evaluating the investment that healthcare organisations make in quality improvement requires knowledge of impact at multiple levels, including patient care, workforce and other organisational resources. the degree to which these resources help organisations to survive and thrive in the challenging contexts in which healthcare is designed and delivered is unknown. investigating this question fro...

introduction: the success of a health system depends on the accessibility and the quality of health services it provides. one major indicator of service quality is peoples satisfaction from the service. in this article, healthcare availability and satisfaction of people in 17th zone of tehran is investigated. methods: population research center has performed a survey in 17th zone of tehran to i...

___________________________________________________________________________ Purpose: The completion of a survey across selected hospitals in the Czech Republic and to check the status of the implementation of healthcare quality and safety management in hospitals in the Czech Republic. Materials and methods: The study was conducted by the Czech Association of Nurses, the largest Czech profession...

Healthcare disparities are a growing concern for the U.S. healthcare system. These disparities are found at all levels of quality, access, and cost and greatly affect those segments of the population that most need affordable, quality, and accessible healthcare. The populations most in need are rural, ethnic, racial, and minority populations, who do not usually receive the highest quality of ca...

BACKGROUND Nearly four decades after the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978 on the need for active client/community participation in healthcare, not much has been achieved in this regard particularly in resource constrained countries like Ghana, where over 70 % of communities in rural areas access basic healthcare from primary health facilities. Systematic Community Engagement (SCE) in healthcare qua...