 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 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 2012 | 13 | 12 | 25 | | 2013 | 23 | 12 | 35 | | 2014 | 30 | 23 | 53 | | 2015 | 25 | 31 | 56 | | 2016 | 23 | 36 | 59 | | 2017 | 33 | 27 | 60 | | 2018 | 34 | 32 | 66 | | 2019 | 38 | 32 | 70 | | 2020 | 22 | 44 | 66 | | 2021 | 30 | 30 | 60 | | 2022 | 16 | 19 | 35 | | 2023 | 12 | 25 | 37 | | 2024 | 24 | 23 | 47 | | 2025 | 22 | 11 | 33 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles.
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Wiersma A, Watkins A, Ertle T, Johnson B, Spencer S. Rapid cycle QI methods ensure prompt paediatric emergency care during 2022 respiratory surge. Emerg Med J. 2025 Sep 24; 42(10):676-682.
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Weber MJ, MacBrayne CE, Bakel LA, Ambroggio L, Cotter JM, Birkholz M, Poole NM. Clinical Pathway Revision Increases Amoxicillin Monotherapy and 5-Day Durations of Therapy for Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Dec; 86(6):586-593.
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Auerbach A, Raffel K, Rasooly IR, Schnipper J. Diagnostic excellence: turning to diagnostic performance improvement. Diagnosis (Berl). 2025 Nov 01; 12(4):520-528.
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Waldrop SW, Osborn B, Allende-Richter S, Gilley SP, Maya J, Floyd A, Stanford FC. Ensuring Competent Care Provision for Children and Adolescents With Obesity in the Primary Care Setting. Obes Rev. 2026 Jan; 27(1):1-16.
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Healy GL, Stuart CM, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Su Y, Zhuang Y, Anioke T, Henderson WG. Association between postoperative length of stay and unplanned readmission: A large-scale observational study of 3,140,280 patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) registry. Surgery. 2025 Nov; 187:109613.
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Parolia A, Johnsen DC, Qian F, Miller SE, Teixeira FB. Factors Influencing Technology Adoption Among Endodontists: A Questionnaire-Based Pilot Study. Aust Endod J. 2025 Dec; 51(3):563-569.
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Beard LA, Ceballos KC, Staton KL, Conner KA, Math CM, Moore MK, Weikel BW, Barry JS. Reducing NICU Discharge Care-Related Failures by Improving Discharge Safety. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2).
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Tutman JJ, Tchou M, Harris K, Violette C, Nguyen HN. Improving pediatric sonographer visualization of the superior mesenteric vasculature: A local quality improvement initiative. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2026 Jan-Feb; 55(1):18-24.
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Hartz S, Garbin A, McGuire C, Steagall J, McCauliff J, Nearing KA. Establishing First Age-Friendly Health System Tele-Palliative Care Clinic - Facilitators, Challenges, Lessons Learned to Improve Care for Rural, Older Veterans. Inquiry. 2025 Jan-Dec; 62:469580251352727.
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Finkelstein JB, Weber B, Quigley S, De S, Zann A, Rove K, Liebrecht D, Zee R, Chan Y, Battie S, Pohl H, Carmen Tong CM, Dudley A, McQuiston L, Durkin ET, Davis TD, Whitehouse J, Polsky E, Killian M, Wu HY, Gong E, Chalmers D, Figueroa TE, Grimsby G, Fernandez N, Ballesteros N, Saito JM, Metcalfe P, Schober M, Lambert S, Grant C, Ellison JS. Leveraging NSQIPP testicular torsion process measures: Initial survey of the NSQIPP testicular torsion collaborative. J Pediatr Urol. 2025 Dec; 21(6):1844-1850.
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