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BMJ Open Quality, 2020 Background The COVID-19 outbreak has placed the National Health Service under significant strain. Social distancing measures were introduced in the UK in March 2020 and virtual consultations (via telephone or video call) were identified as a potential ...
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Trials, 2020 Background Perioperative enhanced recovery protocols (ERPs) have been found to decrease hospital length of stay, in-hospital costs, and complications among adult surgical populations but evidence for pediatric populations is lacking.
Mehul V. Raval +5 more
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Cambridge Prisms: Precision Medicine, 2023 Rapid advances in precision medicine promise dramatic reductions in morbidity and mortality for a growing array of conditions. To realize the benefits of precision medicine and minimize harm, it is necessary to address real-world challenges encountered ...
Arlene S. Bierman +5 more
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Implementation Science, 2020 Background Quality improvement collaboratives are widely used to improve health care in both high-income and low and middle-income settings. Teams from multiple health facilities share learning on a given topic and apply a structured cycle of change ...
Karen Zamboni +5 more
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Microbial Fermentation and Its Role in Quality Improvement of Fermented Foods
, 2020 Fermentation processes in foods often lead to changes in nutritional and biochemical quality relative to the starting ingredients. Fermented foods comprise very complex ecosystems consisting of enzymes from raw ingredients that interact with the ...
Ranjana Sharma +4 more
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Defining quality and quality improvement [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2010 Within the NHS the introduction of a statutory duty of quality in 1999 followed by clinical governance, national standards and regulatory frameworks have represented major steps towards delivering good quality healthcare. Most recently, government policy has shifted its focus away from targets and activity towards patient experience and outcomes.
Jane Ingham +3 more
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The influence of contextual factors on healthcare quality improvement initiatives: a realist review
Systematic Reviews, 2020 Background Recognising the influence of context and the context-sensitive nature of quality improvement (QI) interventions is crucial to implementing effective improvements and successfully replicating them in new settings, yet context is still poorly ...
Emma Coles +6 more
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The Quality Improvement Strategy [PDF]
Health Care Management Review, 1994 To prepare for managed competition, many hospitals now focus on service quality as a means to improve their competitive position. To aid in decisions about where best to direct limited resources, managers need physician feedback about how the hospital's services compare with its competitors' services (competitive advantage) and about the degree to ...
Lawton R. Burns, Lee Roy Beach
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Bone & Joint Open, 2022 Data of high quality are critical for the meaningful interpretation of registry information. The National Joint Registry (NJR) was established in 2002 as the result of an unexpectedly high failure rate of a cemented total hip arthroplasty.
Christopher Boulton +6 more
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Streamlining workflows and redesigning job roles in the theatre sterile surgical unit
BMJ Open Quality, 2019 The theatre sterile surgical unit (TSSU) is an essential core to support the operating theatres in National University Hospital. Surgical instruments and supplies are processed, packaged and sterilised safe for surgical procedures.
Brandon Lum +5 more
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