The thesis is focused on specifics of quality and customer satisfaction in health care. The theoretical part of the thesis summarizes the status of this issue in the literature; it compares theoretical approaches to quality that are generally applied and approaches that are recommended by authors for the health care sector. This part uses the Czech and foreign literature. The practical part of the thesis provides an overview of a current state of health care facilities, presents characteristics of the society where the research was conducted and its products. A satisfaction customer research is presented on a concrete example of a private eye care facility. Outcomes of the research are analyzed. Data obtained by the analysis are synthesized, the conclusion is made and further actions are suggested.

Orientador: Salomon Soriano Ordinola Rojas / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T12:57:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Morais_ElaineAparecidaSilva_M.pdf: 1537327 bytes, checksum: 2392dd8e8cc4fd0b2f4b6b4d33c92183 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Introdução: A qualidade da assistência à saúde tem sido foco de discussões e consequentemente de elaboração e implantação de programas que visam à melhoria dos serviços. Não é possível somente propagar a existência da qualidade, é necessário, portanto evidenciá-la por meio de indicadores confiáveis. O propósito deste estudo é desenvolver indicadores para avaliação do cuidado a pacientes críticos neurológicos. Método: Estudo de desenvolvimento metodológico de elaboração e validação de indicadores de avaliação em saúde com teor investigativo dos métodos de obtenção, organização e análise de dados, validação de instrumentos e técnicas de pesquisas. Foi desenvolvido a partir da escolha do ponto do cuidado ao paciente crítico neurológico. O processo de validação se deu através da metodologia de validação opinativa, onde sete experts participaram da análise dos conteúdos através de um manual operacional. Resultados: O parecer dos experts compreendeu a análise e julgamento do Manual Operacional dos indicadores propostos; do conteúdo de cada item de avaliação. Os resultados indicaram que todos foram considerados válidos em relação ao percentual de concordância ( Content Validity Index ¿ CVI) e em relação a representatividade da medida e a clareza dos itens de verificação. Conclusão: Considerando ¿ se os resultados obtidos no estudo é possível o estabelecimento de indicadores confiáveis para avaliação do cuidado proposto e estabelecer a qualidade do serviço prestado. A metodologia de validação possibilita uma alternativa para tornar medidas de avaliação seguras. A partir de pressupostos teóricos dos indicadores, sua aplicação subsidiará o controle da qualidade assistencial à medida que colabora com a elaboração de um plano de intervenção / Abstract: Introduction: The quality of health care has been the focus of discussions and consequently of the development and implementation of programs aimed at improving services. You can not only propagate the existence of quality, it is therefore necessary to evidence it through reliable indicators. The purpose of this study is to develop indicators for assessing the neurological critical care patients. Method: a study that implicates a methodological development and validation of indicators of health evaluation with investigative content methods of obtaining, organizing and analyzing data, validation of tools and research techniques. It was developed from the point of choice of the critical neurological patient care. The validation process was done through the opinionated validation methodology, where seven experts participated in the analysis of content through an operating manual. Results: The opinion of experts included analysis and judgment of the Operational Manual of the proposed indicators, the content of each assessment item. The results indicated that all were considered valid if compared to the percentage of agreement (Content Validity Index - CVI) and to the relative measure of the representativeness and clarity of check items. Conclusion: Considering the results obtained in the study, it is possible to establish reliable indicators for evaluation of care and establish the proposed quality of service. The validation methodology provides an alternative to making reliable assessment measures. From theoretical prerequisites of the indicators to application control, it will support the quality of care while collaborates with the development of an intervention plan / Mestrado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Mestra em Ciências

