Darbo tikslas: Įvertinti ligoninės medicinos personalo požiūrį į kokybės vadybos sistemą ir jos tobulinimo galimybes įstaigoje. Uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti ligoninės medicinos personalo žinias apie kokybės vadybos sistemą ir jos tobulinimo galimybes. 2. Nustatyti medicinos personalo požiūrį į dalyvavimą kokybės vadybos dokumentų rengimo procese. 3. Palyginti gydytojų ir slaugytojų žinias apie kokybės vadybos sistemą ir pasirengimą dalyvauti jos sertifikavime. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimas vykdytas 2011 metais rajono ligoninėje, kurioje dirbo 220 medicinos darbuotojų. Atlikta ligoninės medicinos personalo anoniminė anketinė apklausa. Buvo išdalintos 204 anketos, gauta užpildytų 150 anketų. Atsako dažnis 73,5 proc. Statistinė duomenų analizė atlikta SPSS 19.0 versijos statistinių duomenų analizės paketu. Rezultatai. 59,3 % respondentų nežino, kas yra kokybės vadybos sistema, 63,3 % – nežino, ar jų sveikatos priežiūros įstaigoje tokia sistema veikia. 58,0 % medicinos personalo prisipažino, kad jiems trūksta žinių apie įstaigoje esančią kokybės vadybos sistemą. 42,1 % įstaigos kokybės vadybos sistemos tobulinime nedalyvauja, o svarbiausia problema tobulinant kokybės vadybos sistemą nurodo informacijos apie kokybės vadybos sistemą įstaigoje stoką. Didžioji dalis ligoninės medicininio personalo mano, kad kokybės vadybos dokumentų rengimo procesu turėtų užsiimti medicinos audito grupės vadovas ir audito grupė. Didžiausią kokybės vadybos sistemos naudą įstaigai mato tame, kad ji gerina... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study: To assess the attitude of hospital medical staff to the system of quality management and the possibilities to improve it in the institution. Tasks: 1. To assess the knowledge of hospital medical staff about the system of quality management and the possibilities of its development in the institution. 2. To identify the attitude of the staff to its participation in the preparatory process of quality management documents. 3. To compare the knowledge of the doctors and nurses about the system of quality management and their readiness to participate in its certification. Methods. The research was carried out in 2011 in a district hospital which had 220 medical employees. A questionnaire-form anonymous survey of the hospital medical staff was conducted. 204 questionnaire forms were distributed, 150 questionnaires were returned with the answers. The response rate was 73.5 %. The statistical analysis of the data was conducted using SPSS 19.0 version of the packet for statistical data analysis. Results. 59.3 % of the respondents are not aware of the system of quality management, 63.3 % do not know whether such a system is functioning in their institution. 58.0 % of the medical staff admitted that they lack knowledge about the quality management system which exists in their institution. 42.1 % do not participate in the development of the system of quality management and point out that the major problem in improving quality management system is insufficient information... [to full text]

Atliktas tyrimas, vertinant veiklas pagal aštuonias didžiasiąs nuostolių rūšis.Vyraujančios veiklos nuostolių rūšys, vertinant pagal LEAN metodą, perprodukcija ir biurokratizmas. Perprodukcijos problemos – gydymo procese per mažai atsižvelgiama į konkrečią situaciją ir individualius paciento poreikius, būdinga per didelio darbo krūvio, streso ir nuovargio problema. Biurokratizmo problema – didelis papildomų medicininės dokumentacijos kiekis ir nepakankama dokumentų pildymo kokybė (nereikalingų dokumentų formų pildymas, nenaudojamos informacijos apie pacientą rinkimas, klaidingai užpildyti dokumentai). / The aim of the work is to evaluate health care quality by LEAN method in the specialized hospital from doctors and nurses’ attitude. The methodology of the research. The research was carried out from July to October, 2013. A onetime anonymous questionnaire was engaged to survey the attitude of doctors and nurses working in the Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Hospital (n = 222, response rate 93.2 %). The results of the survey were analysed using SPSS 17.0 statistical data analysis software and Excel software. Statistical significance of the data was verified by criterion x2, the number of the degrees of freedom and statistical significance (p). Results. The research was carried out evaluating the activities by 8 biggest kinds of losses. The results of overproduction losses have shown that 71 per cent of the respondents are of the opinion that operational activities include the excess of medical research. 90 per cent of the respondents admit feeling tiredness, and 83 per cent agree that excessive workload reduces health care quality. 87 per cent of the respondents indicate that their work is dominated by routine actions. 15 per cent state that motivation to work in their institution is sufficient while the rest part note that it is insufficient. 36 per cent of the respondents experience illegal patients’ requirements, and 14 per cent of them have to deal with illegal managers’ requirements. Due to this reason, the staff feel psychological pressure which increases stress... [to full text]

