background iran has a widespread diagnostics and clinical support services (dcss) network that plays a crucial role in providing diagnostic and clinical support services to both inpatient and outpatient care. however, very little is known on the application of quality assurance (qa) policies in dcss units. this study explores the extent of application of eleven qa strategies in dcss units withi...

Implementing quality assurance (QA) programs in unregulated non-institutional settings remains a challenge for home- and community-based service providers. A sample of 65 Elderly and Disabled (E&D) Waiver providers were presented with eight problem scenarios commonly found in homecare services. Each of the respondents was able to identify strategies they would use to recognize and address each ...

The task group (TG) for quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery was formed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine's Science Council under the direction of the Radiation Therapy Committee and the Quality Assurance (QA) Subcommittee. The task group (TG-135) had three main charges: (1) To make recommendations on a code of practice for Robotic Radiosurgery QA; (2) To make recommen...

Software Quality Assurance (QA) is a key area in the development and maintenance of scientific software systems in order to ensure the reliability of the output generated by such systems. Approaches taken in implementing QA within the lifecycle include manual techniques, which require developer intervention, and automated techniques, which can be completed by analysis toolsets. Manual QA techni...

The design quality assurance (QA) process impacts the engineering design performance in many aspects, such as in design process cycle time, rework cost, customer satisfaction, etc. Thereby it is necessary to develop systematic methods and tools for modelling, analysing and improving design QA processes. This report addresses three aspects of QA processes: a process representation approach; a DS...

This paper has outlined a strategy proposed by an IOM study committee for a quality review and assurance program for Medicare. The committee intended that such a program respond to several major issues, including: the burdens of harm of poor quality of care (poor performance of clinicians in both technical and interpersonal ways, unnecessary and inappropriate services, and lack of needed and ap...

With increasing importance placed on standard quality assurance methodologies by large companies and government organizations, many software companies have implemented rigorous quality assurance (QA) processes to ensure that these standards are met. The satisfaction of these quality checks ensures that the software has achieved a certain level of compliance to standards and thereby gives the co...

The purpose of this study was to explore the audits, quality assurance (QA) programmes and legal frameworks used in selected abattoirs in Zimbabwe and slaughterhouse workers' perceptions on their effectiveness. Data on slaughterhouse workers was gathered through a self-completed questionnaire and additional information was obtained from slaughterhouse and government records. External auditing w...

In ord.er to further improve the quality of hospital based long term contracepîive services (ILID, implant, and' sterilization) in a more systematic and continous way in Ind.onesia, a Quality Assurance Program (QA) was introduced in twelve selected hospitals in Jakarta that had. family planning programs. This stud.y was conducted in order to determine which factors influence the implementation ...