OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal for Healthcare Quality is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Optimizing Workplace Violence Reporting in a Multisite Hospital Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative	13
Mitigating COVID-19 Vaccine Waste Through a Multidisciplinary Inpatient Vaccination Initiative	13
Surgical Site Infection Prevention Using “Strike Teams”: The Experience of an Academic Colorectal Surgical Department	11
Delays in Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Veterans Health Administration	6
Thank You to Reviewers	5
Nurse Engagement in Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: A Scoping Review of the Literature	5
An Initiative to Stop Antibiotics Prescribed for Urinary Symptoms When Urine Culture Is Negative	5
Increasing Inclusion, Diversity, Antiracism, and Equity With a Medical School Curriculum Quality Improvement Project	5
The Use of Quality Improvement in the Physical Therapy Literature: A Scoping Review	5
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk for Patients With Diabetes: An Evidence-Based, Population Health Management Program	4
Improving Inpatient Tobacco Treatment Measures: Outcomes Through Standardized Treatment, Care Coordination, and Electronic Health Record Optimization: Erratum	4
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Real-Time Throughput Analysis: Development and Implementation of an Innovative Data Collection Tool	4
The Profession of Healthcare Quality Focuses on Improving Healthcare by Improving Workforce Competencies for Quality and Safety	4
Impact of Discharge Medication Reconciliation Across a Five-Hospital Health System	4
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Personal Systems Approach in Improving Medication Adherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Patients	4
Established Trauma Triage Score Predicts Risk of Falling After Femoral Neck Fracture Arthroplasty Surgery	4
Assessing Factors Influencing Commitment to a Disparities Reduction Intervention: Social Justice Attitudes and Organizational Mission	3
Redesigning the First Prenatal Visit: A Quality Improvement Initiative	3
Analysis of Readmissions in a Mobile Integrated Health Transitional Care Program Using Root Cause Analysis and Common Cause Analysis	3
Reasons for Surgical Delay in Patients With Hip Fracture	3
Standardizing Screening for Preeclampsia Risk Factors to Improve Prescribing of Low-Dose Aspirin	3
Increasing Language Interpreter Services Use and Documentation: A Quality Improvement Project	3
Using the Electronic Medical Record to Address Code Status Documentation: A Quality Improvement Project	3
Implementation of a Nurse-Driven Medication Ordering Protocol to Improve Clinician and Nursing Experiences	3
Multimodal Quality Initiatives in Sepsis Care: Assessing Impact on Core Measures and Outcomes	3

Improving Lung Cancer Screening at an Academic Medical Center	3
Increasing Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Resident-Run Clinic Through Partnership With Ophthalmology Clinic: A Pilot Study	3
Efficacy of the Crisis Risk Triage Scale in Inpatient Units Within the United States	3
REadmission PREvention in SepSis: Development and Validation of a Prediction Model	3
Review of the National Quality Forum's Measure Endorsement Process	3
Thank You to Reviewers	3
Impact of a Transition of Care Pharmacist in a Community Hospital Discharge Model	3
Improving First Case Operating Room Efficiency	3
Streamlining Atrial Fibrillation Care: Building a Comprehensive Program to Provide High-Quality, Individualized Care	2
A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing Hospital Participation in the Healthcare Equality Index	2
Community-Based Hospitals Benefit From Restrictive Transfusion Practices	2
Team-Based Care for Cancer Survivors With Comorbidities: A Systematic Review	2
Urban Rural Differences on Accessing Patient Centered Medical Home Among Children With Mental/Developmental Health Conditions/Disorders	2
Clinical Pharmacist Transition of Care Model Improves Hospital System Practice by Reducing Readmissions	2
Internal Operational Metrics and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Quality Ratings	2
The Delivery Model of Perceived Medical Service Quality Based on Donabedian's Framework	2
Improving Quality Care and Patient Safety With Implementation of an Oversew Stitch in Lumbar Drains	2
General Surgery Resuscitation Preference Documentation: A Quality Improvement Initiative	2
Implementation of ED I-PASS as a Standardized Handoff Tool in the Pediatric Emergency Department	1
The Impact of Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use on Inpatient Quality	1
Implementing Behavioral Optimization and Outcomes Support Team in a Medical/Surgical Telemetry Unit	1
Challenges Meeting 21st Century Cures Act Patient Identity Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules	1
Improving Interdisciplinary Communication on an Academic Hospitalist Service: A Quality Improvement Project	1
30-Day Readmission Reduction in a Skilled Facility Population Through Pharmacist-Driven Medication Reconciliation	1
Factors Associated With Hospital Readmissions Among U.S. Dialysis Facilities	1
Factors Contributing to Late Cancellation and No-Show for Otolaryngologic Surgery: A Prospective Study	1
Quality-of-Care Implications of Antimicrobial Prescription Patterns for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections	1