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Feb 11, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-94).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2009. / A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Public Health Sciences. Title from pdf file main screen (viewed on September 20, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

This diploma paper aims at defining and mapping out patient satisfaction in intensive care units for surgery patients and comparing results in dependence on length of hospitalization and facility. Diploma paper consists of theory and research. Theory is divided into 5 chapters. Empirical part of this diploma paper was carried out using the method of combined research. The first part is created by qualitative research using semi-structured interview, second part comprises quantitative research using non-standardized, structured questionnaire face to face survey. Processed results were arranged into Excel tables and graphs. All research was based on eight dimensions of patient-centered care delineated by the Picker Institute. Qualitative research sample consists of 11 respondents, quantitative research sample comprises 142 respondents. Data collection took place in surgical ward. This diploma paper defines four aims with two related research questions. The first aim is to determine the level of patient satisfaction with postoperative care. The second aim focuses on patient satisfaction with nursing care, the third aim is to define positive and negative factors influencing patient satisfaction in intensive care units and the last aim points at patient satisfaction with nursing care in intensive care units in relation to the type of facility and length of hospitalization. These two quantitative research questions were posed: 1. What are the possibilities to improve patient satisfaction in nursing care? The research survey showed that an area of concern is patient awareness. It is necessary to improve patient awareness after admission to an intensive care unit and during transfer to a standard ward. Pain and insufficient pain relief often occurred. Nurses should cooperate more with doctors in this respect and, above all, monitor patients more and offer alternative ways of pain relief. Other problems were mentioned in relation to bed adjustment possibilities. Despite the fact that nurses were trying to do their best, not all the circumstances could be influenced that way, for example mattress hardness. The last concern area, mentioned by patients, was perceived loneliness. Nurses should conduct considerate and sensitive conversation, create feeling of trust and support patients. The second question: What factors influence patient satisfaction? The results show that it is, above all, nursing staff attitude, followed by patient awareness, pain and sufficient pain relief, intensive unit environment and last but not least bed adaptation. Quantitative part set six presumptions using statistical methods independence test, chi-square test, Yates correction, t-test, and correlation-regression analysis. Questions from the first part of this paper were processed (in percentage) into clearly arranged graphs. Research survey shows that respondents were satisfied with nursing care and nursing staff. Patient awareness during admission to intensive care unit and staff anonymity proved to be the biggest areas of concern. Pain and insufficient pain relief turned out the clear reason for dissatisfaction as well as absence of information about performed surgeries. Conclusion of quantitative research survey showed that there is no statistically significant difference in patient satisfaction according to health-care facility or length of hospitalization.

A qualidade dos serviços desenvolvidos por uma instituição de saúde depende muito da competência técnica e da habilidade de interação e comunicação de seus trabalhadores para com o usuário. As intervenções técnicas realizadas pela equipe de enfermagem requerem avaliações permanentes face aos riscos que comportam. Este estudo, observacional e seccional, analisou a qualidade e o tempo de execução dos procedimentos, banho e curativo, realizados pela equipe de enfermagem em pacientes internados na unidade médico-cirúrgica de um Hospital Universitário no estado do Paraná, tomando por referência o grau de dependência assistencial desta clientela. A população alvo foi constituída dos seguintes procedimentos: banho, em três tipologias (aspersão, aspersão com auxílio de cadeira de banho e banho no leito) e curativos executados em pacientes classificados segundo grau de dependência da assistência de enfermagem (I, II, III e IV). A amostragem para ambos os procedimentos foi por conveniência. Os dados foram coletados por meio de observação direta com a utilização de um instrumento tipo check list (lista de verificação). A qualidade dos procedimentos foi analisada com base no Índice de Positividade (IP) para cada item do instrumento e no escore de acertos, obtidos em cada procedimento; o tempo de execução foi avaliado em minutos. A qualidade da execução do procedimento foi considerada satisfatória quando a mediana do IP e do escore mediano de acertos fosse ? 