Browsing by Subject "Quality Improvement"
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A Quality Improvement Project to Decrease CLABSIs in Non-ICU Settings.
(Quality management in health care, 2023-07)<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a common, preventable healthcare-associated infection. In our 3-hospital health system, CLABSI rates in non-intensive care unit ... -
A Structured Approach to Detecting and Treating Depression in Primary Care: VitalSign6 Project.
(Annals of family medicine, 2019-07)<h4>Purpose</h4>This report describes outcomes of an ongoing quality-improvement project (VitalSign6) in a large US metropolitan area to improve recognition, treatment, and outcomes of depressed patients in 16 primary care ... -
An innovative DNP post-doctorate program to improve quality improvement and implementation science skills.
(Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2021-01)<h4>Background</h4>Doctor of Nursing Practice programs prepare nurse leaders for unique roles to address healthcare needs across the quality spectrum. However, additional mentoring and training in implementation science ... -
Benefits of Population Segmentation Analysis for Developing Health Policy to Promote Patient-Centred Care.
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China's response to the rising stroke burden.
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Comparative effectiveness studies to improve clinical outcomes in end stage renal disease: the DEcIDE patient outcomes in end stage renal disease study.
(BMC Nephrol, 2012-12-06)BACKGROUND: Evidence is lacking to inform providers' and patients' decisions about many common treatment strategies for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). METHODS/DESIGN: The DEcIDE Patient Outcomes in ESRD Study ... -
Development and implementation of a proficiency testing program for Luminex bead-based cytokine assays.
(Journal of Immunological Methods, 2014-07)Luminex bead array assays are widely used for rapid biomarker quantification due to the ability to measure up to 100 unique analytes in a single well of a 96-well plate. There has been, however, no comprehensive analysis ... -
Development and initial testing of the stroke rapid-treatment readiness tool.
(J Neurosci Nurs, 2014-10)No instruments are currently available to help health systems identify target areas for reducing door-to-needle times for the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator to eligible patients with ischemic ... -
Development and Refinement of a Learning Health Systems Training Program.
(EGEMS (Wash DC), 2016)CONTEXT: In the emerging Learning Health System (LHS), the application and generation of medical knowledge are a natural outgrowth of patient care. Achieving this ideal requires a physician workforce adept in information ... -
Doctor Who? A Quality Improvement Project to Assess and Improve Patients' Knowledge of Their Inpatient Physicians.
(Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2016-05)Background Patient-physician communication is an integral part of high-quality patient care and an expectation of the Clinical Learning Environment Review program. Objective This quality improvement initiative evaluated ... -
Effect of a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention on Hospital Personnel Adherence to Performance Measures in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in China: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
(JAMA, 2018-07)In China and other parts of the world, hospital personnel adherence to evidence-based stroke care is limited.To determine whether a multifaceted quality improvement intervention can improve hospital personnel adherence to ... -
Establishing a regional, multisite database for quality improvement and service planning in community-based palliative care and hospice.
(J Palliat Med, 2010-08)BACKGROUND: Outpatient palliative care, an evolving delivery model, seeks to improve continuity of care across settings and to increase access to services in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM). It can provide a critical ... -
Good to Great: Quality-Improvement Initiative Increases and Sustains Pediatric Health Care Worker Hand Hygiene Compliance.
(Hospital pediatrics, 2017-04)The Joint Commission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization challenge hospitals to achieve and sustain compliance with effective hand hygiene (HH) practice; however, many inpatient ... -
Implementation Science Toolkit for Clinicians: Improving Adoption of Evidence in Practice.
(Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN, 2023-01)<h4>Background</h4>Clinicians are often familiar with quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based practice (EBP) processes, which provides guidance into what evidence should be implemented; however, these processes do not ... -
Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in a High-Volume Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory: Improving Care for Patients With Aortic Stenosis.
(Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 2016-03)BACKGROUND: The management of aortic stenosis rests on accurate echocardiographic diagnosis. Hence, it was chosen as a test case to examine the utility of continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches to increase ... -
Improving Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery by Sequential Implementation of Multiple Standardized Care Programs.
(J Am Coll Surg, 2015-08)BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the sequential implementation of the enhanced recovery program (ERP) and surgical site infection bundle (SSIB) on short-term outcomes in colorectal surgery ... -
Improving the Efficiency of Care for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With Asthma.
(Hospital pediatrics, 2017-01)Asthma exacerbations are a leading cause of hospitalization among children. Despite the existence of national pediatric asthma guidelines, significant variation in care persists. At Duke Children's Hospital, we determined ... -
International Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Quality of Care for Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of the China National Stroke Registry and the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines--Stroke Program.
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018-10)Background Adherence to evidence-based guidelines is an important quality indicator; yet, there is lack of assessment of adherence to performance measures in acute ischemic stroke for most world regions. Methods and Results ... -
Is implementation fidelity associated with improved access to care in a school-based Child and Family Team model?
(Eval Program Plann, 2015-04)Effective child and family centered service planning is crucial to addressing vulnerable children's needs. However, there is limited evidence about what facets of these processes improve service use and outcomes. The current ... -
Is there a role for simultaneous hepatic and colorectal resections? A contemporary view from NSQIP.
(J Gastrointest Surg, 2012-11)INTRODUCTION: The optimal timing of primary and metastatic tumor management in patients with synchronous hepatic colorectal metastases remains controversial. We aimed to compare perioperative outcomes of simultaneous ...