Using Routinely Collected Electronic Health Record Data to Predict Readmission and Target Care Coordination	1
No Quick Fixes: Integrating Population Health Education and Quality Improvement in a Large Residency Program	1
Piloting a Mobility Tech Role at an Academic Medical Center	1
Experience and Hospital Context Influence Fall Prevention Practice by Physical Therapists: A Survey Study	1
Group Medical Visits Versus Usual Care for Illness Perception and Hypertension: A Randomized Pilot Study	1
Collaboration to Remove Barriers to Pump Integration With the Electronic Health Record	1
Patient Characteristics and Positive Outcomes Associated With a Novel Youth Inpatient Program for Concurrent Disorders	1
Interventions to Reduce Inappropriate Physical Therapy Consultation in the Inpatient Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative	1
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Veterans Affairs Whole Health Integration Using the Updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research	1
Improving the Discharge Experience of Hospital Patients Through Standard Tools and Methods of Education	1
Eradicating the Loneliness Epidemic: One Phone Call at a Time	1
Barriers to Health Information Exchange Among Ambulatory Physicians: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample	1
Implementing an Electronic Root Cause Analysis Reporting System to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries	1
A Structured Rounding Proforma in the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU): A Quality Improvement Project	1
A Novel Approach to PDMP Reporting: Adapting Opioid Quality Measures to PDMP Data	1
Association of Adverse Events in Opioid Addiction Treatment With Quality Measure for Continuity of Pharmacotherapy	0
Improving Operating Room Efficiency Through Reducing First Start Delays in an Academic Center	0
Hospital Adaptions to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on MARQUIS Toolkit Implementation and Sustainability	0
Optimizing Unilateral Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Quality Improvement Study	0
Fall Risk Screening in Older Adult Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Quality Improvement Project	0
Thank You to Reviewers	0
Provider and Patient Experiences of Delays in Primary Care During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Organizational Learning in the Morbidity and Mortality Conference	0

Insulin for Hospitalized Patients With Well-Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Quality Improvement Initiative	0
Erratum	0
Provider-To-Provider Communication About Care Transitions: Considering Different Health Technology Tools	0
Differential Mortality Among Heart Failure Patients Across Different COVID-19 Surges in New York City	0
Cervical Collars and Dysphagia Among Geriatric TBIs and Cervical Spine Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study	0
Implementing a Process for Screening Hospitalized Adults for Food Insecurity at a Tertiary Care Center	0
Pilot Process Evaluation of the Supporting Older Adults at Risk Model: A RE-AIM Approach	0
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Improves Access to Care and Healthcare Quality to Advance Health Equity	0
How Total Performance Scores of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Hospitals Change Over Time	0
Utilization of Improvement Methodologies by Healthcare Quality Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Quality Coordinators’ Perspectives on Quality Improvement in Primary Healthcare in Kosovo: A Qualitative Study	0
Value of Using a Structured Improvement Approach: A Dedicated Education Unit Exemplar	0
Opioid Prescribing Patterns Among Orthopedic Hand Surgeons After Implementation of a Divisional Protocol	0
The CLABSI Playbook: Design and Implementation of a Multipronged Approach to Decrease CLABSIs	0
Quality Improvement Interventions to Enhance Vaccine Uptake in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review	0
Identifying Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Using the STOP-BANG Questionnaire in a Cardiology Clinic	0
Do Hospitals Achieving “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” Maintain Higher Patient Scores Compared To Nonleaders?	0
Opioid-Prescribing Practices Between Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty in an Outpatient Versus Inpatient Setting	0
Why Competency Standardization Matters for Improvement: An Assessment of the Healthcare Quality Workforce	0
Improving Communication by Standardizing Pediatric Rapid Response Team Documentation	0
Thank You to Reviewers	0
Network Analysis Examining Intrahospital Traffic of Patients With Traumatic Hip Fracture	0
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Characteristics Associated With Chronic Pain Documentation on the Problem List	0
Improving Emergency Department Throughput Using Audit-and-Feedback With Peer Comparison Among Emergency Department Physicians	0
Process-Focused Approach to Reduce Central Line Bloodstream Infections in the Pediatric Population	0
EHR Smart Phrases Used as Enrollment Mechanism in Diabetes Self-Management Support Programs: Preliminary Outcomes	0
A Process Evaluation Approach to Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Reduction in a Neonatal Population	0
The Combined Effect of Delirium and Falls on Length of Stay and Discharge	0
