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HOSPITAL/ WHAT IS HSA/DSA? COMMENCE? THE FIRST EDITION OF
WHEN DID IT
THE TRAINING MODULE
Authored by:
DISTRICT The “ground-up” local approach HSA/DSA was developed alongside • Hannu Vuori
the NIA to be implemented
to quality in healthcare. This local
• Nafisah bt. Alihussein
concurrently and to complement
approach was meant to complement
• Maimunah A. Hamid
each other. However, the HSA/DSA
the national approach of the NIA.
• Indra Pathmanathan
SPECIFIC only took off in 1990, five years after • S. Sivalal
NIA’s implementation.
• Zohrah Wong
• N. Sivalingam
APPROACH 1990 1990 Nafisah bt. Alihussein
Hannu Vuori
Maimunah A. Hamid
Indra Pathmanathan
S. Sivalal
(HSA/DSA) 2004 PRESENT TRAINING MODULES
QA Training Modules were developed by the
Institute for Health Systems Research (IHSR)
2017 2012 2011 2009 2007 with the assistance of Dr. A. F. Al-Assaf, Associate
Professor and Consultant, Healthcare Quality and
Preventive Medicine, USA. They include:
Module 1: Promoting Quality
SECOND EDITION OF THE SECOND EDITION OF COMPENDIUM OF QA THE QA WORKBOOK TRANSLATION OF THE Module 2: Implementing Quality &
COMPENDIUM OF QA PROJECTS THE QA WORKBOOK PROJECTS TRAINING MODULE Improving Performance
The first edition of the QA workbook was Module 3: Managing Performance
QA projects from 2007 to 2017 were compiled The second edition of the QA The first compendium of QA projects published, being a compilation of QA The modules were also used in other Module 4: Training for Trainers
into this compendium. In addition, detailed workbook built on the strengths presented at the National QA lecture notes, quality manuals, and training WPRO countries and translated
analysis and classification enabled the of the first edition, while making Conventions (from 2003 to 2011) was modules. It was intended to be used in into the Vietnamese and Chinese
compilation of various indicators in the mould significant improvements to the developed and served as a mini database tandem with the “Module for Implementing languages to facilitate learning in the
of Donabedian’s Quality Framework. It is also original. of QA projects implemented in Malaysia. Quality and Improving Performance”. respective countries.
available in an e-book version.
Vietnamese version
15 Mandarin version 16
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