 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 | 12 | 12 | 24 | | 2013 | 23 | 12 | 35 | | 2014 | 29 | 22 | 51 | | 2015 | 22 | 29 | 51 | | 2016 | 23 | 35 | 58 | | 2017 | 33 | 26 | 59 | | 2018 | 35 | 30 | 65 | | 2019 | 38 | 31 | 69 | | 2020 | 22 | 45 | 67 | | 2021 | 30 | 29 | 59 | | 2022 | 16 | 20 | 36 | | 2023 | 11 | 25 | 36 | | 2024 | 24 | 23 | 47 | | 2025 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
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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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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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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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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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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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Bailes AF, Noritz GH, Wyeth DO, Lucas EJ, Bates EB, Azizi H, Sarmiento CA, Thorpe DE, Nichols SA, Kreschmer J, Wisniewski S, Gannotti M. Multi-center improvement in screening for pain that affects activities in adults with cerebral palsy. Disabil Health J. 2025 Oct; 18(4):101911.
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McCullough IS, Givens ML, Welter KJ, Gale HL, Sam AE, Henderson J, April MD, Schauer SG. A Descriptive Analysis of the Reliability of the Broselow Tape for Use in the US Pediatric Trauma Population: A Trauma Quality Improvement Program Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Aug 01; 41(8):587-591.
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Matheny ME, Carpenter-Song E, Ricket IM, Solomon RJ, Stabler ME, Davis SE, Zubkoff L, Westerman DM, Dorn C, Cox KC, Minter FF, Jneid H, Currier JW, Athar SA, Girotra S, Leung C, Helton TJ, Agarwal A, Vidovich MI, Plomondon ME, Waldo SW, Aschbrenner KA, McKay V, O'Malley AJ, Brown JR. Sustained Improvements After Intervention to Prevent Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 20; 14(10):e038920.
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Dickinson WP, Gritz M, Knierim KE, Kirchner S, Fernald DH, Gottsman A, Wiggins K, Dickinson LM. Successful Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025 May 12; 38(1):107-118.
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Auguste BL, Wong BM, Tad-Y DB. Equity in Quality Improvement: A Comprehensive Approach. Med Clin North Am. 2025 Sep; 109(5):1145-1156.
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