Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR), University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands; Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems, School of Management and Governance, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands; Department of Quality and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Stochastic Operations Researc...

Attention to the pain that occurs during treatments and procedures for pediatric patients with cancer continues to be a priority. This article describes the development of a pain effectiveness outcome measure at an academic pediatric medical center in order to inform about the implementation of quality improvement strategies and evaluate the effect of these pain interventions within the hospita...

In response to increasing concerns about quality, many countries are carrying out large scale programmes which include national quality strategies, hospital programmes, and quality accreditation, assessment and review processes. Increasing amounts of resources are being devoted to these interventions, but do they ensure or improve quality of care? There is little research evidence as to their e...

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introduction: assessment tools of academic achievement in the field of surgery have always been received considerable attention. the issue that has received less attention is that which one of these methods has higher efficiency to cover appropriately educational objectives in surgical groups. this survey aimed to evaluate the results of three examinations (including osce, in-group educational ...

BACKGROUND Despite the current evidence of preventive screening effectiveness, rates of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in the United States fall below national targets. We evaluated the efficacy and feasibility of combining practice facilitation and academic detailing quality improvement (QI) strategies to help primary care practices increase breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer scr...

OBJECTIVES To determine if a quality improvement intervention improves sleep and delirium/cognition. DESIGN Observational, pre-post design. SETTING A tertiary academic hospital in the United States. PATIENTS 300 medical ICU patients. INTERVENTIONS This medical ICU-wide project involved a "usual care" baseline stage, followed by a quality improvement stage incorporating multifaceted slee...

Healthcare organisations are looking at strategies and activities to improve patient outcomes, beyond clinical interventions. Increasingly, health organisations are investing significant resources in leadership, management and team work training to optimise professional collaboration, shared decision-making and, by extension, high quality services. Embedded clinical aca...