 Quality Improvement
"Quality Improvement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D058996
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.293.754 N04.761.744
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Improvement- Quality Improvement
- Improvement, Quality
- Improvements, Quality
- Quality Improvements
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Quality Improvement" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2022 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2018 | 11 | 14 | 25 | | 2017 | 11 | 8 | 19 | | 2016 | 5 | 10 | 15 | | 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2013 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Matthieu MM, Ounpraseuth ST, Williams JS, Hu B, Adkins DA, Oliver CM, Taylor LD, McCullough JA, Mallory MJ, Smith ID, Suarez JH, Garner KK. Differing needs for Advance Care Planning in the Veterans Health Administration: use of latent class analysis to identify subgroups to enhance Advance Care Planning via Group Visits for veterans. BMC Med Ethics. 2024 10 28; 25(1):120.
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Mueller D, Bailly DK, Banerjee M, Bertrandt RA, Borasino S, Briceno-Medina M, Chan T, Diddle JW, Domnina Y, Clarke-Myers K, Connelly C, Florez A, Gaies M, Garza J, Ghassemzadeh R, Lane J, McCammond AN, Olive MK, Ortmann L, Prodhan P, Raymond TT, Sasaki J, Scahill C, Schroeder LW, Schumacher KR, Werho DK, Zhang W, Alten J. Sustained Performance of Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2432393.
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Matthieu MM, Adkins DA, Jones L, Oliver CM, Suarez JH, Johnson B, Ritchie MJ. Linking implementation science and policy: Process and tools for congressionally mandated implementation, evaluation, and reporting. Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2:e14357.
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Harris LB, Vyas V, Marino K, Wells A, Jensen HK, Mavros MN. Mortality and failure-to-rescue after esophagectomy in the procedure-targeted National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registry. World J Surg. 2024 Sep; 48(9):2235-2242.
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Webster LW, Cox MD, Fazio JR, Felix HM, Greenwell HR, Botella RM, Maniaci MJ, Grek AA. Bypassing the Brick-and-Mortar Hospital: Increasing Direct Admissions from the Emergency Department to Inpatient Hospital-at-Home. Am J Med Qual. 2024 May-Jun 01; 39(3):99-104.
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Hoang L, Mani B, Wilson G, Ogu JC, Banerjee S, Ramanan B, Modrall JG, Timaran CH, Tsai S. Impact of a Quality Improvement Initiative on Medical Management of Veterans With Peripheral Artery Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2024 06 15; 221:44-49.
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Balasubramanian S, Yu S, Behera SK, Bhat AH, Camarda JA, Choueiter NF, Jone PN, Lopez L, Natarajan SS, Parra DA, Parthiban A, Sachdeva R, Srivastava S, Tierney ESS. Consensus-Based Development of a Pediatric Echocardiography Complexity Score: Design, Rationale, and Results of a Quality Improvement Collaborative. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Mar 05; 13(5):e029798.
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Mao RD, Williams TP, Klimberg VS, Radhakrishnan RS, DeAnda A, Perez A, Walker JP, Mileski WJ, Tyler DS. Quality of Surgical Care Within the Criminal Justice Health Care System. JAMA Surg. 2024 Feb 01; 159(2):179-184.
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Wethington SL, Rositch AF, Yu R, Bielman M, Topel K, Stone RL, Ferriss JS, Fader AN, Beavis AL. Integrating Social Needs Screening and Resource Referral Into Standard Ambulatory Oncology Care: A Quality Improvement Project. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 Apr; 20(4):566-571.
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Honarmand K, Wax RS, Penoyer D, Lighthall G, Danesh V, Rochwerg B, Cheatham ML, Davis DP, DeVita M, Downar J, Edelson D, Fox-Robichaud A, Fujitani S, Fuller RM, Haskell H, Inada-Kim M, Jones D, Kumar A, Olsen KM, Rowley DD, Welch J, Baldisseri MR, Kellett J, Knowles H, Shipley JK, Kolb P, Wax SP, Hecht JD, Sebat F. Executive Summary: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration Outside the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2024 02 01; 52(2):307-313.
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Woodward EN, Castillo AIM, True G, Willging C, Kirchner JE. Challenges and promising solutions to engaging patients in healthcare implementation in the United States: an environmental scan. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jan 04; 24(1):29.
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Randolph G, Coleman C, Allshouse C, Plant B, Kuo DZ. Measuring What Matters to Children With Medical Complexity and Their Families. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 01; 153(Suppl 1).
