Traditional methods of generating quality code indicators (e.g. linear regression, decision tree induction) can be demonstrated to be inappropriate for IV&V purposes. IV&V is a unique aspect of the software lifecycle, and different methods are necessary to produce quick and accurate results. If quality code indicators could be produced on a per-project basis, then IV&V could proceed in a more s...

ISO 15189:2012 requires the use of quality indicators (QIs) to monitor and evaluate all steps of the total testing process, but several difficulties dissuade laboratories from effective and continuous use of QIs in routine practice. An International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine working group addressed this problem and implemented a project to develop a model of QIs t...

The definition of soil quality encompasses physical, chemical and biological characteristics, and it is related to fertility and soil health. Many indicators can be used to describe soil quality, but it is important to take into account sensitivity, required time, and related properties, than can be explained. Properties related to organic matter content, such as C/N ratio, organic carbon fract...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the transferability of primary care quality indicators by comparing indicators for common clinical problems developed using the same method in the UK and the USA. METHOD Quality indicators developed in the USA for a range of common conditions using the RAND-UCLA appropriateness method were applied to 19 common primary care conditions in the UK. The US indicators for the ...

This paper introduces a new approach for evaluating the quality of health care providers that provides an integrated solution to a number of problems that limit the usefulness of available methods. Our approach optimally combines information from all the quality indicators available for a provider (e.g. from other years, other patients, or other indicators for the same patients) in order to mor...

OBJECTIVE To identify the relevant prescribing quality domains of type 2 diabetes mellitus care as a basis for the selection of a minimal set of prescribing quality indicators from a set of previously validated indicators. METHODS We used the principal factor analysis to identify the underlying dimensions or domains of prescribing quality for 76 general practitioners participating to the Gron...

INTRODUCTION The Community Health Status Indicators Project was undertaken to produce county-specific reports assessing the status of community health for local jurisdictions throughout the United States. To accomplish this assessment, the Community Health Status Indicators Project team selected peer groupings of counties to monitor and analyze the health of local communities relative to peer c...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to identify existing or potential quality of care indicators (ie, current indicators as well as process and outcome measures) in the acute or postacute period, or across the continuum of care for older adults with hip fracture. DESIGN Scoping review. SETTING All care settings. SEARCH STRATEGY English peer-reviewed studies published from January 2000 ...

BACKGROUND Payments for recorded evidence of quality of clinical care in UK general practices were introduced in 2004. AIM To examine the relationship between changes in recorded quality of care for four common chronic conditions from, 2003 to 2005, and the payment of incentives. DESIGN OF STUDY Retrospective observational study comparing incentivised and non-incentivised indicators of qual...

OBJECTIVE Develop performance indicators reflecting the quality of trauma-patient-care in the emergency room and hospitalization within the first 48 hours. MATERIAL AND METHOD A two-round Delphi technique was conducted. A panel of 11 expert surgeons experienced in the fields of trauma care was consulted. The panel was initially asked to rate performance indicators that reflected the quality o...