• 제목/요약/키워드: Improvement Activities

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Method and Procedure for Economic Evaluation of Improvement Activities

  • Kono, Hirokazu;Ichikizaki, Osamu
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.122-128
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this paper is to propose an appropriate evaluation scheme for improvement activities, based on a simple model comprising cash inflow by sales as well as variable and fixed cost expenditures. The paper distinguishes capacity surplus and capacity shortage situations, and examines economic benefits gained by yield increase improvement and capacity increase. The paper then proposes a basic rule of thumb for economic evaluation of improvement activities. The logic is simple but useful in practice, being conducive towards improvement activities under current economic conditions with uncertainties.

임상간호사의 의료 질 향상 활동에 관한 연구: 병원 간호병동 수준으로 (A Study on the Quality Improvement Activities of Clinical Nurses: Nursing Care Unit level)

  • 유지연;김광점
    • 한국병원경영학회지
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.10-20
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    • 2017
  • Purposes: This study analyzed activities for improvement of quality of care in nursing units to identify group-level success factors of quality improving efforts. Methodology/Approach: Research subjects were 31 general wards of C university hospital, which has 1,200 beds. Data were collected through survey and focus group interview. The mean value of nurses in a ward was converted to unit-level variable value of the ward. The SPSS 24.0 version was used to analyse the data. The units were classified into two groups, high performing and low performing, by the subjective level of quality improvement performance. Findings: The main findings are as follows: 1. The high performing groups participated more in education related to quality improvement and showed more quality improvement cases in progress than that of their counterpart. 2. The high performing group's nurses show more positive perception and attitude on quality improvement activities, and they have positive assessment on the necessity, effect, satisfaction about the quality improvement activities. 3. Middle managers' ability, attitude, motivation, and effective communication across members of the ward played pivotal roles in boosting the quality improvement activities of wards.

대학병원 질 향상 관련 위원회 소속 의사들의 의료 질 관리 활동에 대한 인식 및 태도 (Attitudes toward Quality Improvement Activities of QA Committee Member Physicians in Korean University Hospitals)

  • 이상일
    • 한국의료질향상학회지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.76-91
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    • 1998
  • Background : The purpose of this study was to understand general attitudes of physicians toward hospital quality improvement activities who have been members of QA committee in 32 Korean university hospitals. Methods : A postal survey about opinions of hospital quality improvement activities and desirable policy directions was sent to 328 QA committee member physicians. The questionnaires were composed of 48 items. In total 152 physicians responded to this survey(response rate: 49.3%). This study was carried out from January to February 1996. Results : Most physicians(97.5%) recognized the necessity of hospital QA activities. The most dominant supporting reason for quality activities was to improve clinical outcome. Two thirds of physicians regarded their own hospital activities for quality improvement as inactive. They considered that the obstacles were too little concern(33.6%), unclear objectives(28.9%), lack of human resources(14.3%), and insufficient education and training for quality improvement(10.1%). The most favoring policy among respondents was to give health care providers economic incentives. Provision of education and training for implementing quality improvement was the next to it. Physicians revealed their preferences for professional society, government, health insurance societies, consumer groups, hospital labor unions, and mass media in sequence as sponsoring agencies for hospital accreditation program. Conclusion : These study suggested that the concrete means for motivating physicians and promoting constructive partnership among related parties should be developed in order to activate current hospital quality activities in Korea.

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기업의 품질개선활동에 따른 성과에 영향을 주는 요인에 관한 연구 -싱글 PPM을 중심으로- (A study on the influence factor for Quality Improvement Activity Performance of Enterprise)

  • 김용범;장광순
    • 대한안전경영과학회지
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.145-152
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    • 2011
  • Company's survival in a changing business environment is depend on what kind of strategy will be used for facing this business competition society. For this, many companies continued to apply management techniques to improve the activities in this process has been running productivity-oriented activities to switch away from the quality has become a central activity. In other words, quality improvement activities (quality improvement activity) for the continuing businesses is an important strategic element. In this study, single-PPM (Single-PPM) the company's leading quality improvement activities will be used and browse to accommodate factors that affect a successful quality improvement activities, absolute requirement for companies to learn about the conditions to improve the quality of corporate tries to emphasize the importance of the activity.

