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Directly Observed Care: Crossing the Chasm of Quality Measurement.
Publication Type: Report
Source(s): Journal of general internal medicine [J Gen Intern Med] 2023 Jan; Vol. 38 (1), pp. 203-207. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 20.
Abstract: After more than two decades of national attention to quality improvement in US healthcare, significant gaps in quality remain. A fundamental problem is that current approaches to measure quality are indirect and therefore imprecise, focusing on clinica...
Measuring the Value Functions of Primary Care: Physician-Level Continuity of Care Quality Measure.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Annals of family medicine [Ann Fam Med] 2022 Nov-Dec; Vol. 20 (6), pp. 535-540.
Abstract: Purpose: Care continuity is foundational to the clinician/patient relationship; however, little has been done to operationalize continuity of care (CoC) as a clinical quality measure. The American Board of Family Medicine developed the Primary Care CoC...
Improving 9.5 Million Lives: Pilot Testing Ambulatory Care Nurse-Sensitive Quality Indicators.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): The Journal of nursing administration [J Nurs Adm] 2022 Nov 01; Vol. 52 (11), pp. 613-619.
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate scientific acceptability, feasibility, utility, and value of ambulatory care nurse-sensitive quality indicators (ACNSIs) in military outpatient clinics.Background: Optimizing healthcare quality and cost ...
All genders need comprehensive, accessible and quality routine medical care.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Evidence-based nursing [Evid Based Nurs] 2023 Jan; Vol. 26 (1), pp. 21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 03.
Abstract: Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Updating of Quality Indicators for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Comprehensive Care Units in Spain.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of Crohn's & colitis [J Crohns Colitis] 2022 Nov 23; Vol. 16 (11), pp. 1663-1675.
Abstract: Background and Aims: Management of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] is complex and IBD Comprehensive Care Units [ICCUs] facilitate the delivery of quality care to IBD patients. The objective of this study was to update the existing set of quality indic...
Adjusting for Patient Economic/Access Issues in a Hypertension Quality Measure.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): American journal of preventive medicine [Am J Prev Med] 2022 Nov; Vol. 63 (5), pp. 734-742. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 21.
Abstract: Introduction: The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have proposed adjusting hypertension-related care quality measures by excluding patients with economic/access issues from the denominator of rate calculations. No research ...
Delivering High-Quality Primary Care Requires Work That Is Worthwhile for Medical Assistants.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM [J Am Board Fam Med] 2023 Feb 08; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 193-199. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 02.
Abstract: Medical assistants are core members of the primary care team, but health care organizations struggle to hire and retain them amid the ongoing exodus of health care workers as part of the "Great Resignation." To sustain a stable and engaged workforce of...
Pay-for-performance for primary health care in Brazil: A comparison with England's Quality Outcomes Framework and lessons for the future.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [Health Policy] 2023 Feb; Vol. 128, pp. 62-68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 19.
Abstract: Pay-for-performance (P4P) has been widely applied in OECD countries to improve the quality of both primary and secondary care, and is increasingly being implemented in low- and middle-income countries. In 2011, Brazil introduced one of the largest P4P ...
Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings, Malawi and Zimbabwe: Neotree.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2022 Jul 05; Vol. 12 (7), pp. e056605. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 05.
Abstract: Introduction: Every year 2.4 million deaths occur worldwide in babies younger than 28 days. Approximately 70% of these deaths occur in low-resource settings because of failure to implement evidence-based interventions. Digital health technologies may o...
The use of patient-reported outcome and experience measures for health policy purposes: A scoping review in oncology.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [Health Policy] 2023 Mar; Vol. 129, pp. 104702. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 21.
Abstract: The systematic use of patient-reported measures (PRMs) [i.e., patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs)] is advocated as an effective way to improve care practices. However, whether PRMs can lead to the ...