The purpose of this study is to investigate the integration of strategic management and quality assurance in higher education. The study presents how the value chain can be described in the strategy and quality maps, which are, respectively graphical representations of the strategic plan and the quality assurance system. The quality map is a new concept that explicitly takes into account the en...

This paper addresses the economic and strategic position of animal health in the dairy operations and the way that animal health care should be properly designed. Examples of biosecurity plans and quality risk management are further elaborated. Disease risk identification and disease risk management as primary preventive issues are pivotal in modern animal health care on both the small and larg...

e-Health Systems quality management is an expensive and hard process that entails performing several tasks such as analysis, evaluation, and quality control. Furthermore, the development of an e-Health System involves great responsibility since people's health and quality of life depend on the system and services offered. The focus of the following study is to identify the gap in Quality Charac...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: today the issue of quality improvement in health care organizations has become more important than before, but the effectiveness of various quality management models remains questionable. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the performance of the total quality management model (iso 9001: 2000) im...

BACKGROUND Excellence and quality models are comprehensive methods for improving the quality of healthcare. The aim of this study was to design excellence and quality model for training centers of primary health care using Delphi method. METHODS In this study, Delphi method was used. First, comprehensive information were collected using literature review. In extracted references, 39 models we...

This paper explores the mitigation of transcultural clinical barriers in a clinical setting where migrant backstretch workers receive health and wellness services from university faculty, staff, and nursing students at a nurse-led clinic located behind the stable area of a local thoroughbred racetrack. Caring for this vulnerable population is critical as these underserved individuals encounter ...

A developing society needs to adapt to change and foster creativity. In the pursuit of continual improvement (e.g., reducing fossil-fuel consumption and waste, better service performance, greater availability and improved reliability), implementing wise maintenanceschedules is essential for contemporary organisations. Several studies of a wide range of Nigerian industries indicate that indigeno...

introduction: ambulatory care is an inseparable part of health care system. it is commonly considered as the entrance of the patient to the health care system. high qualify ambulatory care has an important role in reducing mortality and morbidity rates. on the other hand, quality of information has an important role in the quality and safety of ambulatory health care. it is hence necessary to p...

This paper proposes a novel facility location model for health service network design by considering different key elements including the reliability aspects, service capacity, congestion, service quality, surrounding public infrastructures, geographical accessibility and several types of cost such as investment, transportation and operational costs. We formulate the problem as a robust scenari...