Information for Authors
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Information for Authors Source Type: research
Increasing Adherence to Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
No abstract available (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Intermountain Advances Source Type: research
Leveraging Health Information Technology in the Quest to Improve Health Care Value
No abstract available (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Insights From the Armstrong Institute Source Type: research
A Multidisciplinary Handoff Process to Standardize the Transfer of Care Between the Intensive Care Unit and the Operating Room: Erratum
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Can Nurse-Based Management Screening Ensure Adequate Outcomes in Patients With Gestational Diabetes? A Comparison of 2 Organizational Models
Background:
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an impaired glucose tolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcomes of a blood glucose monitoring protocol implemented by nurses and dietitians in a diabetes team to the previously established protocol of direct monitoring of GDM patients by a diabetologist.
Methods:
Two groups of patients were formed: The first group was based on a traditional protocol (P1: 230 patients) with patients' blood glucose constantly checked by a diabetologist. In the second structured group (P2: 220 patients) patien...
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
A Rapid Cycle Improvement Approach to Increase Patient Readiness at Their Scheduled Appointment Time
Background:
Patient unpunctuality negatively affects quality care. We found that 39% of patients at an academic primary care center were not ready to be evaluated at their scheduled appointment time. Our aim was to reduce this to 20% in 3 months' time.
Intervention:
A multidisciplinary quality improvement team utilized quality improvement tools and methodology to determine that patient punctuality was a major modifiable factor contributing to the care gap. Reforming the scheduling process to include a built in 15-minute early arrival was implemented for acute visits for a 2-week trial period. Based on the successful r...
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Statistical Process Control Charts for Monitoring Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Australian Health Care Facilities
Conclusion:
The u-chart is an accessible method for monitoring HA-SAB, interpretable by a range of stakeholders. We demonstrate the benefit of NB modeling to account for overdispersion, providing an effective tool to avoid inappropriate flags while maintaining early detection of out-of-control systems throughout a wide range of health care settings. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Patient Involvement in Evaluation of Safety in Oral Antineoplastic Treatment: A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis in Patients and Health Care Professionals
Conclusions:
Patient engagement in proactive risk analysis using FMEA is acceptable, meaningful, and feasible, with patients providing a different perspective on the risks associated with oral antineoplastic treatment compared with HCPs. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Lean-Oriented Layout Design of a Health Care Facility
Conclusions:
There are 3 contributions here: the integration of lean principles into traditional health care facility design practices, the use of multicriteria decision analysis to refine the determination of the best layout solution, and the application of our propositions in a real case study. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Lean Methodology Source Type: research
Sustainment of Lean Redesigns for Primary Care Teams
Conclusions:
Staff participation in Lean redesign is a key to facilitating buy-in and adherence to changes. Change ownership and continued availability of time for improvement activities are also critical to the long-term success of Lean implementation in primary care. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Lean Methodology Source Type: research
Process Mining for Quality Improvement: Propositions for Practice and Research
Conclusion:
In summary, although process mapping is still valuable in quality improvement, we suggest increased focus on process mining. Process mining adds to quality improvement by providing a better understanding of processes in terms of uncovering (un)wanted variations as to obtain better system results. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Tutorial on Data Balancing: Application to Benchmarking Clinicians
We present Standard Query Language for doing so. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - January 1, 2019 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Call for Reviewers
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - October 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Call for Reviewers Source Type: research
Call for Papers
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - October 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Call for Papers Source Type: research
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - October 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Information for Authors Source Type: research
