McBride Quality Care Services

GPs struggle to cope after rise in swine flu
Belfast Telegraph; 11/3/2009; 638 words; ...to deliver a high level of care to all their patients. He...targets laid out under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF...order to maintain the best service possible. "Doctors have...Chief Medical Officer Michael McBride has said there is no evidence...Department of Health, Social ...

Tobacco use and dependence treatment: a critical component of cancer care.(Guest editorial)
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing; 10/1/2009; 2312 words; ...smoking cessation into cancer care may initially find little...often viewed as an ancillary service, outranked in terms of prominence...smokers experience diminished quality of life across multiple physical...opportunity to intervene (McBride & Ostroff, 2003). The timing...most essential ...

Introducing quality improvement methods into local public health departments: structured evaluation of a statewide pilot project.(PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH)(Report)(Survey)
Health Services Research; 10/1/2009; 7453 words; Introducing quality improvement (QI) methods...public health practice (McBride et al. 2008). In this...outcomes. The Minnesota Quality Improvement Collaborative...and Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization...collaboratives in health care organizations, Schouten...

Two hospital surgery wings will be closed
Belfast Telegraph; 9/25/2009; 510 words; ...cuts to the Health Service stop hospitals providing the best quality care. Dr Michael McBride assured the public...boost funds. Dr McBride told the BBC patients...provide the best quality treatment and care...and social care services."

September 26 Designated as National Day of Action for Pain Awareness.
PR Newswire; 9/23/2009; 817 words; ...of access to pain care. Valley Pain Specialists...Chronic pain affects quality of life and also...to improving the quality of life of each of...providers of anesthesia services; a physician group...standards of patient care, serving patients...CONTACT: Melanie McBride of E.B. Lane...