Avedis Donabedian and The Birth of Healthcare Quality Assurance
One of the most prominent issues in healthcare management today is healthcare quality. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), which was renamed as the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2015, defines...
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The first outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in recorded history occurred in the Sudan between June and November 1976. This outbreak resulted in 284 cases and carried a 53% mortality rate (“Ebola...
View ArticleW. Edwards Deming, Total Quality Management, and Healthcare Applications
Like any other service offered to a market to satisfy the needs and wants of the consumer, healthcare may be perceived as a product (Kotler & Armstrong, 2007). If healthcare organizations want...
View ArticleKaoru Ishikawa, The Fishbone Cause-and-Effect Diagram, and Benefits to...
In order to advance a healthcare organization’s level of quality, the entire healthcare staff must “buy in” to continual quality improvement and be on equal footing regarding industry-standard...
View ArticleHealthy Mom, Plus Healthy Baby Equals a Fighting Chance at a Vibrant and...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia accounted for 86% (approximately 254,000) of the 295,000 women across the world who died during and following...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Pandemic: The Healthcare-Related Laws Which Flatten and Curb the Impact
COVID-19, or Coronavirus disease 2019, is a communicable respiratory infection caused by a novel coronavirus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is closely...
View ArticleMerger Boon or Bane: Do Hospital Mergers Generate Healthcare Value?
An article by Attebery et al. entitled “Better Together? An Examination of the Relationship Between Acute Care Hospital Mergers and Patient Experience” published in the Journal of Healthcare Management...
View ArticleOutliers: Lessons from Uncommon Leaders
A book by Malcolm Gladwell entitled “Outliers: The Story of Success” (Gladwell, 2008) explores the concept of outliers, which are exceptional things, and sometimes people, that exist outside of what is...
View ArticleHow Hospitals Should Navigate the Capital Disadvantage Created by COVID-19
An article by Jason Sussman, CPA entitled “Capital Allocation in the Wake of COVID-19: Fundamentals Still Apply” published in the Journal of Healthcare Management (Sussman, 2020) explores how the...
View ArticleHealthcare Quality: Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Lean
An article by Menachemi et al. entitled “Implementation of Lean in a Health System: Lessons Learned from a Meta-Analysis of Rapid Improvement Events, 2013–2017” published in the Journal of Healthcare...
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