70%. Foram observados 258 banhos de aspersão (42,6% grau I, 42,6% grau II e 14,8% grau III); 98 de aspersão com auxílio de cadeira de banho (12,5% grau I, 26,5% grau II, 54,1% grau III e 7,1% grau IV) e 46 banhos no leito (4,3% grau I, 37% grau III e 58,7% grau IV). O IP superou 70% apenas no banho de aspersão com auxílio de cadeira de banho em pacientes classificados no grau IV e no banho no leito no grau I. Os itens mais comprometidos estão relacionados à orientação/comunicação/interação com o paciente, higiene oral, desinfecção concorrente do leito, inspeção das condições da pele e valorização das queixas do paciente. Os resultados obtidos nos scores medianos de acertos nas três tipologias de banho, nos quatro graus de dependência também evidenciaram baixa qualidade, uma vez que somente no banho de aspersão com auxílio de cadeira de banho, grau IV e banho no leito grau I, 50% dos procedimentos alcançaram scores de até 80% e 76,5% de acertos, respectivamente. No procedimento curativo dos 168 observados, 33,9% foram em pacientes de grau I, 38,7% de grau II, 19,6% de grau III e 7,8% de grau IV. Em todos os graus de dependência, alcançou-se o índice de positividade total recomendado (? 70%). Entretanto, itens como preparo adequado do ambiente, conferência do prazo de validade dos materiais, respeito aos princípios de assepsia e manutenção da seqüência lógica do procedimento mostram baixa positividade. Os scores medianos de acertos foram superiores a 70% em todos os graus de dependência, indicando que o procedimento atende um padrão de qualidade. Tanto nos banhos como nos curativos não foram observadas diferenças no tempo despendido entre os diferentes graus de dependência. / The quality of services offered by a health institution depends greatly on worker?s technical competence and interaction and communication abilities towards the client. Technical interventions performed by the nursing team require permanent evaluations of the risks involved. This observational and sectional study analyzed quality and time of execution of bathing and wound dressing procedures performed by the nursing team on hospitalized patients in a medical-surgical unit of a University Hospital in the State of Paraná, based on care dependency degrees of these clients. Target population was constituted by the following procedures: bathing, in three typologies (shower bath, shower bath with aid of a wheel chair and bed bath) and changing wound dressings on patients classified according to the nursing care dependency degree (I,II,III and IV). Convenience sampling was employed for both procedures. Data was collected through direct observation while using a check list instrument for documentation (verifying list). Procedure quality was analyzed based on the Positive Index (IP) for each item on the instrument and on the correct procedures score; execution time was evaluated in minutes. Quality of procedure execution was considered satisfactory when the IP median and the median correct procedure score was ? 70%. In this study 258 aspersion baths (42,6% degree I, 42,6& degree II and 14,8% degree III); 98 shower baths aided by wheel chair (12,5% degree I, 26,5% degree II, 54,1% degree III and 7,1% degree IV) and 46 bed baths (4,3% degree I, 37% degree III and 58,7% degree IV). The IP surpassed 70% only in the shower bath with aid of a wheel chair on patients classified as degree IV and on bed bath, degree I. The most frequently compromised items were related to orientation/communication/interaction with the patient, oral hygiene, bed disinfection, skin condition inspection and valuing patient complaints. Results obtained on the median of the correct procedures scores on the three bathing typologies, on the four dependency degrees also highlight low quality, because only in the shower bath with aid of a wheel chair, degree IV, and bed bath, degree I, 50% of the procedures reached 80% and 76,5% correct procedure scores, respectively. In the observed wound dressing procedures of the 168 patients, 33,9% were patients of degree I, 38,7% of degree II, 19,6% of degree III and 7,8% of degree IV. In all dependency degrees the recommended positivity index was reached (? 70%). Items such as adequate environment preparation, validity time frame checking, respect to aseptic principles and maintenance of procedure?s logical sequence, however, show low positivity. Medium scores were also superior to 70% in all dependency levels, indicating that the procedure meets a quality standard. It was not observed difference on time frame spent in the different dependency degrees in bathing and wound dressing procedures.

Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo, de abordagem quantitativa, cujo objetivo foi analisar a qualidade da assistência de enfermagem em uma unidade de emergência de adultos de um hospital de ensino, na percepção dos usuários, nas dimensões avaliativas de estrutura, processo e resultado. O estudo foi realizado em um hospital de ensino localizado em um município de grande porte, no interior do Estado de São Paulo. A população foi constituída por 260 participantes e os dados foram coletados no período de agosto a outubro de 2008, através de um questionário, empregando-se a escala Likert. Os dados foram analisados em função dos índices percentuais e testes estatísticos específicos. O instrumento mostrou-se confiável para a população estudada, sendo o valor obtido de Alpha de Cronbach igual a 0,88. Na caracterização dos usuários, verificou-se que 52,7% pertenciam ao sexo masculino, com média de idade de 46,9 anos, sendo que a maior parte dos usuários entrevistados possuía ensino fundamental (54,6%) e médio (30,4%). Na avaliação da dimensão de estrutura buscou-se compreender a relação da assistência de enfermagem com os recursos humanos, materiais, físicos e organizacionais, onde a maioria dos sujeitos mostrou percepção favorável relacionada ao conforto, aos equipamentos, à limpeza dos sanitários, ao acesso à unidade, à sinalização interna e à disponibilidade de medicamentos. Na dimensão de processo foram articulados todos os procedimentos realizados pela equipe de enfermagem e os itens que obtiveram melhores percentuais foram os referentes ao respeito dispensado pela equipe de enfermagem, segurança na realização dos cuidados, procedimentos realizados corretamente e rapidez no atendimento aos usuários em estado grave. Na dimensão de resultado procurou-se retratar o impacto da assistência na saúde dos usuários, onde houve elevada concordância nas questões que tratavam da humanização nos cuidados, melhoria da saúde e com o tratamento executado pela equipe de enfermagem. Na comparação das três dimensões, a que obteve maior escore foi a de resultado com 36,20 (dp± 4,20) e o menor a de estrutura com 33,20 (dp ± 3,80). Frente ao exposto, acredita-se que este estudo possa contribuir para a reformulação dos aspectos avaliados nas três dimensões, sobretudo os de estrutura, por terem apresentado menor favorabilidade / This study aims at assessing the quality of nursing care at an Adult Emergency care unit affiliated with a university hospital, as perceived by its users. A three-component evaluation model was proposed, comprising the users view on the emergency care structure, processes and outcome. The research was carried out in a densely populated city in the state of São Paulo Brazil, between August and October 2008. An exploratory descriptive methodology was chosen within a quantitative framework and a Likert-type scale questionnaire was applied to the 260 patients studied. Reliability was ensured by a 0, 88 Cronbachs Coefficient Alpha. The mean age of the patients was 46,9, 52% of them were male and most had finished elementary school and graduated from high school. The structure component was defined as the articulation between nursing care and human and material resources at the emergency center and its organizational structure; a favorable perception was shown regarding comfort, equipment, cleanliness of lavatories, access to the center, internal signage, and availability of medicines. The process component involved all procedures carried out by the nursing staff; highest scores were given to safety of procedures, accuracy of procedures, promptness in emergency care and respect towards patients. The outcome component was concerned with the impact of nursing intervention in the health of the patients; a positive perception of humanization of care, after-care general health, and the treatment offered by the nursing staff was reported. When the results for all components were tabulated and compared, the component of the result obtained better scores in favorability, with an average of 39.84 (SD ± 4.66) and structure had the worst score, average of 36.48 (SD ± 4.23). The structure component thus deserves a special emphasis for further research. It is hoped this study may offer a contribution towards improved nursing care at the Adult Emergency Unit

Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo com delineamento exploratório-descritivo, cujos objetivos foram analisar a percepção dos trabalhadores de enfermagem de uma empresa de medicina diagnóstica acerca da qualidade da assistência de enfermagem prestada, considerando-se as dimensões de estrutura, processo e resultado e conhecer os fatores intervenientes na qualidade dessa assistência sob a ótica dos trabalhadores de enfermagem. A população foi constituída por 203 profissionais de enfermagem de uma empresa de medicina diagnóstica. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre os meses de maio e junho de 2010, por meio de um questionário, empregando-se a escala de Likert. Os dados foram analisados em função dos índices percentuais e testes estatísticos específicos. O instrumento de coleta de dados mostrou-se confiável, obtendo-se o Alpha de Cronbach igual a 0,90. Na caracterização dos sujeitos, foi verificado que 55% eram auxiliares de enfermagem, 36% técnicos de enfermagem e 9% enfermeiros; 83% pertenciam ao sexo feminino e 17% ao sexo masculino, com idade média de 34,1 anos e, em média, 10,8 anos de formação e 6,6 anos de atuação na instituição. Na dimensão de estrutura, os participantes demonstraram percepção favorável aos aspectos que envolveram os materiais, equipamentos, mobiliário, disponibilização dos equipamentos de proteção individual (EPIs), capacitação da equipe e a existência de protocolos referentes à segurança do usuário, porém não houve clareza na tendência acerca do quantitativo de trabalhadores e adequação da área física. Em processo, os itens com melhores percentuais relacionaram-se ao cumprimento das ações e orientações que evitam as não conformidades e riscos ao usuário; quanto aos piores resultados nessa dimensão, o desperdício de tempo