Commitment to quality care.

The commitment to care.

Professional commitment, patient safety, and patient-perceived care quality.

PURPOSE To examine how professional commitment influences patient safety and patient-perceived care quality. DESIGN Investigators for this study used a cross-sectional design with questionnaires. A total of 348 pairs of nurses and inpatients were contacted at two medical centers in Taiwan during the period from August 2007 to January 2008, yielding 284 pairs of completed questionnaires. MET...

Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute’s “Commitment to Respect” and Impact on Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction

Cleveland Clinic's Imaging Institute implemented a "Commitment to Respect" initiative and survey process in March 2013 with the goal of improving communication and teamwork among employees and, in turn, improving patient satisfaction. Since the rollout of this initiative, we have worked to increase acceptance of the process, improve the survey response, and more fully incorporate results into s...

Group consensus peer review in radiation oncology: commitment to quality

BACKGROUND Peer review, especially prospective peer review, has been supported by professional organizations as an important element in optimal Radiation Oncology practice based on its demonstration of efficacy at detecting and preventing errors prior to patient treatment. Implementation of peer review is not without barriers, but solutions do exist to mitigate or eliminate some of those barrie...

Case Studies Is Management Commitment to Quality Just “ A Given ” ?

Management at six factories in the UK which had received awards for their manufacturing excellence were interviewed about their TQM programmes. The aim of these interviews was to discuss the TQM initiatives and, in particular, to gauge the degree and nature of the management commitment required to make these successful. What emerged was an indication of the emphasis that managers must place on ...