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Painter JT, Raciborski RA, Matthieu MM, Oliver CM, Adkins DA, Garner KK. Engaging stakeholders to retrospectively discern implementation strategies to support program evaluation: Proposed method and case study. Eval Program Plann. 2024 Apr; 103:102398.
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Vawter K, Kuhn S, Pitt H, Wells A, Jensen HK, Mavros MN. Complications and failure-to-rescue after pancreatectomy and hospital participation in the targeted American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registry. Surgery. 2023 Nov; 174(5):1235-1240.
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Saito JM, Barnhart DC, Grant C, Brighton BK, Raval MV, Campbell BT, Kenney B, Jatana KR, Ellison JS, Cina RA, Allori AC, Uejima T, Roke D, Lam S, Johnson EK, Goretsky MJ, Byrd C, Iwaniuk M, Nayak R, Thompson VM, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Rangel SJ. The past, present and future of ACS NSQIP-Pediatric: Evolution from a quality registry to a comparative quality performance platform. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2023 Apr; 32(2):151275.
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Callaghan-Koru J, Farzin A, Ridout E, Curran G. Integrating Implementation Science with Quality Improvement to Improve Perinatal Outcomes. Clin Perinatol. 2023 06; 50(2):343-361.
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Azhar G, Sharma S, Lau O, Alkharisi B, Anandam A, Isa S, Mendiratta P, Pangle AK, Coker K, Wei J. A Response to: Quality Improvement in Delirium Health Literacy in Older Adult Patients and Their Caregivers Attending a Geriatric Clinic [Response to Letter]. Clin Interv Aging. 2023; 18:305-306.
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Azhar G, Sharma S, Lau O, Alkharisi B, Anandam A, Isa S, Mendiratta P, Pangle AK, Coker K, Wei J. Quality Improvement in Delirium Health Literacy in Older Adult Patients and Their Caregivers Attending a Geriatric Clinic. Clin Interv Aging. 2022; 17:1901-1906.
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Harris LB, Osborn TA, Bennett JL, Jensen HK, Giorgakis E, Mavros MN. Morbidity of colectomy during pancreatoduodenectomy: An analysis of the pancreas-targeted American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Registry. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2023 May; 30(5):655-663.
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Agarwal S, Rioles N, Majidi S, Rapaport R, Ebekozien O. Commentary on the T1D exchange quality improvement collaborative learning session November 2022 abstracts. J Diabetes. 2022 11; 14(11):780-782.
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Benyo S, Moroco AE, Saadi RA, Patel VA, King TS, Wilson MN. Postoperative Outcomes in Pediatric Septoplasty. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2023 Sep; 132(9):1050-1058.
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McAlarnen LA, Maurer JE, Knaub A, Hopp E, Streitenberger K, Bishop E, Bradley W, Rader J, Uyar D. Same-Day Discharge After Robotic Hysterectomy: A Resource Utilization and Quality Improvement Project. WMJ. 2022 Oct; 121(3):243-246.
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Olmos-Ochoa TT, Luger TM, Oishi A, Dyer KE, Sumberg A, Canelo I, Gideonse TK, Cheney A, Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Challenges to Engaging Women Veterans in Quality Improvement From Patient Care to Policy: Women's Health Managers' Perspectives. Womens Health Issues. 2023 Mar-Apr; 33(2):199-207.
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McCarty EJ, Nagarajan MK, Halloran SR, Brady RE, House SA, Leyenaar JK. Healthcare quality during pediatric mental health boarding: A qualitative analysis. J Hosp Med. 2022 10; 17(10):783-792.
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Lippitt MH, Johnson ES, Frost AS, Thompson SD, Kashi PK, Beavis AL, Fader AN, Ferriss JS, Stone RL, Wethington SL. Optimizing Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis on a Gynecologic Oncology Service. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 08 01; 235(2):306-314.
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Chen RC, Garrett-Mayer E, Kamal AH, Makhoul I, Kozlik MMP, Crist STS, Chiang AC. Pre-Treatment Staging Imaging in Rectal Cancer: Results From the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 08; 18(8):e1367-e1373.
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Samanta D. The role of implementation science in improving epilepsy surgery utilization. Epilepsy Behav. 2022 05; 130:108669.
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Sutton RM, Wolfe HA, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hehir D, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Landis WP, Maa T, Manga A, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Palmer CA, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Siems A, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Berg RA, Bell MJ, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Dean JM, Fink EL, Hall M, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Wessel D, Yates AR, Zuppa AF. Effect of Physiologic Point-of-Care Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training on Survival With Favorable Neurologic Outcome in Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric ICUs: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022 03 08; 327(10):934-945.
