International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Article	Citations
Quality certifications in Andalusian primary care: current status, barriers, and facilitators	27
Health system performance assessment: embedding resilience through performance intelligence	23
Developing and validating a Global Trigger Tool for assessing frequency, level of harm, and preventability of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients units	23
Portuguese Abstracts	22
Addressing wounded healers’ burnout and moral distress: starts and ends with integrity	21
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	19
Implementation of regional Acute Stroke Care Map increases thrombolysis rates in urban areas of China: an interrupted time series analysis	18
It’s time to protect nursing students from workplace violence	17
Dying in hospital: a retrospective medical record analysis on care in the dying phase in intensive care units and general wards	16
Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare contacts, quality of care, and social disparities across essential healthcare domains	16
Cost-related medication nonadherence in adults with hypertension in the USA: implications for healthcare quality	14
Adapting lean management to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a low-cost strategy involving Kamishibai cards to sustain bundles’ compliance	14
Patient Safety and Quality Implications of Large Language Model Use in Healthcare: A Risk-Stratified Assessment of AI-Assisted Medical Consultations	14
An analysis of complaints about hospital care in the Republic of Ireland	14
Coproducing data-driven organizational safety with patients: development and cognitive testing of a multisetting patient-reported safety concern tool	14
The future of global graduate training in quality improvement and patient safety	13
The impact of hospital command centre on patient flow and data quality: findings from the UK National Health Service	13
Correction to: Pilot testing of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry	12
Quality of care for newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study	12
Multidisciplinary perspectives on roles of hospital pharmacists in tertiary settings: a qualitative study	12
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 4, 2023	12
Characteristics of Paediatric Patients Requiring Rapid Response System Activations	11
Impact of pay-for-performance program on postoperative infection and revision risk in diabetic patients with hip replacement: a Taiwanese Cohort Study	11
Design and validation of indicators for the comprehensive measurement of quality of care for type 2 diabetes and acute respiratory infections in ambulatory health services	10
Epidemiology of falls in 25 Australian residential aged care facilities: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study using routinely collected data	10

Time to review reflective practice?	10
Advancing quality in low human development index scoring countries; the need for standardized and shared quality measurement and reporting	9
Optimizing neurosurgery clinic operations: a comparative study of interventions in Finland’s public healthcare system	9
Optimizing Goals of Care research in general medicine: a multifaceted problem	9
Placing patient safety at the heart of value-based healthcare	9
Careggi Re-Engineered Discharge project: standardize discharge and improve care coordination between healthcare professionals	9
Understanding what it will take to sustain improvement in healthcare	9
Investigating drivers of telecare acceptance to improve healthcare quality for independently living older adults	9
Improving therapeutic engagement and observations on inpatient mental health wards in the English National Health Service: lessons from using quality improvement to scale up interventions	9
Practice patterns and survival outcomes for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: real-life experience in a general population setting	9
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the Taiwan Clinical Performance Indicator	9
Equity in universal health coverage: do individuals with disabilities benefit equally?	9
Reviewing the validity of existing measures of emergency physician workload—a scoping review	9
‘Low-value’ clinical care in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis of low-value care in early-career GPs’ practice	8
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 3, 2021	8
Outcomes of completed quality activities in an Australian tertiary hospital, 2015–2019	8
Comparing continuity of care before and after disability registration: a retrospective cohort study	8
Continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of barriers and opportunities for care improvement	7
Cluster randomized controlled trial: A matter of independence	7
Association between patient choice of provider and patient-reported experience	7
How should medical society face patient feedback in online review platforms?	7
The maturity of lean management in a large academic medical center in Finland: a qualitative study	7
Effects of a team Quality Improvement method in a national clinical audit programme of four clinical specialties in Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia	7
Sequential risk and impact analyses in securing chemotherapy circuit through traceability digitalization and RFID technology implementation	7
Rethinking Gender and Complaints in Obstetric and Gynecologic Care: A Medical Systems Analysis	7
