Biosystems and Environmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Electronic address: wgwenzi@agric.uz.ac.zw.
Applying an equity lens to quality improvement (QI) by collecting, reviewing, and using data that measure health disparities helps identify whether QI interventions improve outcomes evenly and equally...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a fundamental skill for all health care providers. Annual skills reviews and certification checks are the time-honored tradition for tracking and evaluating such...
Value is defined as health outcomes achieved per dollar spent. Addressing value in quality improvement (QI) efforts can help optimize patient outcomes while reducing unnecessary spending. In this arti...
To explore the rigour of nurse-led quality improvement projects involving education, training or continuing professional development, and examine evaluation frameworks contained within....
Healthcare organisations invest significantly in quality improvement in the pursuit of cost-effective, safe, evidence-based and person-centred care. Consequently, efforts to examine the success of inv...
A qualitative document analysis of quality improvement projects located in a local health district repository was undertaken....
N = 3004 projects were screened against inclusion criteria, with n = 160 projects remaining for analysis. Projects were mapped to an adapted version of the Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting ...
Of n = 60 completed projects assessed against four broad SQUIRE-EDU categories and relevant criteria, n = 36 were assessed not to have met any categories, n = 14 projects met one category, n = 8 proje...
Scientific rigour should underpin all quality improvement efforts. We recommend that SQUIRE international consensus guidelines (full or abridged) should guide both the design and reporting of all loca...
To be of value to the expansion of evidence-based practice, quality improvement platforms should be designed to reflect the structural logic, rigour and reporting recommendations being advocated in co...
Implementation science is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to contribute generalizable knowledge that can improve the translation of clinical evidence in routine care. To promote the integration ...
Effective management of hypertension (HTN) is a priority in primary care, necessary to decrease the costs, morbidity, and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease. Strategies to support qualit...
To address the high rate (>50%) of uncontrolled HTN in the state of Ohio, a statewide QI project was implemented in high-volume Medicaid practices, aimed at improving blood pressure control and addres...
The Model for Improvement guided development of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles facilitated by QI coaching and APRN collaboration to implement key components of HTN guidelines: accurate blood pressure...
Interventions were implemented after PDSA cycles over 18 months in two practice sites to address HTN control. Linking multiple PDSA test cycles and review of data bimonthly allowed for reflection on t...
The percentage of patients with controlled HTN, repeat blood pressure measurement, and timely follow-up improved in an urban primary care practice associated with an academic medical center and in a r...
Primary care practices can benefit from the external support of coaching when implementing QI processes to make meaningful change. APRNs are key collaborators for expanding QI efforts in primary care....
This study compares documentation and reimbursement rates before and after provider education in nutritional status documentation. Our study aimed to evaluate accurate documentation of nutrition statu...
Cancer screening deficits during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic were found to persist into 2021. Cancer-related deaths over the next decade are projected to increase if these deficits are not...
To assess whether participation in a nationwide quality improvement (QI) collaborative, Return-to-Screening, was associated with restoration of cancer screening....
Accredited cancer programs electively enrolled in this QI study. Project-specific targets were established on the basis of differences in mean monthly screening test volumes (MTVs) between representat...
Collaborative QI support included provision of a Return-to-Screening plan-do-study-act protocol, evidence-based screening interventions, QI education, programmatic coordination, and calculation of scr...
The primary outcome was the proportion of QI projects reaching target MTV and counterfactual differences in the aggregate number of screening tests across time periods....
Of 859 cancer screening QI projects (452 for breast cancer, 134 for colorectal cancer, 244 for lung cancer, and 29 for cervical cancer) conducted by 786 accredited cancer programs, 676 projects (79%) ...
In this QI study, participation in a national Return-to-Screening collaborative with a multifaceted QI intervention was associated with improvements in cancer screening. Future collaborative QI endeav...
With growing emphasis on healthcare quality improvement (QI) at both national and local levels, there has been increased demand for instructional programs to teach quality improvement as a discipline....
The Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) promotes improvements in clinical care outcomes by managing data entered in the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR). Each case included in NAC...