Quality Assurance, Health Care - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hospital strategies to engage physicians in quality improvement.

29 Sep 2009 In the last decade, growing evidence that the quality of U.S. health care is uneven at best has prompted greater attention to quality improvement, especially in the nation's hospitals. While physicians are integral to hospital quality improvement ... Read more...

Can we improve length of hospitalization in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention?

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction have traditionally been hospitalized for five to seven days to monitor for serious complications such as heart failure, arrhythmias, reinfarction and death. The Zwolle primary percutaneous ... Read more...

Characterization and outcomes of women and men with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: results from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) quality improvement initiative.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Women with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) who undergo coronary angiography have no obstructive coronary lesions more often than men. Sex-specific characteristics and outcomes of patients without obstructive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Quality Assurance, Health Care - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• ACC 2009 Advocacy Position Statement: Principles for comparative effectiveness research. 25 Oct 2009
• Hospital strategies to engage physicians in quality improvement. 29 Sep 2009
• Can we improve length of hospitalization in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention? 29 Sep 2009
• Characterization and outcomes of women and men with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: results from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) quality improvement initiative. 29 Sep 2009
• Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes for nonadherent patients with heart failure: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF). 29 Sep 2009
• Education research: assessment of neurology resident clinical competencies in the neurology clinic. 20 Sep 2009
• Improving care at cystic fibrosis centers through quality improvement. 14 Sep 2009
• [Quality improvement in healthcare] 5 Sep 2009
• Quantifying radiation safety and quality in medical imaging, part 2: the radiation scorecard. 30 Aug 2009
• Quality of health care in the United States: implications for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Peer review: a new tool for quality improvement. 30 Aug 2009
• Adrenal imaging with multidetector CT: evidence-based protocol optimization and interpretative practice. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of stroke subtype on quality of care in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Program. 30 Aug 2009
• Wasted hospital days impair the value of length-of-stay variables in the quality assessment of trauma care. 30 Aug 2009
• Comparison of results of fluconazole and voriconazole disk diffusion testing for Candida spp. with results from a central reference laboratory in the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Program. 30 Aug 2009
• Patient safety as an academic discipline. 30 Aug 2009
• A decade with the chronic care model: some progress and opportunity for more. 30 Aug 2009
• Demo derby. CMS quality initiatives find support... if pay's OK. 22 Aug 2009
• Automated quality control for segmentation of myocardial perfusion SPECT. 16 Aug 2009
• [Establishment of a quality management system in a department of ophthalmology] 9 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Quality Assurance, Health Care'

Definition: Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.

Descriptor UI: D011785

Alternative terms: Quality Assurance, Health Care; Healthcare Quality Assurance; Assurance, Healthcare Quality; Assurances, Healthcare Quality; Healthcare Quality Assurances; Quality Assurances, Healthcare; Quality Assurance, Healthcare; Health Care Quality Assurance; Healthcare Quality Assessment; Assessment, Healthcare Quality; Assessments, Healthcare Quality; Healthcare Quality Assessments; Quality Assessments, Healthcare; Quality Assessment, Health Care; Health Care Quality Assessment; Quality Assessment, Healthcare;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; methods;

Tree Number: N04.761.700; N05.700;

Online Note: use QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE to search QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM 1978-79

History Note: 80; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM was see QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE 1978-79

Technical Notes: DF: QUAL ASSUR