A interconsulta cardiológica corresponde a uma parcela considerável das atividades assistenciais e de ensino do cardiologista, refletindo gasto extra de tempo e recursos. Apesar disso, essa atividade não tem recebido a devida atenção da literatura, com poucos estudos sobre o tema. O objetivo do presente estudo foi, primariamente, comparar a evolução clínica dos pacientes envolvidos na interconsulta cardiológica que tiveram as recomendações seguidas pela equipe médica solicitante (grupo ACEITADOR) com aqueles em que as recomendações não foram seguidas (grupo NÃO ACEITADOR). De forma secundária, procuramos identificar as variáveis determinantes da aceitação das sugestões da equipe cardiológica. Para isso, foi realizado um estudo observacional envolvendo pacientes internados no Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, para os quais foram solicitadas interconsultas cardiológicas, no período de março a setembro de 2008. Os dados referentes às interconsultas foram coletados pelo investigador de maneira prospectiva a partir do prontuário dos pacientes. Dentre as 589 interconsultas selecionadas para o estudo, 271 consistiam em avaliações clínicas e 318 avaliações pré-operatórias. Em relação à taxa de aceitação das recomendações cardiológicas, 77% dos pacientes foram classificados no grupo ACEITADOR e 23% classificados no grupo NÃO ACEITADOR. A análise da evolução clínica demonstrou que, dentre os pacientes do grupo NÃO ACEITADOR, 38,8% evoluíram de forma desfavorável (piora clínica ou óbito) contra 5,4% dos pacientes do grupo ACEITADOR (P<0,0001). Após análise de regressão logística, pertencer ao grupo NÃO ACEITADOR (P<0,001; OR 10,25; IC 95% 4,45 - 23,62) e a idade dos pacientes (P=0,017; OR 1,04; IC 95% 1,01 1,07) estiveram associados de forma independente a uma evolução clínica desfavorável. Foram identificados quatro preditores independentes de aceitação das recomendações: a realização de visitas de seguimento (P<0,001; OR 2,43; IC 95% 1,48 4,01), reforço verbal das recomendações (P=0,001; OR 1,86; IC 95% 1,23 2,81), número de recomendações sugeridas (P=0,001; OR 0,87; IC 95% 0,80 0,94) e idade dos pacientes (P=0,002; OR 0,98; IC 95% 0,96 0,99). Portanto, na presente análise, a não aceitação das recomendações da equipe cardiológica por parte da equipe médica solicitante esteve associada a uma evolução clínica desfavorável dos pacientes envolvidos. A realização de visitas de seguimento, reforço verbal, número limitado de recomendações e a menor idade dos pacientes estiveram associados a uma maior aceitação das recomendações da equipe cardiológica / Cardiology referral represents an important part of cardiologist activities, accounting for substantial workload and demanding extra time and resources. Despite the importance of these facts, it has received little attention in the medical literature in the last years. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcome of patients involved in cardiology referral who had the cardiologic recommendations followed by the requesting service (ACCEPTING group) with those whose recommendations were not followed (NON-ACCEPTING group). Secondly, we aimed to determine which of the variables involved in cardiology referral were related to acceptance to consultants recommendations. An observational study was performed at Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, involving cardiology consultations during the months of March 2008 through September 2008. Data regarding consultations were prospectively extracted from the medical records by a physician-researcher. Among the 589 cardiology consultations selected for the study, 271 were clinical evaluations and 318 were preoperative evaluations. Regarding compliance of the referring service in following the recommendations offered by cardiology team, 77% of patients were classified in the ACCEPTING group and 23% in the NON-ACCEPTING group. A clinical outcome analysis was performed and showed that 38,8% of patients allocated to NON-ACCEPTING group had evolved unfavorably (clinical deterioration or death) against 5,4% of patients allocated to accepting group (P<0.0001). After logistic regression analysis, belong to NON-ACCEPTING group (P<0.001; OR 10.25; CI 95% 4.45 23.62) and patients age (P=0.017; OR 1.04; CI 95% 1.01 1.07) were variables independently associated to an unfavorable clinical outcome. The multivariate analysis indentified 4 independent predictors of acceptance to consultants recommendations: follow-up notes in the chart (P<0.001; OR 2.43; CI 95% 1.48 4.01), personal communication (P=0.001; OR 1.86; CI 95% 1.23 2.81), number of recommendations (P=0.001; OR 0.87; CI 95% 0.80 0.94) and patients age (P=0.002; OR 0.98; CI 95% 0.96 0.99). Therefore, in this analysis of cardiology referral, a poorer acceptance of cardiologic recommendations was associated to an unfavorable clinical outcome. Follow-up notes in the chart, personal communication, limited number of recommendations and lower patients age were associated to greater acceptance of cardiologic recommendations

