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Quality Improvement Goals for Acute Kidney Injury.

American Society of Nephrology. Clinical Journal, 2019
AKI is a global concern with a high incidence among patients across acute care settings. AKI is associated with significant clinical consequences and increased health care costs.
K. Kashani, M. Rosner, M. Haase, A. Lewington, A. Lewington, D. O'Donoghue, F. Wilson, M. Nadim, S. Silver, A. Zarbock, M. Ostermann, R. Mehta, S. Kane‐Gill, Xiaoqiang Ding, P. Pickkers, A. Bihorac, E. Siew, E. Siew, E. Siew, E. Barreto, E. Macedo, J. Kellum, P. Palevsky, A. Tolwani, C. Ronco, L. Juncos, O. Rewa, S. Bagshaw, T. Mottes, J. Koyner, Kathleen D. Liu, L. Forni, Michael Heung, Vincent Wu   +33 more
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Development and application of ‘systems thinking’ principles for quality improvement

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
Introduction ‘Systems thinking’ is often recommended in healthcare to support quality and safety activities but a shared understanding of this concept and purposeful guidance on its application are limited.
D. McNab, J. Mckay, S. Shorrock, Sarah Luty, P. Bowie   +4 more
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Can patient and family education prevent medical errors? A descriptive study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background This study aims to increase understanding of how patient and family education affects the prevention of medical errors, thereby providing basic data for developing educational contents.
Yoon-Sook Kim, Hyuo Sun Kim, Hyun Ah. Kim, Jahae Chun, Mi Jeong Kwak, Moon-Sook Kim, Jee-In Hwang, Hyeran Kim   +7 more
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Invited review: Redefining raw milk quality—Evaluation of raw milk microbiological parameters to ensure high-quality processed dairy products

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: Raw milk typically has little bacterial contamination as it leaves the udder of the animal; however, through a variety of pathways, it can become contaminated with bacteria originating from environmental sources, the cow herself, and contact with ...
N.H. Martin, R.L. Evanowski, M. Wiedmann
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SQUIRE-EDU (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence in Education): Publication Guidelines for Educational Improvement

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2019
The SQUIRE 2.0 (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines were published in 2015 to increase the completeness, precision, and transparency of published reports about efforts to improve the safety, value, and quality of health ...
Greg Ogrinc, Gail Armstrong, Mary A. Dolansky, Mamta K. Singh, L. Davies   +4 more
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Can SBAR be implemented with high fidelity and does it improve communication between healthcare workers? A systematic review

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective To characterise the extent to which health professionals perform SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) as intended (ie, with high fidelity) and the extent to which its use improves communication clarity or other quality ...
Leahora Rotteau, Lisha Lo, Kaveh Shojania   +2 more
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The Danish unique personal identifier and the Danish Civil Registration System as a tool for research and quality improvement.

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2019
All countries want to improve the health of their populations and to improve the quality of care and patient safety. Consequently, there is an ongoing need to assess and document population health, the quality of care and patient safety using valid and ...
J. Mainz, M. H. Hess, S. Johnsen
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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.
Stephen, Atkinson, Jane, Ingham, Michael, Cheshire, Susan, Went   +3 more
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Raw milk from individual teats with an optimal teat-end score has lower spore levels compared with teats with a suboptimal teat-end score

JDS Communications
Udder health in dairy cows is routinely monitored (for example, through determination of SCC) to help identify and control mastitis and other infectious diseases.
Aljoša Trmčić, Rachel L. Evanowski, Sriya Sunil, Martin Wiedmann, Nicole H. Martin   +4 more
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Can quality improvement improve the quality of care? A systematic review of reported effects and methodological rigor in plan-do-study-act projects

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundThe Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method is widely used in quality improvement (QI) strategies. However, previous studies have indicated that methodological problems are frequent in PDSA-based QI projects.
S. Knudsen, H. Laursen, S. Johnsen, P. Bartels, L. Ehlers, J. Mainz   +5 more
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