OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Medical Quality is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Stronger: The 2022 Vizient Connections Summit Report	35
Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Curriculum for Combined Medicine Subspecialty Fellows	20
Hematologic Malignancy Episodes Exceed Target Price in Oncology Care Model	18
Lessons Learned: Building a Comprehensive Telehealth Quality Program	18
The Emerging Value-Based Care Industry: Paving the Road Ahead	16
Osteoporosis Screening for Male Veterans in a Resident Based Primary Care Clinic at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center	15
Lessons Learned From Rapid Deployment of 100% Mortality Review for Patients With COVID-19 Across a Health System	14
An Analysis of Exposure Keratopathy Cases to Promote Changes in Eye Care Practice in Intensive Care Units	13
Uncovering Latent Failures Using Human Factors Approach as a Diagnostic Tool for Quality Improvement in Orthopedic Surgery	12
From HRO to HERO	11
Why We Still Kill Patients	9
The Impact of a Novel Use of Volunteers on Patient Satisfaction	9
QI Consultation Service: Piloting a Novel Approach to Improving Quality Improvement Initiatives in an Academic Psychiatry Department	8
Improving Maternal Health Care Quality and Outcomes: Evaluation of a Pregnancy Medical Home	8
A New Metric to the Efficiency of the Ventilator Liberation Process	8
Demographics and Medical Comorbidities as Risk Factors for Increased Episode of Care Costs Following Lumbar Fusion in Medicare Patients	7
Advancing Measurement of the Sources and Consequences of Burnout in a Comprehensive Cancer Center	7
Perception of Ridesharing Among Veterans With Cardiovascular Diseases in the Era of the MISSION Act	7
Promoting Safe Gun Storage Among Veterans to Prevent and Reduce Gun-Related Suicide and Accidents: A VA Resident Clinic Pilot Initiative	6
Clinician Perceptions of Receiving Different Forms of Feedback on their Opioid Prescribing	5
Looking Ahead to the Future of ACMQ	5
Peer Support for Caregivers: An Acute Care Quality Improvement Initiative	5
The Real-World Foundation of Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age	5
A Quality Education	5
A Comprehensive Approach to Improvements in Interdepartmental Communication and Workflow Between IR and General Medicine	5

Ongoing Simulation-Based Procedural Practice	5
Quality Control for Spine Registries: Development and Application of a New Protocol	4
A Physician Conduct Improvement Program to Address Disruptive Behavior in a Health Care Setting	4
Evaluation of a New Hospital Building’s Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Consumer Experience in Medical Inpatients	4
Emergency Department Rapid Assessment of Obstetric Patients Improves Length of Stay	4
Improving Cancer Care Through Digital Health Coaching	4
Evolution and Evaluation of a Quality and Patient Safety Fellowship for Practicing Health Professionals	3
Developing a Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Emergency Department Length of Stay in a Large-Scale Hospital Under Routinized Prevention and Control of COVID-19	3
Improving Barriers to Timely Colonoscopies: A New Approach to Overcoming Gaps in Medical Care	3
Before-After Study of a Checklist to Improve Acute Care to ICU Handoffs	3
Implementing Self-Measured Blood Pressure in Primary Care: A Feasible and Systematic Approach	3
Book Review: The Journey’s End	3
“Together We Will Soar”: A Report on the 2023 Vizient Connections Summit	3
Lack of Standardized Coding Limits Accuracy of Electronic Clinical Quality Measure for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis	3
Independent Risk Factors for Less Than “Top Box” Doctor Communication Patient Experience Survey Scores in an Urban Teaching Hospital	3
Navigating the Code—How Revolutionary Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey by Barry P. Chaiken	2
A Learning Health System Approach to Hospital Quality Performance Benchmarking: The Composite Hospital Quality Index	2
How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing	2
The Institute for Health care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency	2
Resident-Driven Population Management to Improve Primary Care Statin and Blood Pressure Measures	2
Identification of Patient Safety Threats in a Post-Intensive Care Clinic	2
Evaluation of the Rothman Index in Predicting Readmission after Colorectal Resection	2
What’s New at ACMQ for 2022?	2
Reflections on 3 Years of Innovation: Recognizing the Need for Innovation Beyond the Clinical Care Pathway	2
Closing the Communication Gap: Assessing the Alignment Between UME and GME Competencies	2
A Resident-driven Quality Improvement Project to Increase Primary Care Follow-up after Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbation: Use of a Quality and Safety Award	2
Optimizing Utilization of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease in a VA Primary Care Clinic: An Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Project	2
Implementation of an Electronic Health Record Intervention to Improve Resident Documentation and Communication about Overnight Cross-Cover Events	2
