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Developing patient-centred care: an ethnographic study of patient perceptions and influence on quality improvement. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Understanding quality improvement from a patient perspective is important for delivering patient-centred care. Yet the ways patients define quality improvement remains unexplored with patients often excluded from improvement work.
Cicely Marston, Marston, Cicely, Renedo, Alicia, Alicia Renedo   +3 more
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Is patient-centredness in European hospitals related to existing quality improvement strategies? Analysis of a cross-sectional survey (MARQuIS study). [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: There is growing recognition of patients' contributions to setting objectives for their own care, improving health outcomes and evaluating care.
Lombarts, MJMH, Klazinga, N., Groene, O., Groene, O, Thompson, A, Lombarts, M.J.M.H., Lombarts, M. J. M. H., Klazinga, N, Suñol, R, Suñol, R., Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa, Alonso, J., Alonso, J, Thompson, A.   +14 more
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Variation in clinical care associated with weekend admission and discharge in psychiatric in-patient units: retrospective case-note review

BJPsych Open, 2020
BackgroundQuestions have been raised regarding differences in the standards of care that patients receive when they are admitted to or discharged from in-patient units at weekends.AimsTo compare the quality of care received by patients with anxiety and ...
Ryan Williams, Lorna Farquharson, Ellen Rhodes, Mary Dang, Natasha Lindsay, Alan Quirk, David S. Baldwin, Mike J. Crawford   +7 more
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Implementing large-scale data quality validation in a national arthroplasty registry to improve compliance the National Joint Registry data quality audit programme

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, Carol Harrison, Timothy Wilton, Richard Armstrong, Elaine Young, Derek Pegg, J. Mark Wilkinson   +6 more
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Increasing Service Quality at a University: A Continuous Improvement Project [PDF]

, 2021
This paper evaluates a continuous improvement project (CIP) at a Mexican university designed to increase engineering graduate student loyalty. A plan-do-check-act problem-solving methodology was implemented, and a SERVQUAL survey was conducted on 67 ...
Garza Villegas, Juan Baldemar, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Vazquez Hernandez, Jesus, Gonzalez Aleu, Fernando, Granda Gutierrez, Edgar Marco Aurelio   +4 more
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Quality Improvement in Stroke Care and Its Impact: the Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry Experience [PDF]

, 2018
The Georgia Department of Public Health has been engaged in a registry-based quality improvement initiative to monitor and improve the quality of stroke care.
Ido, Moges
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Best Practice Statement : Use of Ankle-Foot Orthoses Following Stroke [PDF]

, 2009
The development of this Best Practice Statement (BPS) was a collaboration between NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS), National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, University of Strathclyde and a multidisciplinary group of relevant specialists ...
Bowers, R., NHSQIS, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (Funder), Ross, K.   +3 more
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Results of a sector-wide quality improvement initiative for substance-abuse care: an uncontrolled before-after study in Catalonia, Spain. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The Health Department of the Regional Government of Catalonia, Spain, issued a quality plan for substance abuse centers. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of a multidimensional quality improvement initiative in the field ...
Lopez, Rosa M, Suñol Rosa, Rosa M Lopez, Colom Farran, Joan, Lopez Galera, Rosa Maria, Colom Joan, Hilarion, Pilar, Lopez Rosa M, Pilar Hilarion, Rosa Suñol, Lopez, Rosa M., Suñol, Rosa, Hilarion Pilar, Colom, Joan, Groene Oliver, Joan Colom, Oliver Groene, Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa   +18 more
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Improving access to services through a collaborative learning system at East London NHS Foundation Trust

BMJ Open Quality, 2018
Early intervention following initial referral into healthcare services can have a significant impact on the prognosis and outcomes of patients. Long waiting times and non-attendance can have an immediate and enduring negative impact on patients and ...
Amar Shah, Forid Alom, Auzewell Chitewe, Emma Binley, James Innes   +4 more
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Quality collaboratives: lessons from research [PDF]

, 2002
Quality improvement collaboratives are increasingly being used in many countries to achieve rapid improvements in health care. However, there is little independent evidence that they are more cost effective than other methods, and little knowledge ...
Shortell, Steve, McLeod, H., Plsek, P, Cleary, P., Wilson, Tim, McInnes, Keith, Gustafson, David, Bate, Paul, Molfenter, T, McLeod, H, Wilson, T., Plsek, Paul, Molfenter, T., McInnes, K, McInnes, K., McLeod, Hugh, Bate, Stuart, Cretin, Shan, Robert, Glenn, Robert, G., McLeod, Hugh S T, Ovretveit, J, Cretin, S, Plsek, P., Cleary, P, Øvretveit, J., Gustafson, D., Gustafson, D, Ovretveit, John, Robert, G, Cretin, S., Shortell, S., Bate, P., Bate, P, Cleary, Paul   +34 more
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