Health Quality Management

Dear Colleagues,

Quality management in health care is mainly based in reducing errors and improving overall patient care. The safety and effectiveness of treatments have been, traditionally, two of the most critical measures of quality, but measuring quality is one of the most relevant challenges in the present and future of health care, since patient care becomes more complex as customers’ expectations rise, resources decrease and health-care institutions rise the question of paramount importance on whether the traditional approaches to organizing, standardizing and staffing quality are still at the latest cutting edge.

If approaches based on continuous quality improvement are in fact the future of quality management, it therefore corresponds to all the sectors and involved parties to participate in the plan for a challenging future. The new quality of management approach is characterized by advanced research methods, as well as by facing competitive pressures, rising expectations and resource streamlining. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those combining a high academic standard coupled with a practical focus on providing optimal health quality management solutions.

Prof. Dr. Mariano Gacto
Dr. Marta San-Millán
Guest Editors

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