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No waiting lying in a corridor: a quality improvement initiative in an emergency department.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMJ open quality [BMJ Open Qual] 2023 Aug; Vol. 12 (3).
Abstract: Background: Overcrowding in the emergency department (ED) is a global problem and a source of morbidity and mortality and exhaustion for the teams. Despite multiple strategies proposed to overcome overcrowding, the accumulation of patients lying in bed...
Can a quality improvement intervention improve person-centred maternity care in Kenya?
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Sexual and reproductive health matters [Sex Reprod Health Matters] 2023 Dec; Vol. 31 (1), pp. 2175448.
Abstract: Few evidence-based interventions exist to improve person-centred maternity care in low-resource settings. This study aimed to understand whether a quality improvement (QI) intervention could improve person-centred maternity care (PCMC) experiences for ...
Implementing a quality improvement initiative for private healthcare facilities to achieve accreditation: experience from India.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2023 Jul 27; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 802. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 27.
Abstract: Background: The Manyata program is a quality improvement initiative for private healthcare facilities in India which provided maternity care services. Under this initiative, technical assistance was provided to selected facilities in the states of Utta...
Toward developing care outcome quality indicators for home care for older people: A prospective cohort study in Japan.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Geriatrics & gerontology international [Geriatr Gerontol Int] 2023 May; Vol. 23 (5), pp. 383-394. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 05.
Abstract: Introduction: Care quality in Japan's long-term care (LTC) agencies, including home care, is the responsibility primarily of individual agencies, and the evaluation of service processes and outcomes is minimal.Objectives: To describe the development of...
Integrating Psychiatric Services in the Emergency Room to Improve Patient Care by Using Quality Improvement Methods.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): The Journal of nervous and mental disease [J Nerv Ment Dis] 2023 Jul 01; Vol. 211 (7), pp. 550-553.
Abstract: Abstract: Prolonged length of stay in emergency departments (EDs) for patients with a psychiatric chief complaint is a widespread problem. Prolonged stays can lead to adverse outcomes and poor quality of care. We sought to improve quality of care for p...
The health-related quality of life of older people through preventive home visits: A quantitative longitudinal study.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Scandinavian journal of caring sciences [Scand J Caring Sci] 2023 Sep; Vol. 37 (3), pp. 698-709. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 08.
Abstract: Aims and Objectives: Preventive home visits are a low-threshold counselling and support approach. They have been reported to achieve heterogeneous effects. However, preventive home visits have the potential to reduce the risk of becoming dependent on l...
Older women's view on frailty and an Emergency Department evidence-based Frailty Intervention Team (FIT) program: An evaluation using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance RE-AIM framework.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Australasian emergency care [Australas Emerg Care] 2023 Sep; Vol. 26 (3), pp. 264-270. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 24.
Abstract: Background: Older women have higher levels of frailty resulting in disability and reduced quality of life. Presentation to an Emergency Department (ED) is an opportunity to address frailty and provide tailored interventions to promote function. An ED a...
Association of service use with subjective oral health indicators in a freedom of choice pilot.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Clinical and experimental dental research [Clin Exp Dent Res] 2023 Feb; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 134-141. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 20.
Abstract: Objectives: A freedom of choice pilot provided access to private oral health care services without queuing and with fixed public service-fees for participants in Tampere region, Finland in 2018-2019. The aim of this study was to investigate how use of ...
Author response to: Comment on: Structural indicators of quality care for children undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): The British journal of surgery [Br J Surg] 2023 Sep 06; Vol. 110 (10), pp. 1400.
Communities of practice in residential aged care: A rapid review.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International journal of older people nursing [Int J Older People Nurs] 2023 Sep; Vol. 18 (5), pp. e12563. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 10.
Abstract: Background: Communities of practice (CoPs) have the potential to help address the residential aged care system's need for continuing education and quality improvement. CoPs have been used in healthcare to improve clinical practice; however, little is k...