Our aim was to improve infection control standards in a rural district hospital in Nepal using the PDSA cycle. Potential areas for improvement within infection control practice were first identified. Patient contacts and hand washing episodes were then recorded on the ward roun...
safety improvement in paediatric intensive care units (ICUs).Local problemTo reduce the rate of unplanned extubation in the paediatric ICU by 66% (from 2.02 to 0.7).MethodsThis is a quality improvement project that was conducted in a paediatric ICU of a private hospital at the quaternary level...
Quality improvement (QI) initiatives are integral to improving health care delivery in academic medical centers (AMCs), and evidence-based QI is the gold standard for the provision of safe and compassionate health care. Despite this, there is a lag in translating evidence into practice. This art...
The study was limited to one hospital, and generalising to the whole country might not be possible as different results may be obtained from other hospitals. 8. Recommendations Based on the findings of the drivers and the impediments of the implementation of quality improvement programmes at the ...
The growing adoption of continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives in healthcare has generated a surge in research interest to gain a deeper understanding of CQI. However, comprehensive evidence regarding the diverse facets of CQI in healthcare has
Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) are used extensively to implement quality improvement in healthcare, and current research is demonstrating positive yet varying evidence. To interpret the effectiveness results, it is necessary to illuminate the
Implementation of an emergency department virtual follow-up care process in a community-based hospital: a quality improvement initiative El-Zammar, Diala;Johal, Raj;Eng, Janice;Schulz, Tiffany 2022BMJ Open Quality doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001782pmid:35410950 ...
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Construction of a questionnaire measuring outpatients' opinion of quality of hospital consultation departments Isabelle Gasquet*1,2, Sylvie Villeminot2, Carla Estaquio2, Pierre Durieux3, Philippe Ravaud4 and Bruno Falissard2 ...
“There was good participation with an aspect of reality on the ground. Sharing ideas and progress. But it also helped not to relax on the project but put an extra effort” 3.4. Conducting quality improvement projects Although the success of the course was not designed to be measured by the...
Odendaal, W., Chetty, T., Tomlinson, M.et al.“If you work alone on this project, you can’t reach your target”: unpacking the leader’s role in well-performing teams in a maternal and neonatal quality improvement programme in South Africa, before and during COVID-19.BMC Health Serv...