Due to the growing prominence of total quality management (TQM) in health care, the present study was conducted to identify the set of TQM practices for its successful implementation in healthcare institutions through a systematic review of literature. A research strategy was performed on the...

In the present era of competitive business environment due to increasing complexity and globalization of quality products and services, quality managers and practitioners have started to improve services to customers especially in healthcare and hospitality industries. These industries are...

In recent years, there is an increasing interest in the healthcare industry to apply total quality management (TQM) principles and practices to improve customers’ quality of service and care. The most influencing reason behind this is increased competitive market, advancement of medical...

The purpose of this study is to develop an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model utilizing components,parameters, and factors of a specifically designed Integrated Quality Model for Health Care Establishment (HCE). In doing so, the authors have utilized AHP approach to identify the best health...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive framework in order to identify, rank and classify key quality dimensions for healthcare establishments (HCEs) and to understand the contextual relationship between them for growth and development of Indian HCEs. The methodology adopted in...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to identify and critically analyze healthcare establishment (HCE) quality parameters described in the literature. It aims to propose an integrated quality model that includes technical quality and associated supportive quality parameters to achieve...

A method of quality applicable mainly to goods and services of non-healthcare sector cannot be applied without modification or adaptation to healthcare especially in healthcare establishments and hospitals which deal with living beings as patients who themselves are the most critical input...