PURPOSE To examine a set of system interventions in the management of patients with diabetes and the outcomes of their care. DATA SOURCES Preintervention and postintervention data collected from electronic medical records. CONCLUSIONS The sample size was smaller than expected, contributing to a lack of statistical significance from preintervention to postintervention in the patient outcome ...

Academic departments of internal medicine have traditionally focused on their mission to provide clinical services, educate the next generation, and conduct research. As requirements to engage in formal quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS) activities increase, academic departments provide an important setting to design, implement, and critically evaluate care delivery systems, as well...

BACKGROUND Medication reconciliation (MedRec) has been a mandated or recommended activity in Canada, the USA and the UK for nearly 10 years. Accreditation bodies in North America will soon require MedRec for every admission, transfer and discharge of every patient. Studies of MedRec have revealed unintentional discrepancies in prescriptions but no clear evidence that clinically important outcom...

the widespread use of internet has caused new psychological, social, and educational problems for the students. the aim of this study was to examine the quality of life in medical students who suffer from internet addiction. this cross-sectional survey was carried out in tehran university of medical sciences, and a total of 174 fourth-to seventh-year undergraduate medical students were enrolled...

abstract background: one of the most important challenges of iranian health care system is “quality of care,” and it is assumed that motivated nurses are more ready to provide better care. there are limited studies investigating iranian nurses’ motivations; however, factors which motivate them have not been studied yet. identifying the motivating factors enables nurse managers to inspire nurses...

background: considering the role of laboratory tests as a central part of controlling health expenditure, this study intends to investigate laboratory tests overutilization in iran to pave the way for future interventions.   methods: inappropriate laboratory utilization was reviewed in a cross-sectional survey through the retrospective analysis of 384 medical records at a tertiary center. to pa...

This study examines the long-term impact of the faculty development programs on the multiple choice question (MCQ) items' quality leading to study its effect on the students' overall competency level during their yearly academic assessment. A series of longitudinal highly constructed faculty development workshops were conducted to improve the quality of the MCQs items writing skills. A total of...

The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) recently published their Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP [https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/legislation/CLIA/Individualized_Quality_Control_Plan_IQCP.html]), which will be the only option for quality control (QC) starting in January 2016 if laboratories choose not to perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) [U.S....

Copyright © by the paper’s authors. Copying permitted only for private and academic purposes. In: Z. Budimac, Z. Horváth, T. Kozsik (eds.): Proceedings of the SQAMIA 2016: 5th Workshop of Software Quality, Analysis, Monitoring, Improvement, and Applications, Budapest, Hungary, 29.-31.08.2016. Also published online by CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org, ISSN 1613-0073). Why Information Syste...

To design potentially successful quality improvement (QI) interventions, it is crucial to make use of detailed breakdowns of the implementation processes of successful and unsuccessful interventions. Process evaluation can throw light on the mechanisms responsible for the result obtained in the intervention group. It enables researchers and implementers to (1) describe the intervention in detai...