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Whittington JR, Mercier AM, Ramseyer AM, Ounpraseuth S, Magann EF. Peripartum Hypertensive Crisis Simulation and Education Initiative among Rural Emergency Departments. South Med J. 2022 02; 115(2):152-157.
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Sawyer LM, Brown LM, Lensing SY, McFadden D, Bopp MM, Ferrier I, Sullivan DH. Rapid conversion of Tai Chi?classes from face-to-face to virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic: A quality improvement project. Nurs Forum. 2022 May; 57(3):491-496.
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Callaghan-Koru JA, DiPietro B, Wahid I, Mark K, Burke AB, Curran G, Creanga AA. Reduction in Cesarean Delivery Rates Associated With a State Quality Collaborative in Maryland. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 10 01; 138(4):583-592.
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O'Connor MJ, Lorts A, Kwiatkowski D, Butts R, Barnes A, Jeewa A, Knoll C, Fenton M, McQueen M, Cousino MK, Shugh S, Rosenthal DN. Learning networks in pediatric heart failure and transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Aug; 25(5):e14073.
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Chen JA, Jakupcak M, McCann R, Fickel JJ, Simons CE, Campbell DG, Stryczek KC, Hoerster KD, Chaney EF, Oishi SM, Miner MN, Bonner LM, Fortney JC, Felker BL. Posttraumatic stress disorder collaborative care: A quality improvement study in veterans affairs primary care. Fam Syst Health. 2021 06; 39(2):198-211.
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Kubala M, Gardner JR, Criddle J, Ward A, Richter GT. Utilizing process improvement strategies to generate clinic templates and improve patient flow in pediatric otolaryngology. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Aug; 147:110779.
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Jug R, Booth AL, Buckley AF, Newell J, Kesterson J, Gardner JM, Ozcan L, Liu B, Green CL, Joseph L, Cummings TJ. Multisite Quality Improvement Study of a Patient-Pathologist Consultation Program. Am J Clin Pathol. 2021 05 18; 155(6):887-894.
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Samanta D, Landes SJ. Implementation Science to Improve Quality of Neurological Care. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 08; 121:67-74.
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Kubala M, Gardner JR, Criddle J, Nolder AR, Richter GT. Process improvement strategy to implement an outpatient surgery center efficiency model in an academic inpatient setting. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 May; 144:110650.
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Gallagher K, Ferrara M, Pollard J, Yoviene Sykes L, Li F, Imetovski S, Cahill J, Mathis W, Srihari VH. Taking the next step: Improving care transitions from a first-episode psychosis service. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2022 01; 16(1):91-96.
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Guo Y, Chen Z, Xu K, George TJ, Wu Y, Hogan W, Shenkman EA, Bian J. International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification social determinants of health codes are poorly used in electronic health records. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Dec 24; 99(52):e23818.
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Moroco AE, Saadi RA, Patel VA, Lehman EB, Gniady JP. 30-Day Postoperative Outcomes Following Transcervical Zenker's Diverticulectomy in the Elderly: Analysis of the NSQIP Database. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 07; 165(1):129-136.
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Li L, Mathis WS. Nationally Advancing Quality Improvement in Restraint and Seclusion Measures. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 12 01; 71(12):1322-1323.
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Mavros MN, Coburn NG, Davis LE, Zuk V, Hallet J. Risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with elevated INR undergoing hepatectomy: an analysis of the American college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program registry. HPB (Oxford). 2021 07; 23(7):1008-1015.
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Hoppe JE, Guimbellot J, Martiniano SL, Toprak D, Davis C, Daines CL, Muhlebach MS, Esther CR, Dellon EP. Highlights from the 2019 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 09; 55(9):2225-2232.
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Beavis AL, Sanneh A, Stone RL, Vitale M, Levinson K, Rositch AF, Fader AN, Topel K, Abing A, Wethington SL. Basic social resource needs screening in the gynecologic oncology clinic: a quality improvement initiative. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 11; 223(5):735.e1-735.e14.
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Zhang Y, Koru G. Understanding and detecting defects in healthcare administration data: Toward higher data quality to better support healthcare operations and decisions. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 03 01; 27(3):386-395.
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Modrall JG, Tsai S, Ramanan B, Kirkwood ML, Ali M, Rectenwald JE, Timaran CH, Rosero EB. Defining the threshold surgeon volume associated with improved patient outcomes for carotid endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg. 2020 07; 72(1):209-218.e1.
