background a model of quality management called strategic collaborative quality management (scqm) model was developed based on the quality management literature review, the findings of a survey on quality management assessment in healthcare organisations, semi-structured interviews with healthcare stakeholders, and a delphi study on healthcare quality management experts. the purpose of this stu...

A two-step process is commonly used to evaluate data–model fit of latent variable path models, the first step addressing the measurement portion of the model and the second addressing the structural portion of the model. Unfortunately, even if the fit of the measurement portion of the model is perfect, the ability to assess the fit within the structural portion is affected by the quality of the...

Existing definitions and measurement approaches of quality of health care often fail to address the complexities involved in understanding quality of care. It is perceptions of quality, rather than clinical indicators of quality, that drive service utilization and are essential to increasing demand. Here we reflect on the nature of quality, how perceptions of quality influence health systems an...

In this paper we provide a theoretical discussion of the impact of uncertainty in quality measurement on the expected benefits of including biometric signal quality measures in classification. While an ideal signal quality measure should be a precise quantification of the actual signal properties relevant to the classification process, a real quality measurement may be uncertain. We show how do...

Recently, there has been an increasing emphasis on quality in developing software (Duggan, 2004; Harter et al. 2003; Jureta et al. 2009; Prajogo & Sohal, 2006; Tarvo, 2009). The quality of a software system is widely accepted as its conformance to customer requirements (Kan et al., 1994). The interest in quality is heightened as more system failures are attributed to issues in software quality ...

In this report we propose a solution to problem of the dependency on the experience of the software project quality assurance personnel by providing a transparent, objective and measurement based quality framework. The framework helps the quality assurance experts making objective and comparable decisions in software projects by defining and assessing measurable quality goals and thresholds, di...

In chronic disease, such as asthma, cure is not possible and death, though of great importance, is rare. The majority of adult asthmatics lead lives that are characterized neither by good health nor by severe impairment. To assess disease severity, monitor progression, and quantify treatment effects, this impairment of health must be measured. How is this to be done? Asthma is a disease that is...

While all of medicine is under pressure to increase transparency and accountability, joint replacement subspecialists will face special scrutiny. Disclosures of questionable consulting fees, a demographic shift to younger patients, and uncertainty about the marginal benefits of product innovation in a time of great cost pressure invite a serious and progressive response from the profession. Cur...

CATALYZED BY EVIDENCE OF POOR-QUALITY CARE AND remarkable variations in processes and outcomes, the interest in quality measurement has increased exponentially. Manifestations of this interest include widespread promulgation of quality measures, an increase in public reporting of these measures, and early experiments in paying for quality. Now that quality of care is being measured rather than ...