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Continuous Quality Improvement as a Central Tenet of TQM: History and Current Status

Kvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2016
Purpose: The great promise of continual quality improvement advocated by early quality gurus like Deming and Juran has not been fully realized. This paper explores the reasons for the limited success of implementation and institutionalization of ...
Behrooz Lahidji, Walter Tucker
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Reducing Unplanned Readmissions in Pediatric Hospitals: Applying Patient and Family-Centered Care [PDF]

Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 2023
Muhammad Hasan Abid
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How Do Patients With Cirrhosis and Their Caregivers Learn About and Manage Their Health? A Review and Qualitative Study

Hepatology Communications, 2021
The complexity of cirrhosis requires patients and their caregivers to be well educated to improve outcomes. Data are lacking regarding how to best educate patients and their caregivers in the setting of cirrhosis.
Zachary M. Saleh, Patricia P. Bloom, Katie Grzyb, Elliot B. Tapper   +3 more
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Degree of Satisfaction With Telemedicine Service Among Health Practitioners and Patients in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
The satisfaction level of patients and physicians with telemedicine services should be comparable to on-site visits if this technology is to be widely adopted.
Salem S. Albagmi, Mohammed S. Shawaheen, Humood Albugami, Albandari Alshehri, Raghad Alblwie, Wadha Alsiari   +5 more
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Effectiveness of implementation of sickle cell disease referral guidelines and other measures in paediatric department at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia

BMJ Open Quality
Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive genetic blood disorder. It affects up to 2.6% of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia population.Local problem The paediatric haematology/oncology (PHO) team noticed that 75% of paediatric patients ...
Muhammad Matloob Alam, Abdulrhman Alathaibi, Hamdan Alghamdi, Jean Barrientos De Asis, Reynan Bautista, Mansour Aladwani, Mustafa Mohamed Selim   +6 more
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Promoting structured participation for competitiveness in services companies

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2018
Purpose: To identify the main drivers that facilitate the successful deployment of a participation program aimed at improving competitiveness, as a prior step to analyze and discuss the implementation of these drivers in three services companies. Design/
Jesús García-Arca, J. Carlos Prado-Prado, Arturo J. Fernández-González   +2 more
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Framework for Continuous Assessment and Improvement of Occupational Health and Safety Issues in Construction Companies

Safety and Health at Work, 2014
Background: Construction industry is among the most hazardous industries, and needs a comprehensive and simple-to-administer tool to continuously assess and promote its health and safety performance. Methods: Through the study of various standard systems
Shahram Mahmoudi, Fakhradin Ghasemi, Iraj Mohammadfam, Esmaeil Soleimani   +3 more
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JOTSE'S New challenges and continuous improvement

Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2020
As usual in JOTSE, the first editorial of the year presents an analysis of our Journal evolution. In this sense, we reflect on the changes just undergone and the challenges to be faced in the New Year 2020.
Beatriz Amante García, María Martínez Martínez   +1 more
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Leveraging a multifaceted digital medication refill system on improving patients’ medication adherence and reducing medication oversupply among elderly patients with hypertension

BMJ Open Quality
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare, causing challenges in managing chronic diseases like hypertension. Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital’s Pharmaceutical Care Department aims to provide safe, efficient, and effective medication refills for ...
Muhammad Hasan Abid, Bushra AL Mubarak, Lamiaa Nehad Elmasry, Matuk Qoronfulah, Bodour AlOtaibi, Dakhelullah AlOsaimy, Ammar Hawsawi, Faris AlShehri   +7 more
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Enablers and inhibitors for sustainability of continuous improvement: A study in the automotive industry suppliers in the Valencia Region

Intangible Capital, 2009
In recent years it has been widely discussed the use of continuous improvement in all kind of business and particularly in companies belonging to the automotive industry.
Julio J. Garcia-Sabater, Juan A. Marin-Garcia   +1 more
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