Predictive values of trigger tools for identifying adverse events in hospitalized patients using a medical record review: a systematic review	7
Impact of the physical therapy–managed spinal orthoses program on cost of care in the hospital setting: a retrospective interrupted time-series study	7
Patient complaints differ for male and female obstetrician-gynecologists: an exploration of 20 years of complaints data in Alberta, Canada	7
Barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies to implement ‘patient’s own medication’ and ‘self-administration of medication’ in hospitals	7
Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals	7
Improving patient safety governance and systems through learning from successes and failures: qualitative surveys and interviews with international experts	7
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 1, 2023	6
Using guideline-based clinical decision support in oncological multidisciplinary team meetings: A prospective, multicenter concordance study	6
Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital	6
From Readiness to Results: Clinical Audit as a Strategic Tool for Quality Health Care in Nepal	6
Using patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures to elevate the quality of healthcare	6
Developing quality measures for non-pharmacological prevention and rehabilitation in primary health care for chronic conditions: a consensus study	6
Systematic recording and discussion of intraoperative adverse events using ClassIntra: results of a qualitative context analysis before implementation	6
The effect of applying telehealth education to home care of infants after congenital heart disease surgery	6
From innovation to influence: publishing quality improvement projects—key issues to address to enable successful publishing	6
Clinical resilience: toward a unified definition	6
Promoting human rights-based deinstitutionalization in Lithuania by applying the World Health Organization’s QualityRights Assessments	6
Assessing surgical non-technical skills: a paradigm shift for improved patient care and outcomes	6
Barriers and facilitators to disseminating quality improvement and patient safety research: a scoping review	6
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Driving Better Outcomes and Efficiency	6
Training the next generation of journal editors: The case for editorial apprenticeship programmes	6
Hospital accreditation: an umbrella review	5
Delayed discharges at a tertiary rehabilitation centre in Saudi Arabia: contributing factors and cost impact	5
Safety rounds as a strategy for continuous quality and safety improvement in healthcare processes	5
Challenges around the quality of care provided during the last days of life	5

French Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 1, 2022	5
Identification of key factors influencing patient satisfaction for practical prioritization in healthcare settings: a nationwide survey analysis	5
Resilience and regulation—antithesis or a smart combination for future healthcare service improvement?	5
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021	5
Availability of Six Sigma trials for quality improvement in healthcare: an emerging challenge	5
Transforming Emergency Care: Lessons from Innovations Beyond Healthcare	5
Governance and management in healthcare organizations: their different roles in driving safety and quality	5
Promoting holistic and inclusive care for women: a call for updated health policies	5
Physician assistant legalization and conflicts in South Korea: need for an approach based on lessons from three countries	5
Nosocomial COVID: the moral and clinical imperative for worldwide data collection and action	5
Implementing a screening algorithm for early recognition of sepsis in hospitalized children: a quality improvement project	5
Reduction in use of MRI and arthroscopy among patients with degenerative knee disease in independent treatment centers versus general hospitals: a time series analysis	5
French Abstract for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	4
Use and de-implementation of fecal occult blood tests in the acute care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Freezing while preserving achievements: suspending quality indicators in healthcare, Israel’s experience	4
Finding space for kindness: public protection and health professional regulation	4
Next Generation Accreditation in Healthcare: The Role of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence	4
Quality improvement and workplace wellbeing capacity and capability in Aotearoa New Zealand emergency departments. A nationwide mixed methods survey	4
Look-alike, sound-alike medication perioperative incidents in a regional Australian hospital: assessment using a novel medication safety culture assessment tool	4
Barriers and breakthroughs: policy reflections on healthcare for persons with disability in the Philippines	4
Knowledge dissemination: essential work in quality and safety innovation	4
Factors associated with the utilization of home hospice care at end-of-life in patients with cancer: a nationwide analysis	4
Effects of gait adaptation training on augmented reality treadmill for patients with stroke in community ambulation	4
Reform of mental health systems: what does the future look like and how to get there?	4
Accelerating improvement: The Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative data timeliness project	4
Did the introduction of an electronic booking form for elective caesarean section improve compliance with guidelines for gestational age at delivery?	4