IDEAL PICU Rounds: Improving Daily Efficiency by Applying Lean Principles	2
Physician Burnout and Medical Errors: Exploring the Relationship, Cost, and Solutions	2
Commentary: Modernizing Guidelines Development to Speed the Transfer of Science to Patient Care	2
Announcing Exciting New Developments at ACMQ	2
De-Implementation of Routine Vein Mapping to Increase Timely Referral for Dialysis Access	2
Integrating Social Drivers of Health into Hospital Ratings with Application to the 100 Top Hospitals Study	2
Use of Inpatient Subspecialty Consults Among Hospitalists	2
How Hospitalists in Training Are Improving Quality of Patient Care in Dutch Hospitals	1
A Novel Method to Improve the Identification of Time of Intubation for Retrospective EHR Data Analysis During a Time of Resource Strain, the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Patient Experience as a National Quality Metric	1
Structuring for Success: A Framework for Building a Cardiovascular Center of Excellence	1
Improving Parental Knowledge of Medically Complex Neonates Through Scheduled Conferences	1
The Clinical Learning Environment: Past, Present, and Future	1
Engaging GME Learners in Health System-Aligned Improvement Work in the Clinical Learning Environment	1
Standardizing Sepsis Patient Education: A Quality Improvement Process	1
The Effect of Individualized Surgeon Comparative Feedback on Arthroplasty Outcomes: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis	1
Integrating Physicians Into Lean Quality Improvement Through a Structured Educational Program	1
CDC’s Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age Lacks Real-World Context	1
The Use of a Checklist to Optimize Electrolyte Replacement in the ICU	1
Addressing Diuresis Delays in Heart Failure: An Electronic Health Record Intervention	1
Assessment and Optimization of Practices with Patients with Limited English Proficiency in an Urban Emergency Department	1
Achieving a High-Reliability Laboratory: Operational Strategies Designed to Promote Patient Safety and Heighten Quality in the Clinical Lab	1

Understanding Barriers and Assessing Education Intervention on Prescribing Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder	1
Increasing Influenza Vaccinations Within the Emergency Department of a Veterans Affairs Medical Center	1
A Century of Surgical Quality: Origins, Evolution, and Future Directions	1
Building a Real-Time Remote Patient Monitoring Patient Safety Program for COVID-19 Patients	1
Capturing the Patient Voice for Diabetes Eye Exams	1
Comparative Perspectives on Diagnostic Error Discussions Between Inpatient and Outpatient Pediatric Providers	1
National Documentation and Coding Practices of Noncompliance: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health and the Stigma of African-American Bias	1
A High-reliability Organization Mindset	1
Implementation of Quality Improvement System in a National Health System	1
Preventing Opioid-Related Toxicity at a Regional VA Medical Center: A Resident-Led Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project	1
The Way to Building Humanized Health Care	1
Building High-Performance Team Dynamics for Rapid Response Events in a US Tertiary Hospital: A Quality Improvement Model for Sustainable Process Change	1
Implementing Effective Care in a University Population Based on National Vaccination Recommendations	1
Discharge Disposition and Clinical Outcomes After Spine Surgery	1
A Financial and Operational Model Estimating the Value of Interprofessional Collaboration at a Large Academic Institution	1
The Healthcare Improvement and Innovation in Quality (THINQ) Collaborative: A Novel Quality Improvement Training Program for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students	1
Front-Line Health Care Workers’ COVID-19 Infection Contamination Risks: A Human Factors and Risk Analysis Study of Personal Protective Equipment	1
Quality Improvement Interventions to Enhance Physician Billing: A Systematic Review	1
Effect of ED Prompt on Improving Provider Documentation of Repeat Vital Signs in Children Presenting With Fever and Tachycardia	1
Transforming Safety Culture: A Systemwide High Reliability Approach to Preventing Serious Harm in Healthcare	1
Improving Provider Compliance with Recommended Lab Monitoring for Patients on Mood Stabilizers and Atypical Antipsychotics	1
Personality Predicts the Efficacy of a Physician Leadership Development Program	1
Implementation of a Standardized Alteplase Administration Algorithm to Improve Hemodialysis Adequacy	1
Leape’s Making Healthcare Safe: Both Invaluable and Incomplete	1
Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention Protocol at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: Utilizing a Mandatory Yale Swallow Protocol	1
Community-based, Hospital-Affiliated Medical Group Becomes a Successful Accountable Care Organization	1
Enhancing Sepsis Outcomes: A 7-Year Multidisciplinary Endeavor	1
Improving Delivery of Sepsis Care in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department	1
Performance of the Simplified HOSPITAL Score for Risk Assessment of Hospital Readmission in a Brazilian Tertiary Public Hospital	1