Rationale, aims and objectives Quality indicators (QI s) derived from the review of medical
records, administrative databases, and patient questionnaires and interviews have been …

Objective To identify valid and feasible quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis
(OA). Design Systematic review and narrative synthesis. Data sources Electronic reference …

OBJECTIVES: To update and increase the comprehensiveness of the Assessing Care of
Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) set of process‐of‐care quality indicators (QIs) for the medical …

Introduction: This study aims to assess the correlation of the age-adjusted Charlson
comorbidity index (ACCI) with 5-year mortality in a surgically treated hip fracture population …

Due to increasing demand for healthcare, medical quality has attracted significant attention
in recent years. Most studies to date have tried to assess medical quality from objective …

Background Electronic health records (EHR) are increasingly being adopted by healthcare
systems worldwide. In France, the “Hôpital numérique 2012–2017” program was …

Purpose The commencement of quality-improvement initiatives such as Pay for Performance
and the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement has underscored calls to …

Making performance indicators work: experiences of US Veterans Health Administration | The
BMJ Skip to main content Intended for healthcare professionals Access provided by Google …

The Department of Defense (DoD) has been one of the leaders in actions to improve
teamwork, which it has pursued with the goal of achieving safer care and reducing adverse …

Background: Quality improvement programs that allow physicians to document medical
reasons for deviating from guidelines preserve clinicians' judgment while enabling them to …