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Harrington RA, Califf RM, Balamurugan A, Brown N, Benjamin RM, Braund WE, Hipp J, Konig M, Sanchez E, Joynt Maddox KE. Call to Action: Rural Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Circulation. 2020 03 10; 141(10):e615-e644.
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Borem P, de C?ssia Sanchez R, Torres J, Delgado P, Petenate AJ, Peres D, Parry G, Pilar Betr?n A, Barker P. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase the Frequency of Vaginal Delivery in Brazilian Hospitals. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 02; 135(2):415-425.
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Divine H, Jones M, Gokun Y, McIntosh T. Impact of Curricular Integration Between Patient Care Laboratory and Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience on Documentation. Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 02; 84(2):7232.
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Frew GH, Abraham I, Lancaster D, Drake PJH, Cassell JA. Evaluating the patient experience of an emergency burns assessment service in a UK burn unit using a service user evaluation questionnaire and process mapping. Burns. 2020 08; 46(5):1066-1072.
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Vaughn AE, Studts CR, Powell BJ, Ammerman AS, Trogdon JG, Curran GM, Hales D, Willis E, Ward DS. The impact of basic vs. enhanced Go NAPSACC on child care centers' healthy eating and physical activity practices: protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized trial. Implement Sci. 2019 12 05; 14(1):101.
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Arrieta J, Orrego C, Macchiavello D, Mora N, Delgado P, Giuffr? C, Garc?a Elorrio E, Rodriguez V. 'Adi?s Bacteriemias': a multi-country quality improvement collaborative project to reduce the incidence of CLABSI in Latin American ICUs. Int J Qual Health Care. 2019 Nov 30; 31(9):704-711.
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Madenci AL, Madsen CK, Kwon NK, Wolf LL, Sonderman KA, Zalieckas JM, Rice-Townsend SE, Haider AH, Ricca RL, Weil BR, Weldon CB, Koehlmoos TP. Comparison of Military Health System Data Repository and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric. BMC Pediatr. 2019 11 08; 19(1):419.
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Khalil MI, Ubeda J, Soehner T, Bhandari NR, Payakachat N, Davis R, Raheem OA, Kamel MH. Contemporary Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality Rates of Minimally Invasive vs Open Partial Nephrectomy in Obese Patients with Kidney Cancer. J Endourol. 2019 11; 33(11):920-927.
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Dollar KM, Kirchner JE, DePhilippis D, Ritchie MJ, McGee-Vincent P, Burden JL, Resnick SG. Steps for implementing measurement-based care: Implementation planning guide development and use in quality improvement. Psychol Serv. 2020 Aug; 17(3):247-261.
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Edgar-Zarate CL, Russo CJ. Updates in Pediatric Hospital Medicine: Six Practical Ways to Improve the Care of Hospitalized Children. J Hosp Med. 2019 07; 14(7):436-440.
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Shelby M, Malloch K, Shellenberger T, Byrum S, Mackie L, Dilli S, Dean Martin A. Addressing Falls Among Older Oncology Patients Through Complexity Science. Nurs Adm Q. 2019 Jul/Sep; 43(3):280-288.
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Callaghan-Koru JA, Creanga AA, DiPietro B, Mark K, Sowe A, Aboumatar N, Burke AB, Curran G. Implementation of the Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births Safety Bundle During the First Year of a Statewide Collaborative in Maryland. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 07; 134(1):109-119.
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Kashani K, Rosner MH, Haase M, Lewington AJP, O'Donoghue DJ, Wilson FP, Nadim MK, Silver SA, Zarbock A, Ostermann M, Mehta RL, Kane-Gill SL, Ding X, Pickkers P, Bihorac A, Siew ED, Barreto EF, Macedo E, Kellum JA, Palevsky PM, Tolwani AJ, Ronco C, Juncos LA, Rewa OG, Bagshaw SM, Mottes TA, Koyner JL, Liu KD, Forni LG, Heung M, Wu VC. Quality Improvement Goals for Acute Kidney Injury. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 06 07; 14(6):941-953.
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Gadre SK, Shah M, Mireles-Cabodevila E, Patel B, Duggal A. Epidemiology and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Sepsis. Chest. 2019 03; 155(3):483-490.
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Filip AB, Thrush CR, Atkinson T, Podrazik P, Eastin T, Jaffar M, Clardy JA. One-Year Changes in Intern Physicians' Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Knowledge, Awareness, Engagement, and Interest. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Sep/Oct; 34(5):517-518.
