Although the advent of computerised medical records and prescriptions has largely decreased the incidence of medical mismanagement due to illegible doctors’ notes and instructions – the importance of clear, accurate, detailed and contemporaneous record keeping remains as essential as ever.

“Like the expectant father”…

I undertook my first Standards survey in March of this year, like the expectant father, there were so many unknowns, what were the expectations, but more so what do I have to do?

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To that end ISQua has recently launched it’s own LinkedIn group page on the site and currently has over 300 patient safety and quality members from all over the world. The aims of the group are as follows:

The day was Friday the 11^th October 2013 and around 11:00am Edinburgh local time; I landed at Edinburgh International Airport for my first time in Scotland (UK).

Quality improvement (QI) methods,

Patient safety and Quality of Healthcare are two sides of same coin. History of evolution of quality in healthcare is as old as its counterpart in manufacturing sector.

In India, since 2006, it has been a golden time for Healthcare Quality and Safety with the inception of National Accreditation Board for

Background

The use of formal work groups and work teams in organizations has increased dramatically since the 1990s according to Bayerlein and Harris (1998).

Properly performing health care systems require concepts and methods that match their complexity. Resilience engineering provides that capability.