devido às distâncias percorridas na área física da instituição foi apontado com maior ênfase. Referente à dimensão de resultado, evidenciou-se maior favorabilidade relacionada à atitude ética dos trabalhadores e à satisfação dos profissionais com a qualidade do atendimento. Na comparação das três dimensões, a melhor avaliada foi a de resultado com escore de 59,0 (dp±10,1) e a pior foi a de processo, 56,8 (dp± 10,3). Acredita-se que este estudo contribua para a reorganização dos pontos vulneráveis nas dimensões avaliadas, sobretudo na de processo, que apresentou menor favorabilidade. / This is about a quantitative study with an exploratory-descriptive shaping, whose objectives were to analyze the perception of the nursing staff of a company of diagnostic medicine about the quality of the nursing care delivered, taking into account the dimensions of structure, process and result and to know the factors which intervene in the quality of this care under the nursing staff\'s view. The population consisted of 203 nursing professionals of a company of diagnostic medicine. The data collection occurred between May and June, 2010, through a questionnaire using the Likert scale. These data were analyzed considering the percentage rates and specific statistic tests. The instrument of data collection turned out to be reliable, obtaining the Cronbach\'s Alpha equal to 0.90. In the characterization of the subjects, it was verified that 55% were nursing assistants, 36% nursing technicians and 9% were graduate nurses. 83% were females and 17%, males, with average age of 34.1 years old and, on average, 10.8 years of nursing experience and 6.6 years working in the institution. In the structure dimension, the participants showed perception favorable to the aspects which involve the materials, equipment, furniture, access to the individual protection equipment (IPE), training of the team and the existence of the protocols related to the user\'s security. However, the tendency about the number of workers and physical area adequacy were not clear. In the process dimension, the items with best percentage rates related to the fulfillment of actions and guidance which avoid the noncompliance and risks to the user; as for the worst results in this dimension, the waste of time due to distances between the physical areas in the institution was pointed out with bigger emphasis. As for the result dimension, the study showed higher favorability to the ethical attitude and the workers satisfaction with the care quality. Comparing the three dimensions, the best assessed one was the result dimension with the score of 59.0 (dp±10.1) and the worst one was the process dimension, 56.8 (dp± 10.3). It is believed that this study may contribute to the reorganization of the vulnerable points in the dimensions assessed, mainly in the process dimension, which showed lower favorability.

Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo de abordagem quantitativa, que teve por objetivo avaliar o processo de identificação do neonato admitido na unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal e semi-intensiva de um hospital privado no Município de São Paulo. A casuística compôs-se de 540 oportunidades de análise, selecionadas pela amostragem probabilística aleatória simples. A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de maio a agosto de 2010, por meio de um formulário, contendo as três etapas do processo de identificação: componentes de identificação, condições da pulseira e quantitativo de pulseiras. Os dados foram analisados em função da estatística descritiva, e sendo aplicado o teste estatístico com significância de 5%. No que diz respeito ao desempenho geral do processo, o percentual de conformidade foi de 82,2%. No que tange as três etapas integrantes do processo, o maior índice de conformidade (93%) foi atribuído a segunda etapa e o menor (89,3%) a terceira etapa, com diferença estatística significante (p=0,046). Em relação a primeira etapa, a presença do código de internação obteve (98,5%) de conformidade; na segunda,o melhor percentual (99,8%), foi atribuído à confecção correta da pulseira e na terceira, houve (88,5%) de conformidade para o grupo de neonatos em condições especiais, não apresentando diferença estatística significante p=0,895. Acredita-se que os achados deste estudo subsidiem as reestruturações necessárias no processo de identificação dos recém-nascidos e o estabelecimento de metas assistenciais e gerenciais, para a melhoria contínua da qualidade e da segurança dos pacientes. / This is an exploratory, descriptive study of quantitative approach, aiming to evaluate the identification procedure for newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive and semi-intensive care unit of a private hospital in the city of São Paulo. The sample consisted of 540 opportunities for analysis, selected by the simple random probability sampling. Data collection occurred between May and August 2010, using a form containing the three phases of the identification procedure: identification components, conditions of ID bracelet and quantitative of ID bracelets. Data were analyzed according to descriptive statistics and the statistical test was applied with a significance of 5%. Regarding performance of the general process, the percentage of compliance was 82.2%. Regarding the three phases of the process, the highest compliance rate (93%) was related to the second phase and the lowest (89.3%) to the third phase, with a statistically significant difference (p = 0.046). Regarding the first phase, the presence of a hospitalization code obtained (98.5%) of compliance, in the second, the best percentage (99.8%) was attributed to correct manufacturing of the ID bracelet and third, with (88, 5%) of compliance for the group of newborns under special conditions, showing no statistically significant difference p = 0.895. It is believed that the findings of this study will subsidize the necessary reorganization of newborn identification procedure and establishment of assistance and management of goals for the constant improvement of quality and patient safety.