Quality Improvement in Cardiology Practice

Quality improvement in general practice

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical practice guidelines: Part II: evolutionary changes in a continuous quality improvement project.

Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male presents to your office for evaluation of a recent episode of atrial fibrillation. The patient had no prior history of atrial fibrillation until 3 days ago. At that time, he was working in his home woodworking shop on a large cabinet. The cabinet slipped out of the clamps holding it and fell on his right great toe. The patient was having moderate to severe ...

Embedding Quality Improvement Change into Nursing Practice

Kai Tiaki Nursing Research September 2012 vol 3 no 1 24 Patricia Mitchell Involving clinicians, especially nurses, is critical to improving quality in health care. In this paper, we report on a study that explored nurses’ perceptions of quality improvement (QI) change. Health care organisations and governments, both in New Zealand and other developed countries, are striving to reduce escalating...

Achieving quality oncology practice initiative certification through quality improvement.

The public and healthcare payers are increasingly looking to specialty designations and certifications to determine the quality of cancer centers. The Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) Certification Program is one way for cancer centers to demonstrate commitment to high-quality patient care. Achieving QOPI certification for the author's cancer center was driven by a nurse-led quality...

Publishing Quality Improvement Work in Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology

Make QI nature of study clear Objective clearly stated Brief details of setting, methodology, problem, and findings Brief description of methods, results, and