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Quality assurance for point-of-care testing in Zimbabwe

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
No abstract available.
Sibongile Zimuto, Agrippa Mtambara, Ben Cheng, Brad Cunningham, Rodney Taruvinga, Debrah I. Boeras, Raiva Simbi   +6 more
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Zimbabwe's emergency response to COVID-19: Enhancing access and accelerating COVID-19 testing as the first line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spreads rapidly, causing outbreaks that grow exponentially within a short period before interventions are sought and effectively implemented.
Muchaneta Gudza-Mugabe, Kenny Sithole, Lucia Sisya, Sibongile Zimuto, Lincoln S. Charimari, Anderson Chimusoro, Raiva Simbi, Alex Gasasira   +7 more
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Quality Assessment of Digital Health Applications: Protocol for a Scoping Review

JMIR Research Protocols, 2022
BackgroundAll over the world, development and usage of mobile health (mHealth) apps is increasing. While apps offer numerous opportunities to improve health care, there are associated problems that differ significantly from those ...
Godwin Denk Giebel, Nils Frederik Schrader, Christian Speckemeier, Carina Abels, Kirstin Börchers, Jürgen Wasem, Nikola Blase, Silke Neusser   +7 more
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Assessment of RHIS Quality Assurance Practices in Tarkwa Submunicipal Health Directorate, Ghana

Advances in Public Health, 2021
Background. Routine health information system (RHIS) quality assurance has become an important issue, not only because of its significance in promoting high standard of patient care, but also because of its impact on government budgets for the ...
Richard Okyere Boadu, Judith Obiri-Yeboah, Kwame Adu Okyere Boadu, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah, Grace Amoh-Agyei   +4 more
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Proposing A Key Performance Indicator For Security Response Time Within A Healthcare Facility

The Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health, 2023
INTRODUCTION The safety of patients and property in healthcare settings is directly influenced by security response time, yet this critical aspect is often overlooked.
Ghaida Almahawes, Anas AlToijry, Rawan Alboqami , Saud Alnahdi , Bandr Mzahim   +4 more
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Quality of Care for Pediatric Leukemia Patients at a Hospital in Sana’a as Perceived by Patients’ Attendants

Proceedings, 2022
Introduction: Quality of health care services can be measured through assessing patients' satisfaction. Therefore, to evaluate the health care quality, it is important to measure patient's attendant perceptions. SERVPERF questionnaire is used to evaluate
Sulaiman Al-Sharabi, Reham Hassan Hezam Al-Aqmer, Ghada Abdullatef Mahmood Al-Rajami, Nader Fatehi Al-Kubati, Ahmed Al-Mukhanjef, Amany Omer Yousef Taib, Simon Hassan Dammag, Enas Ali HusseinAl-Shoaebi, Amera Mohammed Hussein Al-Okaishi, Wedad Qaid Abdoh Hamdan, Omar Al-Asali   +10 more
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Overview of the quality assurance movement in health care

Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2011
This chapter aims to describe the origin and current status of quality assurance (QA) in health care and to provide a background of similar developments in other industries, which have provided a major impetus for QA initiatives in health care. The interest in quality and safety in the health care sector has rapidly risen over the past decade.
Jerome Sint Nicolaas, Monique E. van Leerdam, Ernst J. Kuipers, Vincent de Jonge   +3 more
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Evaluation of quality assurance for school health services in primary health care centers at Al-Numaniyah District. Iraq

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2023
BACKGROUND: School Health Services (SHS) is commonly considered to be one of the more crucial parts of the health program in schools, and they are responsible for the students' overall health. Active school health services aid in the early detection and
Ghassan A Washi, Naji Y Saadoon
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If you can’t measure it- you can’t change it – a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural Kenya

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The Kenyan Ministry of Health- Department of Standards and Regulations sought to operationalize the Kenya Quality Assurance Model for Health.
Michael Marx, Christine Nitschke, Maureen Nafula, Mabel Nangami, Marc Brodowski, Irmgard Marx, Helen Prytherch, Charles Kandie, Irene Omogi, Friederike Paul-Fariborz, Joachim Szecsenyi   +10 more
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Learning and improving in long-term care internationally: the International Prevalence Measurement of Care Quality (LPZ)

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
Long-term care (LTC) for older adults is an essential part of how health and social care systems respond to population ageing. Different long-term care systems in different countries have taken differing approaches to quality assurance, ranging from ...
Irma H.J. Everink, Adam L. Gordon, Suzanne Rijcken, Selvedina Osmancevic, Jos M.G.A. Schols   +4 more
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