Quality Improvement

"Quality Improvement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.

Descriptor ID	D058996
MeSH Number(s)	J01.293.754 N04.761.744
Concept/Terms	Quality Improvement Quality Improvement Improvement, Quality Improvements, Quality Quality Improvements

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Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J01]
Engineering [J01.293]
Quality Improvement [J01.293.754]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Quality Improvement [N04.761.744]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality Improvement" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 318 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 39 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	1	0	1
2011	4	2	6
2012	3	7	10
2013	13	7	20
2014	16	15	31
2015	16	9	25
2016	21	13	34
2017	17	20	37
2018	13	26	39
2019	10	15	25
2020	16	10	26
2021	12	11	23
2022	3	6	9
2023	3	5	8
2024	11	10	21
2025	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles.

Podder SK, Doermann A, Ibrahim G, Bowen M, Koeneman SH, Schleider C, Shindle K, Cowan SW, Yeo CJ, Hanna N. Impact of Disease Etiology and Indication for Colectomy on Postoperative Outcomes: NSQIP Colectomy-Targeted Database Study. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Apr 01; 240(4):365-376.

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Baniel CC, Lichter KE, Frick MA, Wu J, Oladipo E, Wu YF, SwamyS A, Hsu IC, Prionas N, Blomain ES, Kidd EA, Buyyounouski MK, Rosenbluth G, Mohamad O, Bagshaw HP. The NorCal brachytherapy waste audit: A simple, validated, toolkit for clinician led waste reduction. Brachytherapy. 2025 Jul-Aug; 24(4):622-630.

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Podder S, Cowan S, Koeneman S, Pavis E, Park D, Schleider C, Shindle K, Bowen M, Johnson A. Resident-Driven Guideline to Reduce Iatrogenic Pneumothoraxes From Small-Bore Feeding Tubes: A Quality and Safety Improvement Project. Am J Med Qual. 2025 Jan-Feb 01; 40(1):8-14.

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Uramatsu M, Andoh Y, Kojima T, Mishima S, Takahashi M, Uchida K, Wada J, Oto T, Ishikawa T, Barach P, Fujisawa Y. Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital. Int J Qual Health Care. 2024 Dec 27; 36(4).

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Ali N, Aktaa S, Younsi T, Beska B, Batra G, Blackman DJ, James S, Ludman P, Mamas MA, Abdel-Wahab M, Borregaard B, Iung B, Joner M, Kunadian V, Modine T, Neylon A, Petronio AS, Pibarot P, Popescu BA, Sabat? M, Stortecky S, Teles RC, Treede H, Gale CP. European Society of Cardiology quality indicators for the care and outcomes of adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2024 Dec 19; 10(8):723-736.

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Moturu A, Coleman M, Mets C, Thompson V, Grant C, Ko CY, Saito JM, Berman L, Wakeman D. Identifying Quality Improvement Targets After Pediatric Gastrostomy Tube Insertion: A NSQIP-Pediatric Pilot Study. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Jun; 60(6):162107.

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Miller CJ, Boopathi A, Slovin SR, Gao Z, Maiden K, Ray M, Miller JM. Quality Initiative to Increase Early Initiation and Series Completion of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and its Impact on Health Disparities. Acad Pediatr. 2025 03; 25(2):102609.

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Fall F, Pace D, Brothers J, Jaszczyszyn D, Gong J, Purohit M, Sadacharam K, Lang RS, Berman L, Lin C, Reichard K. Utilization of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol in pediatric laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a quality improvement project. Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Nov 07; 40(1):297.

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Hwang B, Trawin J, Dzelamunyuy S, Wiens MO, Tagoola A, Businge S, Jabornisky R, Nwankwor O, Karlovich G, Oguonu T, Talla E, Novakowski SK, Fung JST, West N, Ansermino JM, Kissoon N. Assessment of Facility Readiness for Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Utilizing a 2-Phase Survey Conducted in Six Hospitals in Uganda and Cameroon: A Quality Improvement Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Feb 01; 41(2):94-103.

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Bapat R, Pearlman S. The role of QI collaboratives in neonatology. J Perinatol. 2025 Apr; 45(4):417-425.

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