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Involvement of patients or their representatives in quality management functions in EU hospitals:implementation and impact on patient-centred care strategies [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to describe the involvement of patients or their representatives in quality management (QM) functions and to assess associations between levels of involvement and the implementation of patient-centred care ...
Kristensen, S, Ommen, O, Pfaff, H, Bottaro, S., Kringos, D.S., Wang, A., Lívio, A., Shaw, C., Plochg, T, Kristensen, S., Depaigne-Loth, A., Depaigne-Loth, A, Kutaj-Wasikowska, H, Kus, H, Secanell, M., Mannion, Russell, Ozturk, K., Bruneau, Charles, Leite, I, Botje, D, Groene, Oliver, Kutryba, B, Saillour-Glenisson, F, Garel, Pascal, Almeman, F., Lívio, A, Eiras, M, Wang, A, Franca, M, Thompson, Caroline A., Saluvan, M, Hammer, A., Almeman, F, Bartels, Paul, Jones, S., Kringos, DS, Secanell, M, Groene, O., Garel, P, Dersarkissian, Maral, Groene, O, Sunol, R., Kutaj-Wąsikowska, Halina, Leite, I., Lopez, MA, Arah, OA, Botje, Daan, Suñol Sala, Rosa, Thompson, Caroline A, Wagner, C, Kus, H., Vlcek, Frantisek, Klazinga, N. S., Franca, M., Escoval, Ana, Sunol, R, Plochg, T., Jones, S, Thompson, A, Car, M., DUQuE Project Consortium, Klazinga, Niek S, Wang, Aolin, Lombarts, M.J.M.H., Escoval, A, Eiras, M., Wagner, Cordula, Bartels, P, Chow, A., Shaw, C, Arah, Onyebuchi A, DerSarkissian, M, ?, ?, Klazinga, N, Klaus, E, Arah, Onyebuchi A., Bruneau, C, Vallejo, P., Thompson, A., Kutryba, B., Lombarts, MJMH, Car, M, Sunol, Rosa, Vlcek, F, Ommen, O., Saluvan, M., Thompson, CA, Klaus, E., Bottaro, S, Thompson, Andrew, Saillour-Glenisson, F., Vallejo, P, Lopez, M. A., Klazinga, Niek S., Mannion, R, Michel, P, Arah, Onyebuchi A.., Ozturk, K, Pfaff, H., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hammer, A, Michel, P.   +101 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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Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]

, 2014
20.05. 15 KB. paper re-submitted to include updated metadataObjective To investigate equity of patient outcomes in a psychological therapy service, following increased access achieved by a quality improvement (QI) initiative.
Barnes, R, Green, J, Emmi Honeybourne, John Green, Poots, A, Ruth Barnes, Bell, D, Woodcock, T, Green, SA, Derek Bell, Honeybourne, E, Alan J. Poots, Stuarta Green   +12 more
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Guideline appraisal with AGREE II: online survey of the potential influence of AGREE II items on overall assessment of guideline quality and recommendation for use

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The AGREE II instrument is the most commonly used guideline appraisal tool. It includes 23 appraisal criteria (items) organized within six domains.
Wiebke Hoffmann-Eßer, Ulrich Siering, Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Anne Catharina Brockhaus, Natalie McGauran, Michaela Eikermann   +5 more
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Measuring implementation fidelity in a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial: development and use of a quantitative multi-component approach

Trials, 2022
Background In pragmatic trials, on-site partners, rather than researchers, lead intervention delivery, which may result in implementation variation. There is a need to quantitatively measure this variation.
Miranda B. Olson, Ellen M. McCreedy, Rosa R. Baier, Renée R. Shield, Esme E. Zediker, Rebecca Uth, Kali S. Thomas, Vincent Mor, Roee Gutman, James L. Rudolph   +9 more
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A birth cohort study in the Middle East: the Qatari birth cohort study (QBiC) phase I

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The latest scientific reports raise concerns about the rapidly increasing burden of chronic diseases in the state of Qatar. Pregnant Qatari women often confront complications during pregnancy including gestational diabetes, hypertension ...
Eman Sadoun, Vasiliki Leventakou, Maribel Casas, Heba Fawzy Ahmed, Manolis Kogevinas, Eleni Fthenou   +5 more
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Does hospital information technology infrastructure promote the implementation of clinical practice guidelines? A multicentre observational study of Japanese hospitals

BMJ Open, 2019
ObjectivesIt remains unclear whether insufficient information technology (IT) infrastructure in hospitals hinders implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and affects healthcare quality.
Noriko Sasaki, Naohito Yamaguchi, Akiko Okumura, Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Yuichi Imanaka   +5 more
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Case-crossover study to examine the change in postpartum risk of pulmonary embolism over time

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Although the current guidelines recommend anticoagulation up until 6 weeks after delivery in women at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the risk of VTE may extend beyond 6 weeks.
Grégoire Ficheur, Alexandre Caron, Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, Laurie Ferret, Yu-Jin Jung, Charles Garabedian, Régis Beuscart, Emmanuel Chazard   +7 more
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A systematic comparison of different composite measures (DAS 28, CDAI, SDAI, and Boolean approach) for determining treatment effects on low disease activity and remission in rheumatoid arthritis

BMC Rheumatology, 2022
Background Some composite measures for determining the treatment effects of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on remission and low disease activity (LDA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may produce misleading results if they include an acute phase ...
Kirsten Janke, Corinna Kiefer, Natalie McGauran, Bernd Richter, Dietmar Krause, Beate Wieseler   +5 more
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Quality of health care: informatics foundations [PDF]

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 2003
Abstract:In this article we will discuss in what ways computer systems can contribute to the quality of healthcare and on which principles of informatics successful systems are founded. Section 2 presents an overview of studies that investigate the usefulness of decision support, and Section 3 discusses factors that determine the success of decision ...
Hasman, A., Safran, C., Takeda, H.
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