Safety, Efficiency, and Efficacy of Protocolized Contrast-Enhanced Imaging in Acute Stroke Evaluation	0
Implementation and Feasibility of the Re-Engineered Discharge for Surgery (RED-S) Intervention: A Pilot Study: Erratum	0
Value of Interprofessional Education: The VA Quality Scholars Program	0
Eliminating Hands-Off Handoffs: Improvement in Perioperative Handoff Communication With a Multidisciplinary Tool Initiative	0
Improving Time to Antibiotics for Long-Bone Open Fractures: A Quality Improvement Initiative	0
Lessons on Increasing Racial and Health Equity From Accountable Health Communities	0
A Survey for Charting Intake, Output, and Body Weight in the Electronic Medical Record	0
Should Penicillin Allergy Testing Be Included as Part of Preoperative Testing?	0
Ambulatory Quality Improvement Despite COVID-19: Blueprint for a Successful System for Continuous Improvement	0
Optimizing the Team Approach: Designing a Clinical Care Pathway for Functional Neurological Disorder	0
Moving Beyond Describing Disparities: The Urgent Need to Understand Multilevel Determinants and Evaluate Programs Promoting Health Equity	0
Quality and Safety in Nursing: Recommendations From a Systematic Review	0
The Use of a Single Risk Assessment Tool for Mortality and Numerous Hospital-Acquired Conditions	0
Does Rounding Order Bias Discharge Efficiency? Predictors of Discharge Timing on an Academic Urology Service	0
Development of Quality Measures for Inpatient Diabetes Care and Education Specialists: A Call to Action	0
Applying the Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Initiative in a Novel Setting	0
Implementing a Robust Process Improvement Program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Reduce Harm	0
Increasing Hospital at Home Enrollment Through Decentralization With Agile Science	0
Patient Characteristics Associated With Missed Appointments in Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics	0
Increasing Hepatitis C Screening in a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative	0
Methods of Capturing Process Outcomes in Quality Improvement Trials: A Systematic Review	0
Enhancing Residents' Warmth in Greeting Caregivers: An Inpatient Intervention to Improve Family-Centered Communication	0
Applying the Value Transformation Framework in Federally Qualified Health Centers to Increase Clinical Measures Performance	0
Practicing What We Teach: Increasing Inhaler Use for Mild Asthma in the Pediatric Emergency Department	0
Meta-Analysis of Medication Administration Errors in African Hospitals	0
Implementation of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure: A Quality Improvement Project	0
Impact of Collaborative Leadership, Workplace Social Capital, and Interprofessional Collaboration Practice on Patient Safety Climate	0
Implementing a Discharge Follow-up Phone Call Program Reduces Readmission Rates in an Integrated Health System	0
Comparison of Clinical, Economic, and Humanistic Outcomes Between Blood Collection Approaches: A Systematic Literature Review	0
Improving Utilization of a Nursing-Initiated Supportive Medication Order Panel in the Inpatient Setting	0
Implementation of an Evidence-Based Treatment Protocol and Order Set for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome	0
Using Quality Improvement for Refining Program Materials for Exercise Promotion in Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care	0
Preventing Postoperative Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression Through Implementation of an Enhanced Monitoring Program	0
Development of Quality Measures for Pediatric Agitation Management in the Emergency Department	0
Development of Diagnostic Quality Metrics for Prosthetic Joint Infection	0
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From Community Health Center Clinicians	0
Factors Associated With Nasogastric Tube Placement-Related Complications in a Single Academic Medical Center	0
Diagnostic Accuracy of a Trauma Risk Assessment Tool Among Geriatric Patients With Crash Injuries	0
A Note from the Editor-in-Chief	0
Characterization of Emergency Department Quality Assurance Cases Seen Within a Midwestern United States Health System	0
Quality Measurement and Patient Outcomes in Inpatient Behavioral Health: Assessing the Current Framework	0
Using Broken Windows Theory to Examine Flow Disruptions in Surgical Care: A Multispecialty Comparison	0
Multicenter Study of Needle-Free Blood Collection System for Reducing Specimen Error and Intravenous Catheter Replacement	0
Iron Deficiency Among Hospitalized Patients With Congestive Heart Failure	0
What are Effective Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Care? An Analysis of 121 Randomized Deimplementation Studies	0
Implementation and Assessment of a Proning Protocol for Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19	0
Optimizing Recognition and Management of Patients at Risk for Infection-Related Decompensation Through Team-Based Decision Making	0
Pay-for-Performance in the Massachusetts Medicaid Delivery System Transformation Initiative	0
Implementation of Patient Safety Structures and Processes in the Patient-Centered Medical Home	0
Initiative to Improve Postintubation Sedation in a Pediatric Emergency Department	0
Leveraging Ethnic Backgrounds to Improve Collection of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data	0
Team-Based Care Model Improves Timely Access to Care and Patient Satisfaction in General Cardiology	0