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Associations of types of primary care facilities with adult vaccination and cancer screening in Japan
ConclusionsDifferences in the performance of adult vaccination and cancer screening raised concerns about the provision of preventive care at hospital-based compared with clinic-based primary care practices. Efforts to improve preventive care at hospital-based primary care practices should help to promote equalization of the quality of primary care. Further study is needed on the comparisons of other quality indicators among different structures of primary care facilities. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - June 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Quality and safety in the time of Coronavirus: design better, learn faster
This article sets out the principles of quality improvement and patient safety science, applying them in a selection of approaches, methods and tools, which may be useful in crisis situations such as the current pandemic. The article also makes reference to several resources which may be of use to those keen to advance their knowledge. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - June 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The global challenges for quality improvement and patient safety
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - June 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Psychometric properties of the Bulgarian version of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
ConclusionsThe B-HSOPSC had acceptable levels of global and local fits. Its safety culture dimensions were sufficiently distinguishable and correlated with outcome variables. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Human factors and ergonomics at time of crises: the Italian experience coping with COVID-19
AbstractSeveral of the key organizational issues that we have had to face with the emergence of COVID-19 crisis are related to human factors/ergonomics (HFE) and the safety culture. During the crisis the main activities of the healthcare services have been profoundly affected. Patient safety and risk management units have also experienced the need to adapt rapidly. What can we do as HFE experts, now that the scenario has completely changed? We contend that: (a) we can favour and support the heuristics that are applied to manage the load of psycho-cognitive stress. (b) We can observe, collect strategies and develop analytic...
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

COVID-19: patient safety and quality improvement skills to deploy during the surge
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Quality assessment of weekend discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Conclusion In the USA, the 30-day readmission rate was higher in patients who had been discharged on the weekend compared with the weekday. However, interpretation should be cautious because of data limitation and high heterogeneity. Further intervention should be conducted to eliminate any healthcare inequality within the healthcare system and to improve the quality of patient care. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 26, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Responding to COVID-19: the experience from Italy and recommendations for management and prevention
Just>100  years after the 1918 pandemic (Spanish Influenza), the COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease) pandemic has emerged. This event is severely challenging health systems and societies worldwide [1]. Patient safety of COVID-19 patients is an evolving task, as we are facing a pandemic caused by a virus that is still largely unknown. The experience in Italy could be a lesson for others, as the pandemic spreads. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Act now! Covid-19 pandemic: the coordinated support of the international community to low- and middle-income countries is needed immediately
Since the first alert of Covid-19 on 31st of December 2019, around 4 million cases have been confirmed worldwide and over 260  000 people died according to the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. Countries all over the world closed their borders, services were shut down and restrictions are imposed with the aim of ‘flattening the curve’ to relieve the pressure on the health system. In the history of humanity, global public health awareness has probably never been as high as these days. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Advancing quality in the 2020s: systematically and interdisciplinarily
Health is the greatest asset. The quality health system, organization, environment, medical professional and personal aspects are all critical to health. We all realize that only by working together we can achieve better quality in care delivery and better health for everyone. Major challenges lie ahead of today ’s health systems [1]. The current age of healthcare delivery focus on providing high-quality, affordable care, and even epidemiology outbreak presents many challenges to healthcare institutions. All these challenges may need to be solved by systematically and interdisciplinarily approaches. (Source: Internationa...
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - May 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Climate change, environmental sustainability and health care quality
AbstractThe challenges for health care continue to grow and in the 21st century healthcare policymakers and providers will need to respond to the developing impact of global warming and the environmental impact of healthcare service delivery. This cannot be viewed apart from the current Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which is likely to be linked to the climate crisis. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - April 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Prospectively identifying adults with serious mental illness at risk for poor physical health: The role of person reported outcomes
ConclusionsThese results suggest that patient-reported outcome measures contribute to the prediction of poor physical health and thus can be useful as an early screening tool for people with serious mental illnesses living in the community, who are at risk of physical health problems. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - April 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Comparing outcome measures of persons with severe mental illness in vocational rehabilitation programs: a dual perspective of consumers and providers
ConclusionsThis study provides a deeper insight into non-vocational outcomes of people with SMI participating in vocational services and suggests differences in perspectives between consumers and providers with regard to outcome measures. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - March 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM) and provider assessment in mental health: goals, implementation, setting, measurement characteristics and barriers
ConclusionImproving data input systems, sufficient training, regular feedback, measures to increase administrative and logistic support to improve implementation, acceptability, feasibility and sustainability, follow-up assessments and client attrition rate reduction efforts are only some measures needed to enhance PROM/ROM efficiency and efficacy. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - March 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Corrigendum to: Using Lean Six Sigma to improve rates of day of surgery admission in a national thoracic surgery department
This manuscript has been amended to correct an author ’s name. Denise Carter was initially incorrectly named in the author list as Donna Carter. This has now been corrected. Apologies for any confusion caused. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - March 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research