assess associations between levels implementation patient-centred care strategies.A cross-sectional, multilevelthat surveyed managers department heads data from an organizational audit.Randomly selected hospitals (n = 74) seven European countries (The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain Turkey).Hospital clinical departments 262) charge...
Background and Objectives: Nurses’ documentation of communication, including notification critical laboratory results (CLR), is important to ensure safe, high-quality care. Evidence supports peer audit with feedback as a quality improvement (QI) intervention improve documentation. Nursing compliance CLR requirements was below goal for several years in an intensive care unit. To address this problem, implemented evaluated. Methods: Compliance evaluated pre- postintervention, total 12 months....
The aim of this study was to develop and validate an index assess the implementation quality management systems (QMSs) in European countries. Questionnaire development facilitated through expert opinion, literature review earlier empirical research. A cross-sectional online survey utilizing questionnaire undertaken between May 2011 February 2012. We used psychometric methods explore factor structure, reliability validity instrument. As part Deepening our Understanding Quality improvement...
To describe hospitals' organizational arrangements relevant to the abstraction of administrative data, report on completeness data collected and assess associations between submission.A cross-sectionalutilizing data.Randomly selected hospitals from seven European countries (The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey).Completeness submission for four quality indicators: mortality after acute myocardial infarction, stroke hip fractures complications normal delivery.In...
Internal systems for quality and safety were assessed in 89 hospitals six European states, by external teams using standardised criteria procedures, as part of the Methods Assessing Response to Quality Improvement Strategies (MARQuIS) project. The assessments made primarily identify current use management sample hospitals, also demonstrate a potential tool comparable assessment general. large majority had formal, documented infrastructure manage safety, but significant minority no designated...
This article summarises the significant lessons to be drawn from, and policy implications of, findings of Methods Assessing Response Quality Improvement Strategies (MARQuIS) project—a part suite research projects intended support established by European Commission through its Sixth Framework Programme. The first reviews MARQuIS their for healthcare providers (and particularly hospitals), then addresses broader member states Union (EU) commission itself. Against background Commission's...
The assessment of integral quality management (QM) in a hospital requires measurement and monitoring from different perspectives at various levels care delivery. Within the DUQuE project (Deepening our Understanding Quality improvement Europe), seven measures for QM were developed. This study investigates relationships between measures.It is multi-level, cross-sectional, mixed-method study.As part project, we invited random sample 74 hospitals 7 countries. managers these main respondents....
To explore how European hospitals have implemented patient safety strategies (PSS) and evidence-based organization of care pathway (EBOP) recommendations examine the extent to which implementation varies between countries hospitals.Mixed-method multilevel cross-sectional design in seven as part Union-funded project 'Deepening our Understanding Quality improvement Europe' (DUQuE).Seventy-four acute with 292 departments managing myocardial infarction (AMI), hip fracture, stroke, obstetric...