Orientador: Wilza Carla Spiri / Banca: Silvana Andrea Molina Lima / Resumo: Introdução: a preocupação com a qualidade nas organizações de saúde tem se manifestado por meio da busca de melhores práticas para atender tanto o mercado competitivo, como os seus clientes. Portanto, torna-se necessário e urgente dispor de informações relevantes para planejar, desenvolver e avaliar as ações de modo a instrumentalizar os gestores para avaliarem seus processos com racionalidade e criticidade. A utilização de indicadores é uma forma adequada de mensurar, comparar e agregar o juízo de valor ante o encontrado e o ideal estabelecido. Para tanto, necessitam ter sua coleta e sistematização bem planejadas, como forma de facilitar o desempenho das atividades para melhoria dos processos de trabalho. O Centro Cirúrgico é considerado uma das unidades mais complexas e específicas do hospital, cujo desempenho está diretamente relacionado com a qualidade de seus próprios processos e com os processos dos serviços que o apoiam. Objetivo: implantar e analisar indicadores de qualidade no Centro Cirúrgico de um hospital especializado em dermatologia. Método: estudo descritivo, analítico, prospectivo e transversal com abordagem quantitativa. O cenário da pesquisa foi um hospital público, especializado em dermatologia, no interior do Estado de São Paulo. A primeira etapa do estudo foi a busca de indicadores adequados para uso no Centro Cirúrgico de acordo com as características do hospital estudado e segundo a literatura existente nessa área. A segunda etapa cons... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The preoccupation with the quality in health organizations has been manifested through the search for better practices to meet not only the competitive market but also its customers. Therefore, it is fundamental and immediate to gather relevant pieces of information to plan, develop and evaluate the practices that are proposed and provide managers with instruments to evaluate their processes rationally and critically. The use of indicators is an applicable way to measure, compare and provide value face what is found and the established ideal. For this purpose, the collection and systematization need to be well planned in a way to facilitate the development of activities in order to improve the processes of work. The Operating Room is considered one of the most complex and specific unit of a hospital, whose performance is straightforwardly related to the quality of its own processes and with those services that are supported by it. Objective: implement and analyze the indicators of quality of an Operating Room of a hospital specialized in dermatology. Method: it is a descriptive, analytical, prospective and cross-sectional study with a quantity approach. The venue of the research was a public hospital specialized in dermatology in a city of São Paulo state. In the first stage of the study, it was sought suitable indicators to use in the Operating Room, according to the characteristics of the chosen hospital and according to the literature found in the area. The next stage, the instrument was constructed in order to collect the selected indicators. The third stage was consisted of the implementation of indicators through an educative process that assessed the background knowledge and posterior knowledge after the training. The fourth stage was related to the survey and analyze of selected... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Introduction: I am a general practitioner in solo practice in Athlone. I work closely with a qualified nursing sister. Many of the patients we attend to have non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Aim: To implement change in the management of our patients with diabetes by developing a protocol for future improved care. Objective: To assess the quality of care provided to patients with (NIDDM), by a doctor - nurse team in private general practice. Method : The study was quantitative and qualitative and consisted of 3 sections : 1) an internal audit based on the retrospective examination of patients' medical records, 2) a questionnaire which was administered to determine patients' knowledge of their disease and 3) a focus group interview which centred around patients' experience of the disease and feelings about the service provided. The interview was audio taped. Findings: Problem areas identified were sub-optimal record keeping; poor attendance and infrequent eye and foot examinations; patients' knowledge of their disease was limited; certain aspects of doctor-patient and patient-family relationships that may impact negatively on care; fears and anxieties relating to the disease and perceptions oflocus of control as external.