Bridging Structural Gaps in Non-communicable Diseases Care: The Expanding Role of Private Providers in Vietnam’s health mixed system	4
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 2, 2022	4
Barriers and facilitators to the use of virtual wards: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence	4
International research priorities for integrated care and cross-boundary working: an electronic Delphi study	4
How personnel diversity and affective bonds affect performance-based financing: a moderator analysis of a difference-in-difference estimator	4
Measuring quality of care for universal health coverage in the Western Pacific	4
Sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Liberia and Ghana: a cross-sectional survey	4
Comparative analysis of routine clinical debriefings and incident reports: insights for patient safety and teamwork enhancement	4
Advancing quality management in the medical devices industry: strategies for effective ISO 13485 implementation	4
Development of the National Strategy for Quality of Care and Patient Safety for Greece: Co-creation process and lessons learnt	3
Modelling the effect of COVID-19 mass vaccination on acute hospital admissions	3
A simulation study on the association of HRO communication patterns and surgical team performance	3
Patient safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: how can we do better?	3
Developing clinical care programs: Experience from a Colombian clinical center	3
Navigating the complex terrain of patient safety: challenges, strategies, and the importance of ongoing evaluation and knowledge sharing	3
Some important principles for implementing lean management in healthcare organizations	3
Implementation and outcomes of a statewide TBI screening program for underserved populations	3
Effect of China’s long-term care insurance on health outcomes of older disabled people: role of institutional care	3
Why Patients Still Turn to Google: Cross-National Comparison of Physician Review Use and Its Implications for Quality Disclosure in Taiwan	3
Interpreting the lived experiences of home caregivers in the families of patients with COVID-19 in Iran: a phenomenological study	3
Addressing the challenge of reducing low-value care	3
“Controlling nosocomial transmission of respiratory infections in neurological wards: insights from COVID-19 pandemic data—a critical appraisal”	3
Why patient safety is akin to weaving textiles: an International Society for Quality in Health Care perspective on the 7th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety 2025	3
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations and associated factors among older people in French Guiana using the French National Health Data System	3
Impact of a clinical encounter time protection program on pain management: a retrospective difference-in-difference study	3
Can guidelines rein in oxygen use? A retrospective cross-sectional study using routinely collected data	3
Developing online medical service quality indicators in China from the perspective of online and offline integration: a modified Delphi–analytic hierarchy process study	3
The accuracy of the Global Trigger Tool is higher for the identification of adverse events of greater harm: a diagnostic test study	3
In Good Hands: exploring patient safety in the Philippines	3
The utility of website-based quality improvement tools for health professionals: a systematic review	3
Patient experience and nurse staffing level in South Korea	3
Predicting non-response in patient-reported outcome measures: results from the Swiss quality assurance programme in cardiac inpatient rehabilitation	3
COVID-19 response: a perspective from Pakistan	3
Improving the quality of hospital sterilization process using failure modes and effects analysis, fuzzy logic, and machine learning: experience in tertiary dental centre	3
The second victim phenomenon: comprehensive support and systemic change in healthcare	3
Development and Validation of a Quality Indicator System for Outpatient Service in Shenzhen, China	3
Effects of an educational intervention for rational cardiac enzyme requisitions in critically ill patients: a pre–post intervention study	3
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 2, 2021	3
The double use of PROMs to improve patient–provider communication and to compare providers: a potential conflict?	3
Examining the joint effect of clinical quality, meaningful use of HIT and patient–caregiver interaction on mortality rates in US acute care hospitals	3
Controlling nosocomial transmission of respiratory infections in neurological wards: insights from COVID-19 pandemic data	3
Measuring shared decision-making in younger and older adults with depression	2
Patient-reported outcome measures in mental health clinical research: a descriptive review in comparison with clinician-rated outcome measures	2
Adherence to evidence-based guidelines for prevention of urinary retention in hip surgery patients: a multicentre observational study	2
French Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 3, 2021	2
Case management in emergency care: impact evaluation of the CARED Program	2
Anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian healthcare: a scoping review of the literature	2
Underreporting of adverse events to health authorities by healthcare professionals: a red flag-raising descriptive study	2
Words in action: centering the patient voice to achieve an efficient and compassionate healthcare system	2
Creating transformative change in the disabilities field: promoting both bottom-up and top-down inclusion through the UNCRPD and QualityRights Toolkit	2