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Beger RD, Dunn WB, Bandukwala A, Bethan B, Broadhurst D, Clish CB, Dasari S, Derr L, Evans A, Fischer S, Flynn T, Hartung T, Herrington D, Higashi R, Hsu PC, Jones C, Kachman M, Karuso H, Kruppa G, Lippa K, Maruvada P, Mosley J, Ntai I, O'Donovan C, Playdon M, Raftery D, Shaughnessy D, Souza A, Spaeder T, Spalholz B, Tayyari F, Ubhi B, Verma M, Walk T, Wilson I, Witkin K, Bearden DW, Zanetti KA. Towards quality assurance and quality control in untargeted metabolomics studies. Metabolomics. 2019 01 03; 15(1):4.
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Gupta P, Gossett JM, Rettiganti M. Magnitude and Pace of Improvement in Performance of Hospitals Treating Mechanically Ventilated Children in the United States: Analysis From Two National Databases. Crit Care Med. 2018 12; 46(12):e1112-e1120.
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Vogel AM, Zhang J, Mauldin PD, Williams RF, Huang EY, Santore MT, Tsao K, Falcone RA, Dassinger MS, Haynes JH, Blakely ML, Russell RT, Naik-Mathuria BJ, St Peter SD, Mooney D, Upperman JS, Streck CJ. Variability in the evalution of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma. Pediatr Surg Int. 2019 Apr; 35(4):479-485.
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Rozenshtein A, Griffith B, Mohammed TH, Heitkamp DE, Deloney LA, Paladin AM, Smith SE, Wiggins Iii EF, Swanson JO. "What program directors think IV": Results of the 2017 Annual Survey of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology. Acad Radiol. 2019 08; 26(8):1102-1109.
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Huang RJ, Barakat MT, Girotra M, Lee JS, Banerjee S. Unplanned Hospital Encounters After Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in 3 Large North American States. Gastroenterology. 2019 01; 156(1):119-129.e3.
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Rawal RB, Farquhar DR, Kilpatrick LA, Drake AF, Zdanski CJ. Considering a Weight Criterion for Neonatal Tracheostomy: An Analysis of the ACS NSQIP-P. Laryngoscope. 2019 02; 129(2):500-505.
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Buelow MW, Rudd N, Tanem J, Simpson P, Bartz P, Hill G. Reintervention following stage 1 palliation: A report from the NPC-QIC Registry. Congenit Heart Dis. 2018 Nov; 13(6):919-926.
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Christensen RE, Lee AC, Gowen MS, Rettiganti MR, Deshpande JK, Morray JP. Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest, Death in the Off Hours: A Report From Wake Up Safe, The Pediatric Quality Improvement Initiative. Anesth Analg. 2018 08; 127(2):472-477.
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Ikoma N, Estrella JS, Hofstetter WL, Ajani JA, Fournier KF, Mansfield PF, Skibber JM, Badgwell BD. Surgeon Assessment of Gastric Cancer Lymph Node Specimens with a Video of Technique. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 11; 22(11):2013-2019.
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LeFevre A, Mpembeni R, Kilewo C, Yang A, An S, Mohan D, Mosha I, Besana G, Lipingu C, Callaghan-Koru J, Silverman M, Winch PJ, George AS. Program assessment of efforts to improve the quality of postpartum counselling in health centers in Morogoro region, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Jul 04; 18(1):282.
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Farquhar DR, Rawal RB, Masood MM, McClain WG, Kilpatrick LA, Rose AS, Zdanski CJ. Outpatient management and surgeon specialty for thyroglossal duct cyst excision: A retrospective analysis of 377 patients and 30-day outcomes in the American College of Surgeons NSQIP-P Database. Clin Otolaryngol. 2018 10; 43(5):1402-1406.
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Ryan P, Papanek P, Csuka ME, Brown ME, Hopkins S, Lynch S, Scheer V, Schlidt A, Yan K, Simpson P, Hoffman R. Background and method of the Striving to be Strong study a RCT testing the efficacy of a m-health self-management intervention. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 08; 71:80-87.
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Booth BJ, Bowman SM, Escobar MA, Sharar SR. Long-term sustainability of Washington State's quality improvement initiative for the management of pediatric spleen injuries. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Nov; 53(11):2209-2213.
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Howell EA, Brown H, Brumley J, Bryant AS, Caughey AB, Cornell AM, Grant JH, Gregory KD, Gullo SM, Kozhimannil KB, Mhyre JM, Toledo P, D'Oria R, Ngoh M, Grobman WA. Reduction of Peripartum Racial and Ethnic Disparities: A Conceptual Framework and Maternal Safety Consensus Bundle. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 05; 131(5):770-782.
