Management of quality of care:
Quality assurance
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What are the Best Strategies for Ensuring Quality in Hospitals?
John Øvretveit, 2003, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Approaches to improve quality and patient safety, hospital quality strategies, evidence
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Assessing Quality, Outcome and Performance Management
Javier Martinez, 2001
Evolution of performance management; models, methods and indicators; prerequisites
(36 pages, pdf 212KB) -
Improving Provider Skills. Strategies for Assisting Health Workers to Modify and Improve Skills: Developing Quality Health Care - A Process for Change -
Christel A. Woodward, 2000, WHO/EIP/OSD/00.1
Factors influencing quality; behavior change strategies; team and facility strategies; supporting environment
(60 pages, pdf 197KB)
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Organizing for Quality: Options for Country Programs
David Nicholas, 1999, Quality Assurance Project (USAID)
Examines national level structures that organize QA functions and activities in different ways to facilitate quality work at the facility management and provider levels; country experiences from Chile, Equador, Niger, Zambia
(24 pages, pdf 462KB)
En français: Organisation de la qualité: options pour des programmes nationaux
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Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement: Important Approaches in Improving Health Systems
James R. Heiby, 2001, Quality Assurance Project (USAID)
Principles and framework; problem solving and identifying root causes; compliance with standards; involving physicians and the community; country experiences: South Africa, Russia, Guatemala
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Quality Assurance in the Jordan Primary Health Care System - Best Practices
Quality Assurance in the Jordan Primary Health Care System - Best Practices, Edited by: Donna Bjerregaard, 2004, USAID and the Primary Health Care Initiative
Building effective referral systems; reproductive health utilization; compliance with standards; complying with nursing procedures; promoting preventive services; improving client flow; strengthening health education
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Total Quality Management for Laboratories
Gabriele Mallapaty, 2001, The Public Health Care Laboratory
Operational support; minimise cost; quality services to all users; commitment; continuous learning; standardization; communication
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Quality of Care: A Process for Making Strategic Choices in Health Systems
pdf, 508kb
Rafael Bengoa, Rania Kawar, Peter Key, Sheila Leatherman, Rashad Massoud, Pedro Saturno, 2006
Quality assurance, health care; health services administration; decision making
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Guidance on developing quality and safety strategies with a health system approach
2008, WHO Regional Office for Europe
The five chapters: 1) explain how a quality strategy can contribute to meeting challenges faced by health services; 2) set a common background for quality principles and perspectives (patient, professional, management quality); 3) consider five types of national strategies showing choices about legislation, measurement, action programmes and improvement policies.; 4) provide practical steps on how to develop a strategy for different situations, and 5) show how a quality and safety strategy strengthens health systems. glossary, quality assessment tool and framework for using dedicated research in decision making,br> (63 pages, pdf 402KB) -
Managing Programmes to Maximize Access and Quality: Lessons from the field
Wayne Stinson, Lynn Backamjin, Sallie Craig Huber, Diana Silimperi, 2000, Management Sciences for Health and QAP Project, USAID
Taking a customer orientation; management responsibilities at different levels; strengthening logistics, supply, referral, monitoring and evaluation; community level action; incentives for quality
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Assessing the Quality of Healthcare at the District Level in Rwanda
Quality Assurance Project (USAID)
Preparation, consultation, performance indicators, collecting and analysing data, interpreting and disseminating results
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Performance Improvement
Robert E. Lande, Population Information Program, 2002, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Institutional context; describe desired performance, actual performance and the performance gap; find root causes; repeated WHY analysis; identify and implement solutions; monitor and evaluate performance;
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A Modern Paradigm for Improving Healthcare Quality
Rashad Massoud, Karen Askov, Jolee Reinke, Lynne Miller Franco, Thada Bornstein, Elisa Knebel and Catherine MacAulay, 2002, Quality Assurance Project ( USAID)
Principles of improvement: client focus; understanding work as processes and systems; teamwork; testing changes and emphasizing the use of data; identify, analyze develop, test and implement; cycle for learning and improvement; individual problem solving, team problem solving; quality improvement tools; cause-and-effect analysis
(88 pages, pdf 858KB)
En français: Un Paradigme Moderne de l’Amélioration de la Qualité des Soins de Santé
En español: Un paradigma moderno para mejorar la calidad de la atención de salud -
Health Managers Tool Kit: Clinical Services and Quality Management
Management Sciences for Health
Clinical services and quality management tools help in the management of health services delivery at both the clinic and the community levels. Tools focusing on improving the quality of service delivery for clients, reducing client waiting time, and improving logistics and supply management are included here.
(Web page)
En français: La Boîte à Outils du Manager de Santé: Services Cliniques et Gestion de la Qualité
En español: La Caja de Herramientas Gerenciales: Administración de Servicios Clínicos y Calidad de los Servicios -
Quality Assurance Project
Quality Assurance Project (USAID), 2001
Free training CD roms can be ordered by professionals in developing countries
(Web page)