 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.
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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| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2011 | 14 | 8 | 22 | | 2012 | 14 | 12 | 26 | | 2013 | 20 | 15 | 35 | | 2014 | 30 | 26 | 56 | | 2015 | 24 | 40 | 64 | | 2016 | 23 | 34 | 57 | | 2017 | 38 | 29 | 67 | | 2018 | 35 | 40 | 75 | | 2019 | 37 | 32 | 69 | | 2020 | 24 | 40 | 64 | | 2021 | 29 | 30 | 59 | | 2022 | 17 | 20 | 37 | | 2023 | 13 | 28 | 41 | | 2024 | 27 | 21 | 48 | | 2025 | 30 | 22 | 52 | | 2026 | 23 | 16 | 39 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles.
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Chang PW, Snyder C, Kerns E, Sullivan E, Garber M, Stipelman CH, Widmer KM, Sarathy L, Hampton EP, Gallois J, Bakken EH, Satrom KM. Barriers to Reducing Subthreshold Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice. Pediatrics. 2026 Nov 01; 158(5).
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Watson MA, Peterson R, Jolley SE, Niehaus W, Ridgeway KJ. Sustained three-year impact of a physical therapy quality improvement project in the medical intensive care unit. Phys Ther. 2026 Oct 08; 106(10).
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Zamkoff J, Acker SN, Martin A, Anderson L, Bennett H, Thysens J, Thomas JJ, Conant M, Kurtz M, Gupta R, Scarberry J, Burke M, Koehler R, Rolison E, Whitney G, Ziniel SI, Carney KP, Wilcox D, Lockwood JM. Surgical Hospitalist Assisted REcovery (SHARe): Preventing Post-Operative Emergency Transfers. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Oct 01; 16(10):839-849.
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Tomberg SM, Trent SA, Joseph KM. Emergency Department Guidelines for Orthopedic Consultation in an Academic Trauma Center: Effect on ED Throughput and Consultation Utilization. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 Sep; 33(9):e70402.
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Benjamin EJ, Marcus GM, Hess PL, Addison D, Akar J, Brownell NK, Chyou JY, Derington CG, Diekemper RL, Frankel DS, Hu GS, Ibeh C, Jackson LR, Joynt Maddox KE, Turchioe MR, Tisdale JE, Yang E. 2026 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Performance Measures. Circ Popul Health Outcomes. 2026 Sep; 19(9):e000149.
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Bergmann KR, Lee V, Hester GZ, Kerns E, Schissel M, Arslanian K, Magee S, Jennings B, Akinsola B, Condley B, DeLaroche AM, Hochreiter D, Molina AL, Nedved A, Schroeder LL, Sewell R, Trope R, Tyler A, Topoz I. Care Variation Among Sites Participating in a National Quality Improvement Initiative for Croup. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Aug 01; 16(8):e592-e600.
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Price DW, Cole SZ, Misra S. Performance Improvement as a Foundational Component of the Clinical Model of Family Medicine: Rationale, Concerns, Ways Forward. J Am Board Fam Med. 2026 Aug; 39(1).
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Kononowech J, Magid KH, Haverhals LM, Beltran J, Levy CR. Beyond implementation: what drives long-term sustainment of life-sustaining treatment documentation in VA home based primary care. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 Jul 09; 26(1).
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Wiersma A, Habermehl N, Helmuth R, Brown J, Roback MG. Using Quality Improvement Methodology to Inform Safe Implementation of Propofol Procedural Sedation in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Nov 01; 42(11):844-849.
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Chan PS, Bradley SM, Spertus JA, Fu Z, Jones P, Rolston DM, Girotra S. Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program for CPR Training and Cardiac Arrest Survival in Hospitals. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Jul 01; 11(7):624-631.
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