Satisfaction with healthcare services in Dubai: findings from the 2023 Household Survey	2
The Impact of Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation on Quality of Life and Hospital Stay in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Prospective Study in Jordan	2
Do not blame the organizational culture for poor performance	2
Associations of hospital unit occupancy with inpatient falls and fall-risk assessment completion: a retrospective cohort study	2

A quality assurance initiative on improving cefazolin perioperative redose compliance	2
A prospective randomized controlled study of the effect of standardized nursing intervention for cancer pain on the quality of life of patients	2
Discharge to post–acute care and other predictors of prolonged length of stay during the initial COVID-19 surge: a single site analysis	2
Development and validation of trigger tool for multimorbid patients. (MUPETT—MUltimorbid Patients—Estonian Trigger Tool). A mixed-methods study	2
Burden of ischemic stroke in mainland China and Taiwan province from 1990 to 2019: with forecast for the next 11 years	2
Patient- and family-centred care transition interventions for adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs	2
Toward integrated risk management of patient falls and patient-assisted injuries: Four indicators to support a joint approach	2
Applying models of co-production in the context of health and well-being. A narrative review to guide future practice	2
The development of indicators to measure the quality of care in geriatric rehabilitation	2
Reducing medication-related harm	2
Scaling up quality in an anesthesia practice	2
Enhancing outpatient layouts and services in tertiary hospitals: innovations for elderly-friendly care	2
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 2, 2022	2
International approaches for implementing accreditation programmes in different healthcare facilities: a comparative case study in Australia, Botswana, Denmark, and Jordan	2
Pilot testing of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry	2
Combining failure modes and effects analysis and cause–effect analysis: a novel method of risk analysis to reduce anaphylaxis due to contrast media	2
Safeguarding quality of care in active conflict: priority issues and interventions in Sudan	2
Clinical indicators to monitor health care in low back pain: a scoping review	2
Toward a greener healthcare: unveiling the carbon costs of dialysis in China and the path to sustainability	2
A white paper to guide patient safety strategies at the facility level	1
Is primary care a patient-safe setting? Prevalence, severity, nature, and causes of adverse events: numerous and mostly avoidable	1
Control charts in healthcare quality monitoring: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis	1
Care in the future—reconciling health system and individual resilience	1
Factors associated with harm in reported patient safety incidents and characteristics during health screenings in Korea: a secondary data analysis	1
An invitation for contributions to a themed issue on artificial intelligence and safety and quality in health care	1
Effect of integrated medicines management on quality of discharge medication information—a secondary endpoint in a randomized controlled trial	1
Correction to: Is primary care a patient-safe setting? Prevalence, severity, nature, and causes of adverse events: numerous and mostly avoidable	1
Evaluating the implementation and use of patient-reported outcome measures in a mental health hospital in Denmark: a qualitative study	1
A Review of the Sterile Processing Department’s Reprocessing of Surgical Instruments	1
Attitude toward perioperative safety among operation room clinicians at Ethiopian University Hospital	1
Multisector collaborations at children’s hospitals to address social drivers of health	1
Psychological safety, job satisfaction, and the intention to leave among German early-career physicians	1
Process reengineering using DMAIC framework for reduction of waiting time in daycare infusion therapy for better patient experience	1
Application of DRGs in hospital medical record management and its impact on service quality	1
Correction to: Use of wireless geographic locating system to improve medical equipment utilization and medical quality	1
Diagnostic performance of a newly launched Canadian fast-track ultrasound clinic by rheumatologists for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis	1
Crossover of the patient satisfaction surveys, adverse events and patient complaints for continuous improvement in radiotherapy department	1
Leveraging collaborative learning for improved heart failure care: insights from Argentina	1
EPERCAS study (Strategies for Preventing Medication Administration Errors in Nursing Homes). Preparation of a list of strategies to prevent the most frequent medication administration errors in the re	1
French abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 3, 2023	1
What does the future of quality improvement look like?	1
Abdominal surgical trajectories associated with failure to rescue. A nationwide analysis	1
French Abstract for Volume 34, Issue 4, 2022	1
Improving care safety by characterizing task interruptions during interactions between healthcare professionals: an observational study	1
Co-worker unprofessional behaviour and patient safety risks: an analysis of co-worker reports across eight Australian hospitals	1
Benefit of linking hospital resource information and patient-level stroke registry data	1
