Quality Improvement Intervention
Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention for labour and birth care in Brazilian private hospitals: a protocol
... a quality improvement intervention called “Adequate Birth” (PPA) has been im- plemented to support 23 private hospitals that seek to reduce their CS ...of quality improvement ...
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Effectiveness of a quality improvement intervention targeting cardiovascular risk factors: are patients responsive to information and encouragement by mail or post?
... a quality improvement intervention that included information and regular encouragement by email or letter on cardiovascular risk factors for patients at high risk for cardiovascular ...
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Changing Use of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Intervention with an Interrupted Time Series Design
... time and resources. Many factors contributed to achieving successful implementation of policy – most importantly, local engagement with clinicians and support of the process of change. Our report demonstrates that ...
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A cluster randomized trial of a multifaceted quality improvement intervention in Brazilian intensive care units: study protocol
... multifaceted quality improvement intervention, including a checklist and definition of daily care goals during daily multidisciplinary rounds, clinician prompting, and feedback on rates of adherence ...
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Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention for obstetric and neonatal care in selected public health facilities across six states of India
... an intervention project and are taken from hospital records that are routinely collected and hence no ethical clearance was ...reviews, quality assurance studies, archival materials or third- party ...
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Reduced neonatal mortality in a regional hospital in Mozambique linked to a Quality Improvement intervention
... Background: Neonatal mortality remains a serious health issue especially in low resource countries, where 99% of neonatal deaths occur. Doctors with Africa CUAMM is an Italian non-governmental organization in the field ...
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Development of the Quality Improvement Minimum Quality Criteria Set (QI-MQCS): A Tool for Critical Appraisal of Quality Improvement Intervention Publications
... We designed the QI-MQCS to determine the minimum quality threshold of core QI domains. QI experts selected and prioritised domains in order to establish a feasible critical appraisal instrument. Furthermore, we ...
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Unregulated provider perceptions of audit and feedback reports in long-term care: cross-sectional survey findings from a quality improvement intervention
... While quality of care may be covered in orientation pro- grams or other in-services, it is not given much time or weight in the current curriculum or continuing education programs for unregulated ...around ...
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Assessment of paediatric inpatient care during a multifaceted quality improvement intervention in Kenyan District Hospitals – use of prospectively collected case record data
... We evaluated a multi-faceted approach to implemen- tation of clinical guidelines aimed at treatment of illnesses that cause most deaths in Kenyan district hos- pitals. We used data collected by personnel present in the ...
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Identifying Quality Improvement intervention publications - A comparison of electronic search strategies.
... education, quality assurance, informatics, financial, organisational, and reg- ulatory interventions that can affect the ability of health- care professionals to deliver services more effectively and efficiently ...
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Increasing Tdap Coverage Among Postpartum Women: A Quality Improvement Intervention
... Our results are subject to some limitations. The initiative was conducted in a single suburban women’s hospital in an affluent area and near a major metropolitan hub. Although this setting provided for a highly active ...
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Increasing Tdap Coverage Among Postpartum Women: A Quality Improvement Intervention
... 5-step intervention was devised, integrated, and adapted in the ...the intervention is appropriate for a large hospital with high patient turnover, we anticipate adjustments are possible when addressing ...
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A Quality Improvement Intervention to Increase Access to Pediatric Subspecialty Practice
... this quality improvement activity were waiting times for new and follow-up appointments, monthly visit volume, the per-provider visit volume, differences in the proportion of new visits, and clinic arrival ...
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Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Intervention to Increase Use of Telephonic Interpretation
... This QI intervention and evaluation were conducted at SCH, a large children ’ s hospital in the Paci fi c Northwest. In 2012, 16% of hospitalized children were from families with LEP. Fifty-six percent of those ...
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Effectiveness of a multi-component quality improvement intervention on rates of hyperglycaemia
... There are limitations to our study that warrant consider- ation. First, our project was a series of interventions, and we cannot determine which components were most effec- tive. Second, we are unable to parse out ...
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Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration (PDGPD) project a cluster randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement intervention to achieve better prescribing for chronic heart failure and hypertension
... Australian [5,6] and overseas studies report that treat- ment of HT [7-15] and heart failure [16-19] are not well aligned with evidence-based guidelines. For example, in Australia, fewer than 50 percent of heart failure ...
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Implementing a Guideline to Improve Management of Syncope in the Emergency Department
... Because of the wide variation in man- agement of pediatric syncope in our ED and across the country, we designed a quality improvement intervention, starting with the development of an evidence-based ...
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Decreasing Glycosylated Hemoglobin with Nutrition, Exercise and Bi Monthly Telephone Calls in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
... a quality improvement intervention designed to determine whether a personalized nutrition and exercise plan in conjunction with bi- monthly telephone reinforcement calls improved the HbgA1c of ...
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Using a quality improvement model to enhance providers’ performance in maternal and newborn health care: a post only intervention and comparison design
... between intervention and comparison ...compare intervention and comparison ...between intervention and comparison facilities in overall mean performance scores for ANC services ...at ...
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Development of a complex intervention to promote appropriate prescribing and medication intensification in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus in Irish general practice
... Our intervention addresses a core implementation prob- lem, in the delivery of care to patients with poor control of ...the intervention functions, our complex intervention is more likely to be ...
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