International Literature
Displaying 1–20 of 652 International Literature in Quality Improvement
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Multi-morbidity: A system design challenge in delivering patient-centred care (Australia)
posted by Research Admin on 21 May 2013
The Australian National Chronic Disease Strategy provides a framework to improve 'chronic disease prevention and care'. However, it is framed…
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How to improve change of shift handovers and collaborative grounding and what role does the electronic patient record system play? Results of a systematic literature review
posted by Research Admin on 21 May 2013
In order to gain a deeper understanding of communication failures during handovers at shift changes and how to overcome them,…
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Types of interventions used to improve hand hygiene compliance and prevent healthcare associated infection (UK)
posted by Research Admin on 21 May 2013
Hand hygiene is regarded as the most effective means of preventing healthcare associated infection, however systematic reviews provide limited evidence…
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Ten principles of good interdisciplinary team work (UK)
posted by Research Admin on 17 May 2013
Interdisciplinary team work is increasingly prevalent, supported by policies and practices that bring care closer to the patient and challenge…
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Surgical checklists: The human factor (Ireland)
posted by Research Admin on 16 May 2013
Surgical checklists has been shown to improve patient safety and teamwork in the operating theatre. However, despite the known benefits…
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Evaluating the success of a hospital's community engagement process (Canada)
posted by Research Admin on 15 May 2013
This case study outlines how an Ontario hospital initiated an intensive Citizens' Advisory Panel related to budget and service provision…
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Cooperation and communication challenges in small-scale eHealth development projects (Denmark)
posted by Research Admin on 14 May 2013
In eHealth development there is an increasing focus on user participation inspired by the information systems field of practice and…
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Ten-year results of quality assurance in radiotherapy chart round (Australia)
posted by Research Admin on 14 May 2013
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) initiated a unique instrument to audit the quality of patient…
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An orthopaedic enhanced recovery pathway (UK)
posted by Research Admin on 9 May 2013
The use of enhanced recovery pathways within elective surgery has increased in recent years but uptake outside of specialist centres…
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Rating providers for quality: a policy worth pursuing? (England)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 8 May 2013
The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health to review whether ratings of provider performance should…
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High performance teamwork training and systems redesign in outpatient oncology (U.S.)
posted by Research Admin on 3 May 2013
Oncology care is delivered largely in ambulatory settings by interdisciplinary teams. Treatments are often complex, extended in time, dispersed geographically…
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The changing national role in health system governance: A case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia
posted by Research Admin on 26 Apr 2013
This study of 12 countries, provides an overview of recent changes in national governments’ role in the governance of health…
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Transfer of data or re-creation of knowledge – Experiences of a shared electronic patient medical records system (Sweden)
posted by Research Admin on 26 Apr 2013
This qualitative study aimed to investigate primary and secondary care doctors' experiences of the shared electronic medical record in Uppsala,…
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Keeping the "continuous" in continuous quality improvement: Exploring perceived outcomes of CQI program use in community pharmacy (Canada)
posted by Research Admin on 24 Apr 2013
The aims of this qualitative study were to explore the perceived outcomes identified by community pharmacies that adopted and actively…
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Coaching of physicians by RNs to improve diabetes care (U.S.)
posted by Research Admin on 23 Apr 2013
The aim of this study was to describe preliminary results of an innovative quality improvement intervention focused on improving physician…
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Making the case for continuous learning from routinely collected data (U.S.)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 17 Apr 2013
In this discussion paper, published on the Institute of Medicine website, the authors cite widely-reported examples of routinely collected digital…
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Utilizing experience-based co-design to improve the experience of patients accessing emergency departments in New South Wales public hospitals
posted by HIIRC Admin on 16 Apr 2013
This article reports on three multisite evaluations of experience-based co-design (EBCD) programmes conducted in emergency departments (EDs) and associated departments…
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Exploring the role of ICT in the provision of integrated care — Evidence from eight countries
posted by HIIRC Admin on 16 Apr 2013
The authors analyse the role of telehealthcare in the provision of integrated care across eight different European countries. The analysis…
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Nurses' career aspirations to management roles: Qualitative findings from a national study of Canadian nurses
posted by HIIRC Admin on 15 Apr 2013
The authors undertook focus groups with 125 staff nurses and managers in Canada to investigate direct-care nurses' interests in formal…
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Systematic review of quality improvement interventions directed at cancer specialists
posted by HIIRC Admin on 15 Apr 2013
This systematic review finds that evidence on "... how to facilitate timely and consistent adoption of new clinical knowledge by…