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No / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent condition worldwide and is associated with significant mortality. This paper gives an overview of the relevant literature regarding care needs in advanced COPD from the perspective of the patient or carer, and aims to explore the appropriateness of a palliative care approach in this group. Publications revealed that patients with COPD have a high symptom burden that impacts on quality of life and social functioning. Information provision in COPD is often lacking and the implications of diagnosis and prognosis are not routinely discussed. The impact on families and carers is considerable, many patients have significant care requirements which can affect family relationships. Although patients with COPD have regular contact with health services, access to specialist services and palliative care is poor. This paper highlights the need for increased provision for palliative care in COPD, alongside dedicated education and training for health professionals, and continued research to identify the most appropriate ways of delivering this care.

Yes / National audits are used to monitor care quality and safety and are anticipated to reduce unexplained variations in quality by stimulating quality improvement (QI). However, variation within and between providers in the extent of engagement with national audits means that the potential for national audit data to inform QI is not being realised. This study will undertake a feasibility evaluation of QualDash, a quality dashboard designed to support clinical teams and managers to explore data from two national audits, the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) and the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet). Realist evaluation, which involves building, testing and refining theories of how an intervention works, provides an overall framework for this feasibility study. Realist hypotheses that describe how, in what contexts, and why QualDash is expected to provide benefit will be tested across five hospitals. A controlled interrupted time series analysis, using key MINAP and PICANet measures, will provide preliminary evidence of the impact of QualDash, while ethnographic observations and interviews over 12 months will provide initial insight into contexts and mechanisms that lead to those impacts. Feasibility outcomes include the extent to which MINAP and PICANet data are used, data completeness in the audits, and the extent to which participants perceive QualDash to be useful and express the intention to continue using it after the study period. The study has been approved by the University of Leeds School of Healthcare Research Ethics Committee. Study results will provide an initial understanding of how, in what contexts, and why quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality. These will be disseminated to academic audiences, study participants, hospital IT departments and national audits. If the results show a trial is feasible, we will disseminate the QualDash software through a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial.

京都大学 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(医学) / 乙第13600号 / 論医博第2310号 / 新制||医||1072(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻 / (主査)教授 村井 俊哉, 教授 佐藤 俊哉, 教授 永井 洋士 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当 / Doctor of Medical Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Na perspectiva de garantir a qualidade na prestação da assistência em saúde, é indispensável utilizar medidas avaliativas que permitam a definição, mensuração, análise e proposição de soluções aos problemas identificados. Dentre as propostas de avaliação, destaca-se o modelo de Parasuraman, Zeithaml e Berry, os quais desenvolveram a escala psicométrica Service Quality (SERVQUAL). Este estudo metodológico teve o objetivo de realizar a adaptação transcultural e avaliação psicométrica da SERVQUAL com profissionais de enfermagem que atuavam num serviço hospitalar brasileiro. A SERVQUAL é composta por 22 itens pareados para avaliar expectativas e percepções do serviço, e as respostas variam de 1 a 7. Ao final, calcula-se a diferença, denominada gap, entre os valores atribuídos nas duas seções. Maiores valores indicam que o serviço atingiu níveis melhores de qualidade. O instrumento contempla também cinco sentenças relacionadas às dimensões da qualidade, para que o entrevistado lhes atribua um valor de 0 a 100, devendo a somatória dos cinco valores ser 100. O processo de adaptação compreendeu as etapas de tradução e síntese das versões, avaliação por comitê de especialistas, retrotradução e pré-teste. A validade de face e conteúdo foi confirmada pela avaliação de sete especialistas; as modificações foram acatadas quando houve, pelo menos, 80% de concordância. Com base na análise da população-alvo e dos especialistas, a escala apresentou equivalência semântica, idiomática, cultural e conceitual, conforme a versão original do instrumento. Para a verificação das propriedades psicométricas, aplicou-se a versão final da