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Brooks Peterson M, Houck CS, Deshpande JK, Flick RP. American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program: What Anesthesiologists Need to Know Now. Anesth Analg. 2018 05; 126(5):1624-1632.
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Ingram RC, Mays GP, Kussainov N. Changes in Local Public Health System Performance Before and After Attainment of National Accreditation Standards. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2018 May/Jun; 24 Suppl 3:S25-S34.
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Howell EA, Brown H, Brumley J, Bryant AS, Caughey AB, Cornell AM, Grant JH, Gregory KD, Gullo SM, Kozhimannil KB, Mhyre JM, Toledo P, D'Oria R, Ngoh M, Grobman WA. Reduction of Peripartum Racial and Ethnic Disparities: A Conceptual Framework and Maternal Safety Consensus Bundle. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2018 05; 47(3):275-289.
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Bergstrom JE, Scott ME, Alimi Y, Yen TT, Hobson D, Machado KK, Tanner EJ, Fader AN, Temkin SM, Wethington S, Levinson K, Sokolinsky S, Lau B, Stone RL. Narcotics reduction, quality and safety in gynecologic oncology surgery in the first year of enhanced recovery after surgery protocol implementation. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 06; 149(3):554-559.
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Reeder RW, Girling A, Wolfe H, Holubkov R, Berg RA, Naim MY, Meert KL, Tilford B, Carcillo JA, Hamilton M, Bochkoris M, Hall M, Maa T, Yates AR, Sapru A, Kelly R, Federman M, Michael Dean J, McQuillen PS, Franzon D, Pollack MM, Siems A, Diddle J, Wessel DL, Mourani PM, Zebuhr C, Bishop R, Friess S, Burns C, Viteri S, Hehir DA, Whitney Coleman R, Jenkins TL, Notterman DA, Tamburro RF, Sutton RM. Improving outcomes after pediatric cardiac arrest - the ICU-Resuscitation Project: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Apr 03; 19(1):213.
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Kattoor AJ, Shanbhag A, Abraham A, Vallurupalli S. Clinical Context and Detection of the Murmur of Advanced Aortic Stenosis. South Med J. 2018 04; 111(4):230-234.
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Prince LY, Schmidtke C, Beck JK, Hadden KB. An Assessment of Organizational Health Literacy Practices at an Academic Health Center. Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Apr/Jun; 27(2):93-97.
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Hadden K, Prince LY, Barnes CL. Health Literacy Demands of Patient-Reported Evaluation Tools in Orthopedics: A Mixed-Methods Case Study. Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Apr/Jun; 27(2):98-103.
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Rand CM, Tyrrell H, Wallace-Brodeur R, Goldstein NPN, Darden PM, Humiston SG, Albertin CS, Stratbucker W, Schaffer SJ, Davis W, Szilagyi PG. A Learning Collaborative Model to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates in Primary Care. Acad Pediatr. 2018 03; 18(2S):S46-S52.
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Gurien LA, Tepas JJ, Lind DS, Chesire DJ, Sabra MJ, Dalton BG, Awad ZT. How Safe Is the Safety Net? Comparison of Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy at a Safety-Net Hospital Using the NSQIP Database. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 04; 226(4):680-684.
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Berlinski A, Chervinskiy SK, Simmons AL, Leisenring P, Harwell SA, Lawrence DJ, Jones SM, Carroll JL, Perry TT. Delivery of high-quality pediatric spirometry in rural communities: A novel use for telemedicine. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 May - Jun; 6(3):1042-1044.
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Haughom BD, Basques BA, Hellman MD, Brown NM, Della Valle CJ, Levine BR. Do Mortality and Complication Rates Differ Between Periprosthetic and Native Hip Fractures? J Arthroplasty. 2018 06; 33(6):1914-1918.
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Krvavac A, Kamel G, Patel PP, Rakey E, Mwangi J, Jamkhana Z, Patolia S. Evaluating and Improving the Efficiency of Patient Flow in the Bronchoscopy Suite in a Tertiary Care Center: A QI Project! Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Jan/Mar; 27(1):33-38.
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Ladd AK, Skillman HE, Haemer MA, Mourani PM. Preventing Underfeeding and Overfeeding: A Clinician's Guide to the Acquisition and Implementation of Indirect Calorimetry. Nutr Clin Pract. 2018 Apr; 33(2):198-205.
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