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March 20, 2019

Original research
Standardising hospitalist practice in sepsis and COPD care

Steven Bergmann, Mary Tran, Kathryn Robison, Christine Fanning, Simran Sedani, Janet Ready, Kelly Conklin, Diana Tamondong-Lachica, David Paculdo, John Peabody

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008829
Original research
Robot for health data acquisition among older adults: a pilot randomised controlled cross-over trial

Roel Boumans, Fokke van Meulen, Koen Hindriks, Mark Neerincx, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008977

March 18, 2019

Original research
Variation in use and outcomes related to midline catheters: results from a multicentre pilot study

Vineet Chopra, Scott Kaatz, Lakshmi Swaminathan, Tanya Boldenow, Ashley Snyder, Rachel Burris, Steve J Bernstein, Scott Flanders

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008554
Original research
Evolving quality improvement support strategies to improve Plan–Do–Study–Act cycle fidelity: a retrospective mixed-methods study

Chris McNicholas, Laura Lennox, Thomas Woodcock, Derek Bell, Julie E Reed

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007605
Editorial
Measuring outcomes in quality improvement education: success is in the eye of the beholder
Free

Jennifer S Myers, Brian M Wong

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008305

March 15, 2019

Original research
Bending the cost curve: time series analysis of a value transformation programme at an academic medical centre

Steven C Chatfield, Frank M Volpicelli, Nicole M Adler, Kunhee Lucy Kim, Simon A Jones, Fritz Francois, Paresh C Shah, Robert A Press, Leora I Horwitz

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009068
Research and Reporting Methodology
Reinvigorating stagnant science: implementation laboratories and a meta-laboratory to efficiently advance the science of audit and feedback

JM Grimshaw, Noah Ivers, Stefanie Linklater, Robbie Foy, Jill J Francis, Wouter T Gude, Sylvia J Hysong on behalf of the Audit and Feedback MetaLab

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008355

March 14, 2019

Quality improvement report
Electronic health record-based clinical decision support alert for severe sepsis: a randomised evaluation

Norman Lance Downing, Joshua Rolnick, Sarah F Poole, Evan Hall, Alexander J Wessels, Paul Heidenreich, Lisa Shieh

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008765

March 13, 2019

Original article
Relationship between nursing home quality indicators and potentially preventable hospitalisation

Dongjuan Xu, Robert Kane, Greg Arling

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008924

March 07, 2019

Editorial
Are increases in emergency use and hospitalisation always a bad thing? Reflections on unintended consequences and apparent backfires
Free

Kaveh G Shojania

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009406
Original research
Development and performance evaluation of the Medicines Optimisation Assessment Tool (MOAT): a prognostic model to target hospital pharmacists’ input to prevent medication-related problems

Cathy Geeson, Li Wei, Bryony Dean Franklin

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008335

March 06, 2019

Quality & Safety in the Literature
Quality & safety in the literature: May 2019

Nathan Houchens, Ashwin Gupta, Jennifer Meddings

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009401

March 01, 2019

Viewpoint
Motivating and engaging frontline providers in measuring and improving team clinical performance

Sylvia J Hysong, Joseph Francis, Laura A Petersen

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008856

February 28, 2019

Editorial
Ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: their potential uses and limitations
Free

Karen Hodgson, Sarah R Deeny, Adam Steventon

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008820

February 16, 2019

Original research
Use of a maternal newborn audit and feedback system in Ontario: a collective case study

Jessica Reszel, Sandra I Dunn, Ann E Sprague, Ian D Graham, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Wendy E Peterson, Holly Ockenden, Jodi Wilding, Ashley Quosdorf, Elizabeth K Darling, Deshayne B Fell, JoAnn Harrold, Andrea Lanes, Graeme N Smith, Monica Taljaard, Deborah Weiss, Mark C Walker

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008354

February 13, 2019

Original research
A qualitative positive deviance study to explore exceptionally safe care on medical wards for older people

Ruth Baxter, Natalie Taylor, Ian Kellar, Rebecca Lawton

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008023
Quality improvement report
MRI for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: simplifying complexity with a ‘one-stop’ service model

Anish N Bhuva, Patricia Feuchter, Angela Hawkins, Lizette Cash, Redha Boubertakh, Jane Evanson, Richard Schilling, Martin Lowe, James C Moon, Charlotte H Manisty

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009079

February 06, 2019

Original research
Are more experienced clinicians better able to tolerate uncertainty and manage risks? A vignette study of doctors in three NHS emergency departments in England

Rebecca Lawton, Olivia Robinson, Rebecca Harrison, Suzanne Mason, Mark Conner, Brad Wilson

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008390
Editorial
Bridging the gap between uncertainty, confidence and diagnostic accuracy: calibration is key
Free

Laura Zwaan, Wolf E Hautz

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009078

February 04, 2019

Original research
Decisions and repercussions of second victim experiences for mothers in medicine (SAVE DR MoM)

Kiran Gupta, Sarah Lisker, Natalie A Rivadeneira, Christina Mangurian, Eleni Linos, Urmimala Sarkar

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008372

January 25, 2019

Original research
Patient-reported complications related to peripherally inserted central catheters: a multicentre prospective cohort study

Sarah L Krein, Sanjay Saint, Barbara W Trautner, Latoya Kuhn, John Colozzi, David Ratz, Erica Lescinskas, Vineet Chopra

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008726

January 12, 2019

Original research
Variation in the delivery of telephone advice by emergency medical services: a qualitative study in three services

Rachel O'Hara, Lindsey Bishop-Edwards, Emma Knowles, Alicia O'Cathain

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008330
Original research
Characterising ICU–ward handoffs at three academic medical centres: process and perceptions

