In 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began requiring many hospitals in the United States to randomly survey patients who had stayed at least one night in the hospital. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey provides hospitals with valuable performance measurement data built...
Performance measurement is a process that begins with a decision on what to measure followed by identifying proper metrics and data sources. While there is substantial literature devoted to measuring the performance of hospitals and clinics in terms of indicators such as health outcomes and finances, it is vital for...
The relationship between self-concept and teacher competency
was examined among 29 female college students enrolled in a
beginning-level practicum of a preschool-teacher training program.
The Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) and the Preschool Teacher
Competency Rating Scale (PTCRS) were used to assess the subjects'
self-concepts and teacher competencies at the...
The paper will report on the development of a new set of wealth-based
Fishery Performance Indicators (FPI) for evaluating and comparing the
worlds fisheries management systems. A wealth-based fishery management
system is one that is ecologically sustainable, socially acceptable, and
generates sustainable resource rents or profits. The Fishery Performance
Indicators...
Indicators are widely used in fisheries management decision process as
measures for monitoring ecosystem status or management performance. In
the current context, the shift to an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries
management requires to complete usual population or community
indicators with indicators reflecting state and dynamics of fishing activity
as well...
Many failures of interpersonal communication and coordination in the aircraft cockpit have been found to occur as a result of poor management of flightdeck 'resources'. Crew Resource Management (CRM) is a concept that has evolved within the aviation community to specifically address this issue of resource management. The concept of...
This paper describes the results of a study of log
truck travel speeds in three locations in Western Oregon on
favorable grades and curves. Independent variables of grade,
curve radius, width, ditch depth, superelevation, sight
distance, time of day, and maximum engine braking horsepower
were regressed against speed. Only grade...
Women today represent a larger part of the American workforce
than ever before. The influx of women into the workplace raises
questions about differences in male and female work-related behaviors
particularly in groups, and decision making. For example, existing
research suggests that men and women have differing strategies in
groups...
The purpose of this study was to identify the critical factors for effective quality management in the Cooperative Extension System (CES) and develop an instrument that measured quality management performance in selected CES organizations as a means of identifying organizational training needs. Three procedures were applied in this study. First,...