QSS(Quick Six Sigma)를 통한 중소기업 생산공정의 지속적 개선에 관한 연구 (A Study for the Continuous Improvement of the Manufacturing Process on Small-Medium Company through QSS(Quick Six Sigma))

  • 윤일지
    • 대한안전경영과학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.93-103
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    • 2022
  • This study investigated the method of continuous improvement of small-medium company production processes through POSCO's QSS(Quick Six Sigma) activities. QSS is a field operation technique that encompasses the advantages of Six Sigma, TPS(Toyota Production System), TQM (Total Quality Management), and IE(Industrial Engineering). Through this, POSCO not only encourages activities centered on related small and medium-sized partners, etc., but is also expected to contribute to the continuous improvement of the company's own production process through QSS activities. In this study, rather than unconditionally carrying out activities according to the needs of large companies, the research is to help the continuous improvement of the actual production process of small and medium-sized enterprises by effectively applying and spreading QSS activities in consideration of the characteristics and environment of the company. For this purpose, empirical research is conducted on the process improvement activities and QSS activities of company Y, which has less than 100 assembly and production quality and inspection processes among SMEs. The changes in the production process improvement of SMEs through the application of the final QSS were investigated through empirical studies.

THE PRIORITIZATION OF IMPROVEMENT NEEDS FOR UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT

  • Sanggyu Lee;Goune Kang;Chang-Won Kim;Hunhee Cho;Kyung-In Kang
    • 국제학술발표논문집
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    • The 5th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • pp.111-114
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    • 2013
  • Underground construction requires long construction duration and a variety of equipment, and environmental management and improvement of its activities are considered necessary. For the purpose of the environmental improvement of underground construction activities, the appropriate development of technologies to reduce generated pollutants is mandatory. However, the analysis of the needs of technology development and the evaluation of development priorities should take precedence. In this research, the needs for the improvement of each construction activity are analyzed as a preliminary study for a proposed technology development plan to improve the environmental performance of underground construction. Firstly, environmental problem factors caused by underground construction activities are determined while underground construction types, methods, and activities are classified. A questionnaire survey to determine the needs for the improvement of each activity is then carried out. The survey indicated that the most urgent activity to be improved is that of cutting excavation, which causes environmental problems associated with flying dust. This study could be used as a basis for a technology development plan for the environmental improvement of underground construction activities. The result of this study, the priority of improvement needs, contributes to the effective allocation of a limited Research and Development (R&D) budget.

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간호사 질 향상 교육요구도 조사 연구 (Educational Needs of Hospital-based Staff Nurses in Quality Improvement Activities)

  • 황지인
    • 한국간호교육학회지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.133-141
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    • 1999
  • Recently there are increasing concerns on quality improvement activities related to difficult economic situations, more competitive environment, health professional's emphasis on quality, and customer's needs in health care. The purpose of this study was to identify educational needs in the quality improvement for staff nurses. Study setting was an acute care hospital having more than 1000 bed in Seoul, Korea. The subjects were 40 staff nurses who participated in the first Quality Assurance(QA) inservice education. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaire which consisted of four parts : QA knowledge and attitude(ten items, by five Likert scale), contents of QA education(ten items, by setting the priority), evaluation of the program(structure, time allocation, place, educational method), and general characteristics of respondents (age, duration to work for hospitals etc.) The response rate was 85%(34/40), Most had positive perspective and attitude about QI/QA activities, but 9% had negative impression and knowledge about this activities. Also they'd like to know the plan of hospital-level QI/QA activities, QI/QA current practice, general hospital system, the role of QA specialist and so on. Consequently, for building the quality improvement activities that is customer-focused, coordinated, outcome-oriented, resource-efficient, collaborative in Korea, at first the education about philosophy, theory, and implementation process of QI/QA should be conducted, and then that on QI/QA terminology, quality indicators development, the analysis and presentation of quality-related data and so forth be followed.

