Hopefully, lots of you will be able to contribute to this.

Regards

Barbara

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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:08:38 +0100
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Subject: Call for papers for the International Journal of
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Dear Dr Morris

Call for Papers

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Special Issue

The Editor invites prospective authors to submit original
manuscripts for possible publication in this special issue
of the journal dedicated to professionals striving towards
quality improvement and its implications for professionals
in all areas of health care.

Editorial Objectives and Guidelines
Quality improvement processes, techniques and strategies
are critical in health care to achieving success and
attaining the competitive edge. Quality improvement is
process and outcome oriented, customer driven and
involves organizational commitment not only to empower
employees but requires a team-based approach to effect
change. More importantly, commitment to quality improvement
by the governing body and senior-level management fosters
quality initiatives and thereby transforms the organization.

The journal is an important resource for a wide variety of
professionals and academics involved in the business of
developing, implementing, monitoring and sustaining quality
programmes in the health care industry, and is of
particular relevance to: Professional managers in public/
private health care organisations, Professions Allied to
Medicine with an interest/remit for quality, Consultants
and other Medical staff keen to promote the use of quality
techniques, Academics teaching or researching in the field
and Personnel influencing the quality agenda within health
care organizations.

The purpose of this special issue is to demonstrate the
importance of professionals (managers in health care
organizations and systems) and their roles in quality
improvement. This reflects the Journal's commitment
towards presenting valuable information, comment and debate
on quality issues impacting on today's health care
industry. The following research questions are of interest:

 - What is quality improvement in health care organizations
and systems?  - How does quality improvement differ in
health care from business and other
   industries?  - Is quality improvement similar among
private, not-for-profit and public health
   care organizations?  - What characteristics within
health care organizations are more likely to engage
   in quality improvement?  - What types of organizational,
governance and management structures are    more likely to
succeed in quality improvement?  - How should health care
professionals manage quality improvement?  - How should
work systems and job designs be involved in
quality improvement?
 - How can quality improvement techniques meet and exceed
customer    expectations?
 - In what direction is quality improvement research and
practice headed? Are
   there new theories, models and frameworks?

Preparation of Manuscripts
For this special issue articles should be between 2000 and
6000 words in length. They should be typed in
double-spacing with wide margins. Three copies should be
sent to the Editor together with a brief
autobiographical note, 1-6 keywords, an abstract of
approximately 150 words and a suggested title of not more
than 8 words. The deadline for submission is January
31, 2004.

Submission of Disks
Once accepted by the Editor for publication, the final
version of the article should be submitted in manuscript
accompanied by a 3.5" disk marked with: disk format; author
name(s); title of article; journal title; file name. This
will be considered to be the definitive version of the
article and the author should ensure that it is complete,
grammatically correct and without spelling or typographical
errors.

Copyright
Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that
the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright
and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such
warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper
policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal
copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed. A
completed and signed Journal Article Record form, supplied
by the Editor, will be required for publication to proceed.

Manuscripts or outlines of proposed articles should be
submitted to the Guest Editor: Kristina L. Guo, Health
Services Administration, Florida International University,
11200 SW 8th Street, PCA Bldg, Room 368B, Miami, FL 33199.
Phone: (305) 348-0427. Email: mailto:[log in to unmask]

Further information about IJHCQA can be found at
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ijhcqa.htm

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Dr Barbara Morris
Director of Learning and Teaching
Canterbury Business School
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7PE

Tel. 01227 827923