Quality systems in dentistry - Part 1. The increasing pressure for quality and implementation of quality assurance and improvement (QA/I) models in health care

Yamalik N.

INTERNATIONAL DENTAL JOURNAL, cilt.57, sa.5, ss.338-346, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2007.tb00143.x
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL DENTAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.338-346
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Quality has always been important for the health professions. However, recently the 'pressure' for quality assurance/improvement (QA/I) in the health care arena has increased. All health professions and individual practitioners are expected to be aware of the driving forces behind this increasing 'pressure' for quality to be able to meet the demands for the continuous QA/I. It is particularly important to have a correct understanding of the QA/I process, the shared values, goals and potential benefits of the different QA/I systems and tools, and the associated complexities of implementation of QA/I systems/models in health care.