Human governance: A neglected mantra for continuous performance improvement

Continuous quality improvement: educating towards a culture of clinical governance.

The National Health Service in England and Wales has recently adopted a policy aimed at embedding continuous quality improvement (CQI) at all levels and across all services. The key goal is to achieve changes in practice which improve patient outcomes. This paper describes the use of a training course for multiprofessional groups of participants tailored to offer them relevant knowledge, manage...

Measurable and Continuous Performance Improvement: The Development of a Performance Measurement, Management, and Improvement System

An Executive Guide to Continuous Performance Improvement

The purpose of this guide is to provide the leadership team with generic but essentially practical advice on the use of benchmarking as a tool for continuous improvement in efficiency and performance. may be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with t...

Performance-Centric Business Activity Monitoring Framework for Continuous Process Improvement

For better business performance or continuous process improvement of an enterprise, real-time measurement and analysis of the performance of managerial activities is essential. Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) which provides real-time access to key performance indicators or business processes is one of core elements for successful BPM system. Since performance measurement cannot be managed in...

Protocol-directed weaning: a process of continuous performance improvement

The use of a nursing-directed and/or respiratory therapist-directed protocol in many intensive care units for weaning from mechanical ventilation is associated with a shorter duration of ventilation and length of stay in the ICU. Most protocols have two formal components: the daily screening of a set of simple observations or interventions to identify readiness to proceed, followed by a spontan...