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치과 의료의 질 향상(Quality improvement) 경진대회 경향 분석 (Analysis of trends in the dental care quality improvement contests)

  • 황수정;신호성;김진;김명희;안은숙
    • 대한치과의료관리학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.38-43
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    • 2021
  • Based on data from the Korean Academy for Dental Administration, which has been conducting the Dental Quality Improvement (QI) Contest since 2010, we aimed to provide basic data for the development of dental quality improvement indicators by analyzing the trends of dental quality improvement activities. A total of 54 articles in the dental QI contest from 2015 to 2021 were used to search for frequently used words and to classify the quality of dental care. The criteria for the quality dimension of dental care were first classified into structure, process, and outcome, and secondary classification was performed into patient safety, timeliness, patient-centeredness, equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and accessibility. The frequently used key terms were satisfaction (five times), efficiency (four times), system (three times), and implant (three times). The activities for process evaluation were high at 62.26%, structural evaluation activities at 35.85%, and outcome evaluation activities at 1.89%. According to the components of dental care quality improvement, the activity performed under efficiency was the highest (33.96%), followed by patient-centeredness (18.87%), effectiveness (16.98%), patient safety (15.09%), accessibility (5.66%), timeliness (1.89%), and the equity (1.89%). QI activities in dental hospitals were mainly activities on improvement in structure and process, as well as activities on efficiency, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, and patient safety.

복지관 노인의 인지증진활동이 손의 기민성 정도와 인지능력, 도구적 일상 생활 및 우울에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of the Cognition Improvement Activities of the Elderly in the Welfare Center on Hand Dexterity, Cognition, Instrumental Activity of Daily Living and Depression)

  • 김영아;성윤정;양영애
    • 고령자・치매작업치료학회지
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2018
  • 목적 본 연구는 복지관 노인을 대상으로 인지증진활동을 시행 한 후 손의 기민성, 인지능력, 도구적 일상생활활동, 우울에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것이 목적이다. 연구방법 복지관에 다니는 노인 20명을 대상으로 인지증진활동을 총 10회기에 걸쳐 시행했다. 손의 기민성은 grooved pegboard, 인지능력은 MOCA-K, 도구적 일상생활활동은 K-IADL, 우울감은 K-GDS를 사용하여 평가했다. 연구결과 인지증진활동을 시행하고 나서 시행 전 보다 손의 기민성에 긍정적인 향상을 나타냈으며, 인지능력과 우울감은 유의미한 개선을 보였다. 하지만 도구적 일상생활활동 수행 능력에는 인지증진활동이 영향을 미치지 않았다. 결론 인지증진활동은 손기능, 인지능력, 우울감에 유용하게 적용되었으며, 복지관 노인의 만족도도 높았다. 하지만, K시의 노인복지관에 한하여 연구가 진행되었기 때문에, 지역적 특색에 맞는 프로그램을 개발하고, 더 많은 수의 대상자를 대상으로 후속 연구가 필요할 것이다.

응급실에서의 질 향상 기법 적용 (Application of General QA Tools to Quality Improvement Activities in a Hospital's Emergency Room)

  • 황지인;황정해;김창엽;선희영;오병희
    • 한국의료질향상학회지
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    • 제6권1_2호
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    • pp.136-149
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    • 1999
  • Background : Although a number of studies are related to QA improvement, there are few studies applied various method of QA tools. This study reviewed the availability of general quality assurance(QA) tools according to ten steps in performing quality improvement activities at emergency room of a tertiary teaching hospital which has more than 1,000 beds. Methods : All patients in emergency room from 15th Oct. 1997 to 5th Sep. 1998 were surveyed. The survey data based on the patient's records of emergency room were evaluated according to length of stay, and we tried to identify problems with management of emergency room. To solve the problems, our team applied general QA tools(brainstorming, flow chart, nominal group technique, benchmarking, cause-and-effect diagram, run chart, control chart) to quality improvement activities and discussed the availability of the tools. Results : After the activities such as changes of staffing, the establishment of local area network and chest pain clinic, application of triage and so on, the percentage of patient who had stayed more than six hours was reduced from 56.0% to 46.8%. The mean number of patients per day in emergency room was increased from 49 to 62. But the reporting time for laboratory test was not changed after these activities. Conclusion : Each QA tool has unique benefit and limitation, but we can implement and evaluate the quality improvement activities more scientifically and systematically by applying these tools to practice according to QA ten steps.

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