"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.
The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D058996
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.293.754 N04.761.744
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Improvement- Quality Improvement
- Improvement, Quality
- Improvements, Quality
- Quality Improvements
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2012 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2014 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2015 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| 2016 | 24 | 11 | 35 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2018 | 9 | 26 | 35 |
| 2019 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 2020 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| 2021 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles.
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Shim EH, Ghodasara SK, Roskam JS, Gaccione AG, DiFazio LT, Lombardo G, Nemeth ZH. Effects of COVID-19 Status on Hip Fracture Surgical Outcomes: An ACS NSQIP Study. J Trauma Nurs. 2024 May-Jun 01; 31(3):123-128.
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Mingo SR, Wolf ZR. Academic program enhancement supporting the success of undergraduate nursing students and graduates. J Prof Nurs. 2024 Jul-Aug; 53:8-15.
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Simhal RK, Wang KR, Purcell C, Shah YB, Chung PH. Perioperative risk predictors for gender affirming surgery in the NSQIP database. Can J Urol. 2024 Apr; 31(2):11826-11833.
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Iroz CB, Ramaswamy R, Bhutta ZA, Barach P. Quality improvement in public-private partnerships in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Mar 13; 24(1):332.
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van der Wees PJ, Balog EJ, Irrgang JJ, Zeleznik H, McDonald PL, Harwood KJ. Using feedback on patient health outcomes to improve orthopaedic physical therapist practice: a quality improvement study. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 03 01; 13(1).
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Edgar L, Hogan SO, Yamazaki K, Nasca TJ, Holmboe ES. Systems-Based Practice 20 Years On: Navigating the System for Better Care. Acad Med. 2024 Apr 01; 99(4):351-356.
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Geiger KW, Carender CN, Feuchtenberger BW, Den Hartog TJ, DeMik DE, Elkins JM. Discordance in Published 30-Day Readmission Rates Following Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Versus the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). Iowa Orthop J. 2024; 44(1):59-62.
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Pace D, Mack SJ, Sadacharam K, Lang RS, Burke B, Fishlock K, Berman L. Implementation of a quadratus lumborum regional block protocol with assessment of effectiveness for patients with appendicitis: a quality improvement project. Pediatr Surg Int. 2023 Sep 07; 39(1):267.
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Hill SS, Ottaviano KE, Palange DC, Chismark AD, Valerian BT, Canete JJ, Lee EC. Impact of Preoperative Factors in Patients With IBD on Postoperative Length of Stay: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Analysis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Jan 01; 67(1):97-106.
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Devlin CA, Smeltzer SC, Yost J. Patient Smoking Status and Postoperative Outcomes: An Integrative Literature Review of Studies Using the ACS NSQIP Data Set. AORN J. 2023 02; 117(2):109-120.