Lekshmi Santhosh, Patrick G Lyons, Juan C Rojas, Thomas M Ciesielski, Shire Beach, Jeanne M Farnan, Vineet Arora

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008328

December 14, 2018

Short report
Physician characteristics associated with patient experience scores: implications for adjusting public reporting of individual physician scores

Kathryn Elizabeth Engelhardt, Richard S Matulewicz, John O DeLancey, Ryan P Merkow, Christopher M Quinn, Lindsey Kreutzer, Karl Y Bilimoria

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008346

December 08, 2018

Original research
Patterns of performance and improvement in US Medicare’s Hospital Star Ratings, 2016–2017

Paula Chatterjee, Karen Joynt Maddox

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008384

December 06, 2018

Special article
Ten tips for advancing a culture of improvement in primary care

Tara Kiran, Noor Ramji, Mary Beth Derocher, Rajesh Girdhari, Samantha Davie, Margarita Lam-Antoniades

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008451

December 04, 2018

Original research
Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective longitudinal cohort study

Peter Griffiths, Antonello Maruotti, Alejandra Recio Saucedo, Oliver C Redfern, Jane E Ball, Jim Briggs, Chiara Dall'Ora, Paul E Schmidt, Gary B Smith On behalf of Missed Care Study Group

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043

November 22, 2018

Editorial
Optimising detection and prevention of prosthetic joint infections
Free

Christopher Kandel, Nick Daneman

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009070
Book review
Writing to improve healthcare: tips for authors (book review)

Jennifer S Myers, Greg Ogrinc

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009058

November 21, 2018

Original research
Using a 10-step framework to support the implementation of an evidence-based clinical pathways programme

Emilia J Flores, Nikhil K Mull, Julia G Lavenberg, Matthew D Mitchell, Brian F Leas, Austin Williams, Patrick J Brennan, Craig A Umscheid

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008454

November 19, 2018

Original research
Effect of two behavioural ‘nudging’ interventions on management decisions for low back pain: a randomised vignette-based study in general practitioners

Jason Soon, Adrian C Traeger, Adam G. Elshaug, Erin Cvejic, Chris G Maher, Jenny A Doust, Stephanie Mathieson, Kirsten McCaffery, Carissa Bonner

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008659

November 05, 2018

Original research
Effects and costs of implementing predictive risk stratification in primary care: a randomised stepped wedge trial

Helen Snooks, Kerry Bailey-Jones, Deborah Burge-Jones, Jeremy Dale, Jan Davies, Bridie Angela Evans, Angela Farr, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Martin Heaven, Helen Howson, Hayley Hutchings, Gareth John, Mark Kingston, Leo Lewis, Ceri Phillips, Alison Porter, Bernadette Sewell, Daniel Warm, Alan Watkins, Shirley Whitman, Victoria Williams, Ian Russell

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007976

November 02, 2018

Original research
Effect of data validation audit on hospital mortality ranking and pay for performance

Skerdi Haviari, François Chollet, Stéphanie Polazzi, Cecile Payet, Adrien Beauveil, Cyrille Colin, Antoine Duclos

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008039

October 31, 2018

Original research
Systems consultation for opioid prescribing in primary care: a qualitative study of adaptation

Nora Jacobson, Roberta Johnson, Bri Deyo, Esra Alagoz, Andrew Quanbeck

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008160

October 18, 2018

Original research
Validation of the Primary Care Patient Measure of Safety (PC PMOS) questionnaire

Sally J Giles, Sahdia Parveen, Andrea L Hernan

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007988

October 12, 2018

Original research
Drivers of potentially avoidable emergency admissions in Ireland: an ecological analysis

Brenda Lynch, Anthony P Fitzgerald, Paul Corcoran, Claire Buckley, Orla Healy, John Browne

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008002

October 09, 2018

Systematic review
Impact of decision aids used during clinical encounters on clinician outcomes and consultation length: a systematic review

Claudia Caroline Dobler, Manuel Sanchez, Michael R Gionfriddo, Neri A Alvarez-Villalobos, Naykky Singh Ospina, Gabriela Spencer-Bonilla, Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, Raed Benkhadra, Patricia J Erwin, Colin P West, Juan P Brito, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Victor M Montori

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008022

October 08, 2018

Original research
Effectiveness of a multistate quality improvement campaign in reducing risk of surgical site infections following hip and knee arthroplasty
Free

Michael S Calderwood, Deborah S Yokoe, Michael V Murphy, Katherine O DeBartolo, Kathy Duncan, Christina Chan, Eric C Schneider, Gareth Parry, Don Goldmann, Susan Huang

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007982

September 26, 2018

Original Research
Inter-hospital transfer and patient outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

Stephanie Mueller, Jie Zheng, Endel John Orav, Jeffrey L Schnipper

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008087

September 20, 2018

Original research
Patient safety and the ageing physician: a qualitative study of key stakeholder attitudes and experiences

Andrew A White, William M Sage, Paulina H Osinska, Monica J Salgaonkar, Thomas H Gallagher

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008276

July 30, 2018

The problem with…
The problem with pay-for-performance schemes

Suhas Gondi, Derek Soled, Ashish Jha

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008088

May 22, 2018

Original research
Immediate and long-term effects of a team-based quality improvement training programme

Kevin J O’Leary, Abra L Fant, Jessica Thurk, Karl Y Bilimoria, Aashish K Didwania, Kristine M Gleason, Matthew Groth, Jane L Holl, Claire A Knoten, Gary J Martin, Patricia O’Sullivan, Mark Schumacher, Donna M Woods

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007894

March 21, 2018

Thank you to our reviewers
2017 Thank you to our frequent reviewers

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-reviewers2

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