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I got your back! Social support against workplace violence for health professionals
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - October 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Cost of postoperative complications after general surgery at a major Canadian academic centre
ConclusionPostoperative complications after both elective and emergent general surgery procedures add substantially to hospital costs. Quality improvement initiatives targeted at decreasing postoperative complications could significantly reduce costs in addition to improving patient outcomes. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Measuring shared decision-making in younger and older adults with depression
ConclusionsThe SDM Process scale demonstrated validity and retest reliability in younger adults, and changes to item wording did not impact scores. Although younger respondents reported more SDM, there is room for improvement in SDM for depression treatment decisions. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

A quality assurance initiative on improving cefazolin perioperative redose compliance
ConclusionMultifaceted interventions led to significant and sustained improvements in cefazolin redosing compliance in the main operating room of a tertiary hospital. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

COVID-19 lockdown impact on quality of treatment and outcomes of STEMI and stroke patients in a large tertiary medical center: an observational study
ConclusionThe initial pandemic period caused a decline in HQIs linked to diagnostic and treatment protocols, without changes in outcomes, but with increased hospitalization costs. Medical information and awareness of life-threatening conditions among patients and caregivers should be increased to enable proper diagnosis and management. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Protecting health professionals from workplace violence in the context of COVID-19 epidemic
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Measure Dx: Implementing pathways to discover and learn from diagnostic errors
This article discusses Measure Dx, a new resource from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that translates knowledge from diagnostic safety measurement research into actionable recommendations. Measure Dx guides healthcare organizations to detect, analyze, and learn from diagnostic safety events as part of a continuous learning and feedback cycle. Wider adoption of Measure Dx, along with the implementation of solutions that result, can advance new frontiers in reducing preventable diagnostic harm to patients. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The attitudes of hospital directors towards normalising accreditation standards: A qualitative descriptive study for Saudi Arabia
ConclusionThe effectiveness of integrating accreditation standards heavily relies on making sense of accreditation and understanding the mechanisms through which standards are routinised into operations. This study, using normalisation process theory constructs, indicates that standards integration phases are sequential, interlinked and influenced by culture, teamwork and leadership engagement. The findings helped in clarifying the accreditation operating process which may provide advantages to policymakers and stakeholders in making informed decisions on the implementation of accreditation. (Source: International Journal ...
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - September 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Environmental sustainability and quality care: Not one without the other
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - August 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 33 Issue  4, 2021
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - August 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The cost of a first and second hospital-wide accreditation in Flanders, Belgium
ConclusionA first accreditation cycle requires a strong financial commitment of hospitals, as many costs result from the preparation in the years prior to an accreditation survey. A second survey is less expensive for hospitals, but still requires a considerable effort in terms of budget and staff. Policy makers should be aware of these significant costs as hospitals are operating with public resources and budget is scarce. The identification of these costs is a necessary building block to evaluate cost-effectiveness of accreditation versus other quality improvement systems and the continuation of these accreditation syste...
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - July 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Careggi Re-Engineered Discharge project: standardize discharge and improve care coordination between healthcare professionals
ConclusionsCaRED significantly improved the discharge process and became a benchmark for local improvements in communication patterns with GPs. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - July 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Exploring the impact of employee engagement and patient safety
ConclusionAnecdotal accounts of improving employee engagement and improving patient safety abound, and the evidence reviewed appears in agreement. However, research into the impact of employee engagement on patient safety is in its early stages. As health service managers consider the best use of funding to support safe and high-quality care, evidence to support the positive impact employee engagement has on patient safety may be useful in managing the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - July 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Trends of in-hospital and ICU mortality in COVID-19 patients over the fourth and fifth COVID-19 surges in Iran: a retrospective cohort study from Iran
ConclusionsWe found that the risk of both overall in-hospital and ICU mortality increased over the surge period and fourth and fifth waves of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Iran. The lack of hospital resources and particularly ICU capacities to respond to the crisis during the surge period is assumed to be the main culprit. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - July 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Public expectations on regulatory requirements for the management of hospital ‘never events’ in Germany
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Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care - July 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research