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QA: Pacific Island Examples
Yap QA Paper
Report of methods and results of the QA program in Yap State Department of Health Services, covering public health programs, the district hospital and the Wa’ab Community Health Center. Yap’s program is the 4th iteration (after a previous work in Yap, Kosrae and Pohnpei states) of a whole system style program, designed by Mary Cowan.
Yap Quality Assurance Paper
Guam Memorial Hospital Mock Survey Summary
Report of a mock U.S. Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations survey done at Guam Memorial Hospital in January, 2008, citing strengths and weaknesses and recommendations regarding preparations for accreditation (from the Guam Memorial Hospital Website).
Guam Memorial Hospital Mock Survey Summary
HLATTE Slide Presentation
May, 2006 presentation of University of Guam’s HLATTE at CDC’s Sustainable Management Development Program’s annual meeting in Johannesburg, S. Africa. Gives an overview of HLATTE activities, including its Total Quality Management projects in the Pacific.
HLATTE Slide Presentation
WPRO Technical Report Meeting on Strengthening the Quality Assurance/ Improvement Programme for Selected Countries in the Western Pacific Region
Summary of August, 2007 meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia reviewed current country-level QA initiatives, provided feedback on QA training modules developed by the Ministry of Health in Malaysia, and formulated plans for advancing QA in the region.
WPRO Technical Report
Generic District Health Service Unit Survey Tools
Public Health Units
Clinical & Support Units
Book of Protocols for Primary Health Care
Kwajalein Atoll Healthcare Bureau. Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2007
This is a collection of guidelines for care collected by Dr Richard Trinidad, Medical Director of the Ebeye Community Health Center. It includes sections for public health programs, outpatient medical and dental care and community outreach.
Book of Protocols for Primary Health Care
Mission Report: Review of On-going Quality Assurance Programme Activities in Each FSM State and Recommended Improvements
(WHO-sponsored assessment and recommendations for QA programs in the health sector of the Federated States of Micronesia. By consultant, Dr Michael Robert Jones, 2003)
FSM Mission Report
A Primer for Quality Assurance in Pacific Island Health Services
Durand, AM Key Reference
A discussion of considerations for selecting appropriate models of quality assurance programs based on the current local health services situation.
A Primer for Quality Assurance in Pacific Island Health Services
Quality Improvement and the Hierarchy of Needs in Low Resource Settings - Perspective of a District Health Officer
Durand, AM Key Reference
A discussion of the importance of basic, broad-based quality improvement approaches for making health services in developing countries more managable. Based on the writer’s experience as a district health officer in Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Quality Improvement and the Hierarchy of Needs in Low Resource Settings
Discussion Paper for Use of Quality Assurance to Support Comprehensive Cancer Control Activities in PIHOA Jurisdictions
Durand, AM Key Reference
A discussion of options for using QA programs to strengthen Pacific Comprehensive Cancer Control Program activities in PIHOA jurisdictions.
Discussion Paper for Use of Quality Assurance to Support Comprehensive Cancer Control Activities in PIHOA Jurisdictions
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