Description
A quality health service, as defined by the World Health Organization, ‘is one which organizes resources in the most effective way to meet the health needs of those most in need, for prevention and care, safely, without waste and within higher level requirements’. As health care standards improve globally, providing an optimal service that meets international standards and public expectations requires effective quality management. The process of quality improvement aims at defining, measuring and setting quality standards, and overcoming the associated challenges that include rising costs and skills shortages. The objective of this publication is to provide a framework for quality management systems (QMSs) to be implemented, managed and sustained holistically in nuclear medicine departments. It builds upon the IAEA’s QUANUM programme, which has successfully been implemented in more than 80 countries worldwide.
Keywords
IAEA Human Health, Basics of Quality Management, Nuclear Medicine Practices, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Safety Measures, Employees, Training, WHO, Prevention and Care, Health Care Standards, Optimal Service, International Standards, Public Expectations, Effective Quality Management, Quality Improvement, Quality Standards, Challenges, Rising Costs, Skills Shortages, Framework, Quality Management Systems, QMSs, IAEA’s QUANUM Programme, Risk Management, Culture of Quality, Leadership, Licensing and Compliance, Human Resources Management, Risk Assessment, Standard Operating Procedures, Detection and Management of Non-Conformances, Equipment and other Medical Devices, Measurement, Assessment and Improvement in QMS, Concept of Clinical Governance, Clinical Services, Structure of QMS, Radiation Protection, Safety of Patients and Personnel, Advice, Preparation and Control of the Documentation System, Quality Manual, Use of Indicators, Nuclear Medicine Services, NMSs