A unified approach assessing Hospitals’ Quality and Patient Safety Compliance at organizational and national level using an evidence-based Mapping Tool	1
The impact of outsourcing bed-based aged care services on quality of care: A multisite observational study	1
The impact of elective surgery postponement during COVID-19 on emergency bellwether procedures in a large tertiary centre in Singapore	1
Correction to: Effects of early palliative care intervention on medical resource use among end-of-life patients	1
The influence mechanism analysis of family doctor team effectiveness: a mixed-method approach	1
Improving compliance with personal protective equipment among anaesthetists through behaviour-changing interventions during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic	1
Public expectations on regulatory requirements for the management of hospital ‘never events’ in Germany	1
Implementation remains the biggest challenge to the effective use of PROMs and PREMs, so what can we do about it?	1
Risk identification and prediction of complaints and misconduct against health practitioners: a scoping review	1
Prioritizing patient satisfaction: a strategic analysis and its relevance to the philippines	1
The cost of a first and second hospital-wide accreditation in Flanders, Belgium	1
Rebooting effective clinical supervision practices to support healthcare workers through and following the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Intravenous iron staining: real-world incidence, preventability, and mitigation tools from a long-term quality improvement project	1
Development and validation of a patient satisfaction survey for pharmaceutical service at primary care settings	1
Reducing last-minute cancellations of elective urological surgery—effectiveness of specialist nurse preoperative assessment	1
Documentation quality of patient-directed discharge and early warning interactions in an adult inpatient service	1
Accreditation and clinical outcomes: shorter length of stay after first-time hospital accreditation in the Faroe Islands	1
Multiple case study of processes used by hospitals to select performance indicators: do they align with best practices?	1
Holding up the crystal ball: using regulatory intelligence insights to support quality in healthcare	1
Protocols for ischaemic stroke in Flemish hospitals: correlation between availability and content versus adherence	1
Health system resilience, accreditation, high-quality care, and continuous quality improvement: what is the destination and how do we get there?	1
Exploring the relation between clinician ratings and patient-reported experience and outcomes	1
Temporal dynamics of patient complaints in new hospitals: a dynamic time warping and impulse response function analysis of the South Korean healthcare system	1
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 32, Issue 7, 2020	1
Monitoring for adverse drug events of high-risk medications with a computerized clinical decision support system: a prospective cohort study	1
General Practice Organisational Models and Heart Failure Medication Adherence: Multi-Level Evidence from A Regional Cohort in Emilia-Romagna, Italy	1
‘The big value of it is getting the patient seen by the right person at the right time’: clinician perceptions of the value of allied health primary contact models of care	1
Optimizing warfarin and dual oral anticoagulation practices in an academic clinic during a merger amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a marginalized population	1
Outcomes among patients admitted for non-ST-segment myocardial infarction in the pre-pandemic and pandemic COVID-19 era: Israel Nationwide study	1
Portuguese Abstracts, Volume 36, Issue 1, 2024	1
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 31, Issue 10, 2019	1
Embracing multiple aims in healthcare improvement and innovation	1
Factors that influence the implementation of quality improvement programmes	1
The attitudes of hospital directors towards normalising accreditation standards: A qualitative descriptive study for Saudi Arabia	1
Health conditions that impact fitness-to-practice in physicians: a scoping review	1
Prevalence and determinants of defensive medicine among physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Factors associated with having home care physicians as an integrated source of medications for chronic conditions among homebound patients	1
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 4, 2022	1
Best practice: quality assessment outcomes of the Practice Enhancement Program among family physicians in Saskatchewan, Canada	1
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 2, 2023	1
Integration of persistence in the 5P-medicine approach for age-related chronic diseases	1
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic early response measures on myocardial infarctions and acute cardiac care in Singapore	1
French abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 2, 2023	1
Improving primary care through multidisciplinary teamwork: possibilities and challenges	1
Reporting patient experiences within elective perioperative care: a scoping review	1
The cost of dispensing errors in Iranian health system: a retrospective evaluation	1
Patient-centered care: the North Star to guide us during uncertainty into a better day	1
A qualitative study exploring patient shadowing as a method to improve patient-centred care: 10 principles for a new gold standard	1
Nurses’ perception of medication administration errors and factors associated with their reporting in the neonatal intensive care unit	1