Essays about: "Delivering Health Care"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words Delivering Health Care.

  1. 6. Clinical decision support systemsin the Swedish health care system : Mapping and analysing existing needs

    University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och industriell dynamik

    Author : EMMA TÖCKSBERG; ERIK ÖHLÉN; [2014]
    Keywords : eHealth; electronic health records EHR ; clinical decision support systems; eHälsa; elektroniska patientjournaler; kliniska beslutsstöd; CDSS; svenska;

    Abstract : Purpose:The thesis will shed light on the overall need of CDSSs in the Swedish health care system,  and  it  will  also  present  a  specific  efficiency  problem  that  could  be  solved  by implementing a CDSS. The need for a CDSS is where an implementation would improve patient outcome, by delivering the right care at the right time, and where the CDSS could reduce the cost of the delivered care. READ MORE

  3. 7. Quality in the Emergency Department

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Arpegård Johannes; Lindh Daniel; [2013]
    Keywords : Change management; Quality Parameters; LEAN; Emergency care ;

    Abstract : How are the quality outcomes of implementing change management theories in the emergency department measured? Lean and similar change management-theories such as TQM or Six Sigma have rendered a lot of at-tention in the Swedish healthcare business over the past ten years. According to an article in Läkar-tidningen, the Swedish medical association´s official journal, nine out of ten Swedish hospitals have implemented Lean or some other form of change management theory (Weimarsson 2011). READ MORE

  4. 8. "Leanyfying" high variability operations - Lessons from applying lean to oncology care

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Damiana Spadafora; [2013]
    Keywords : Lean Production; Lean Consumption; Health Care Management; Variation; Knowledge Sharing;

    Abstract : The increasing toll exerted by health care on society has called for the application of new management techniques that demand fewer resources. This demand has not gone unanswered and health care structures are starting to experiment with a set of tools borrowed from car manufacturing: Lean. READ MORE

  5. 9. Decentralisation; the road to better Quality of Government? A comparative case study of Multan and Larkana, Pakistan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Aiysha Kanval Varraich; [2012-01-05]
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    Abstract : This paper investigates whether an institutional reform such as decentralisation results in improved quality of government (better service delivery and less corruption) to the final users –the citizens and at what expense? In the context of developing states, evidence suggests that decentralisation not only results in aggravating both regional disparities and the capture of local government by local elites. An apt case study is that of Pakistan, where both conditions are present; decentralisation of government took place and the presence of local elites capturing local governments within the smaller cities of the provinces. READ MORE

  6. 10. Cancerbehandling för hund och katt

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Anna Karlsson; [2012]
    Keywords : cancer; tumör; kemoterapi; strålningsbehandling; livskvalitet; djuromvårdnad;

    Abstract : Cancer is one of the most feared diseases in veterinary medicine today, and the incidence is higher than ever due to the fact that our companion animals live longer then they did ten to twenty years ago. Cancer is also one of the most common causes of mortality in older companion animals. READ MORE