SERVQUAL, de outubro de 2016 a janeiro de 2017, a 270 profissionais de enfermagem de um hospital universitário público do Paraná, os quais atuavam na instituição havia pelo menos seis meses. Avaliou-se a validade convergente pela regressão múltipla entre os itens de expectativas e as sentenças correspondentes às cinco dimensões da qualidade. Para verificar a dimensionalidade da escala - validade de construto -, procedeu-se à Análise Fatorial Exploratória e Análise Fatorial Confirmatória. A confiabilidade foi avaliada pela consistência interna. Os profissionais de enfermagem entrevistados na fase de validação eram predominantemente auxiliares/técnicos do sexo feminino, com idade média de 46 anos e tempo de experiência profissional acima de 20 anos. O escore médio da seção de expectativa foi 5,7, de percepção foi 4,4 e do gap foi -1,3. As propriedades psicométricas referentes à validade e confiabilidade foram consideradas satisfatórias. A regressão múltipla indicou estrutura unifatorial. Os coeficientes de alfa das três medidas foram: Expectativa = 0,98, Percepção = 0,94 e Gap = 0,96. Os itens da Expectativa, Percepção e Gap se apresentaram altamente correlacionados e confirmaram uma única dimensão, divergindo do modelo original com cinco fatores. Para que os modelos fatoriais apresentassem índices adequados de qualidade de ajuste, foi necessário excluir os itens 1, 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 18 e 19. Conclui-se que a versão final da escala adaptada da SERVQUAL, com 14 itens distribuídos em uma única dimensão, consiste em um instrumento válido e confiável para identificar expectativas e percepções da qualidade do serviço hospitalar na perspectiva de profissionais de enfermagem / With the aim of assure the quality in the installment of the attendance in health, it is indispensable to use evaluation measures to allow the definition, mensuration, analysis and proposition of solutions to the identified problems. Among the evaluation proposals, there is outstanding the model of Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry, which developed the psychometric scale Service Quality (SERVQUAL). This methodological study had the objective of accomplishing the adaptation transcultural and psychometric evaluation of SERVQUAL with nursing professionals that acted in a brazilian hospital service. The SERVQUAL has 22 paired items to evaluate expectations and perceptions, and the answers vary from 1 until 7. At the end, the gap was calculated between the values assigned in the two sections. Higher values indicate that the service has achieved better quality levels. The instrument also contemplates five sentences related to the dimensions of quality, so that the interviewee assigns value from 0 to 100, and the sum of the five values should be 100. The adaptation process understood the stages of translation and synthesis of the versions, evaluation by one expert committe, back translation and pre-test. The validity of face and content was confirmed by the evaluation of seven specialists; the modifications were respected when there was, at least, 80 % of agreement. Based on the analysis of the target population and specialists, the scale presented semantic, idiomatic, cultural and conceptual equivalence, according to the original version of the instrument. For the checking of the properties psicométricas, there was applied the final version of the SERVQUAL, of October of 2016 to January of 2017, to 270 nursing professionals of a public university hospital of the Paraná, who were acting in the institution at least six months ago. The convergent validity was evaluated by the multiple regression between the items of expectations and the sentences corresponding to the five quality dimensions. To check the dimension of the scale - validity of construct - the Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were accomplished. The reliability was valued by the internal consistency. The nursing professionals interviewed in the phase of validation were predominantly auxiliary / technical of the feminine sex, with middle age of 46 years and time of professional experience over 20 years. The middle score of the expectation section was 5,7, perception was 4,4 and the gap was-1,3. The psychometric properties regarding validity and reliability were considered satisfactory. The multiple regression has indicated a uniform structure. The alpha coefficients of three measures were: Expectation = 0.98, Perception = 0.94 and Gap = 0.96. The Expectation, Perception and Gap items presented themselves highly correlated and confirmed the only dimension, disagreeing with the original model with five factors. It was necessary to exclude items 1, 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 18 and 19 for the factorial models to present adequate indexes of fit quality. This study concludes that a final version of the adapted scale of SERVQUAL, with 14 items distributed in a single dimension, they constitute a valid and reliable instrument to identify the expectations and the perceptions of the hospital quality in the nursing professionals\' perspective