Title |
Understanding the barriers to setting up a healthcare quality improvement process in resource-limited settings: a situational analysis at the Medical Department of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-1 |
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Authors |
Josephine Nana Afrakoma Agyeman-Duah, Antje Theurer, Charles Munthali, Noor Alide, Florian Neuhann |
Abstract |
Knowledge regarding the best approaches to improving the quality of healthcare and their implementation is lacking in many resource-limited settings. The Medical Department of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Malawi set out to improve the quality of care provided to its patients and establish itself as a recognized centre in teaching, operations research and supervision of district hospitals. Efforts in the past to achieve these objectives were short-lived, and largely unsuccessful. Against this background, a situational analysis was performed to aid the Medical Department to define and prioritize its quality improvement activities. |
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