This quality improvement project aimed to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance in a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The project was conducted over three Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA) cycles, with each cycle lasting two months. Th...
Background/Objectives: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most devastating gastrointestinal emergencies in preterm infants. This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to increase the utilization of accepted evidence-based practices in our...
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Despite established guidelines recommending semiannual surveillance for high-risk patients, real-world adherence remains inconsistent. Gaps i...
Background: Patient satisfaction is tightly linked with healthcare quality and high-value care. Timely communication is important in attaining patient satisfaction. The aim of the study was to provide all delivering mothers an update within an hour o...
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Ten years ago, the Neonatal intensive care unit in Drammen, Norway, implemented Single-Family Rooms (SFR), replacing the traditional open bay (OB) unit. Welcoming parents to stay together with their infant 24 h per day, seven days per week, was both...
Antimicrobial resistance continues to be a considerable threat to global public health due to the persistent inappropriate use of antibiotics. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs are essential in reducing the growth and spread of antibiotic resi...
Background: Evidence-based clinical care delivery begins with comprehensive assessments of patients’ priority needs. A Canadian health sciences corporation conducted a quality improvement initiative to enhance clinical care delivery, beginning with o...
Texas Medicaid improved infant well-child visit rates by participating in a national learning collaborative. The two-year program encouraged creativity and innovation in care for Medicaid recipients through partnerships with managed care organization...
Even though dietary supplements with vitamin D and calcium are recommended to nursing home residents, we recently reported a low adherence to this recommendation. The objective of this 20-week quality improvement study was to use the Model for Improv...
Medical institutions provide guidance on caring skills for home caregivers. Oral teaching is combined with graphical tools in a method that has been proved to be an effective way of quickly mastering home caring skills and promotes effective learning...
This paper describes how plan-do-study-act cycles engaged a classroom mentor teacher and student teacher in a professional collaboration that resulted in two inquiry activities for high-school geometry classes. The PDSA cycles were carried out in fou...
Background: Suboptimal care transitions increases the risk of adverse events resulting from poor care coordination among providers and healthcare facilities. The National Transition of Care Coalition recommends shifting the discharge paradigm from di...
Implementation of survivorship care plans remain a challenge. This quality improvement initiative aims to integrate personalized treatment plans (PTP) and care plans (PCP) into the existing workflow for breast cancer (BC) patients. Methods: Phase 1 w...
Background: We had experienced an increase in admission hypothermia rates during implementation of deferred cord clamping (DCC) in our unit. Our objective was to reduce the number of babies with a gestation below 32 weeks who are hypothermic on admis...
Background: Epidermal cysts are common benign lesions encountered in primary care, especially in minor surgery clinics. The management of large epidermal cysts (>5 cm in diameter) poses significant challenges, including surgical intervention requi...
Background/Objectives: Falls-prevention advice in primary care does not always lead to a practical next step. We evaluated a brief, non-clinical Falls Conversation package at one urban NHS general practice. Methods: During a 12-week quality improveme...
Background: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) pose a significant risk, especially for very low birth weight infants due to their immature immune systems and the need for invasive procedu...
According to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) new cholesterol management guidelines in 2019, statin regimen was prescribed to only about 46.4% and 30% of diabetes (DM) patients and patients with atherosclerotic...
Less-invasive surfactant administration (LISA), a newer technique of delivering surfactant via a thin catheter, avoids mechanical ventilation. LISA has been widely adopted in Europe but less so in the US. Our goal was to increase the percentage of su...
Perinatal mental health conditions are among the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States. However, 50% to 70% of perinatal mental health cases go undiagnosed, and of those diagnosed, fewer than 30% receive treatment. At Boston Medic...
Background: There are many nonpharmacological pain management services available to hospitalized youth; however, not all youth are offered these services. Lack of knowledge about resources, difficulty with the referral process, and lack of understand...
Background: Unplanned extubations (UEs) occur frequently in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). These events can be associated with serious short-term and long-term morbidities and increased healthcare costs. Most quality improvement (QI) initia...
A robust measurement system in the Taguchi Method as a testing method should be explained from the beginning of an experimental design until the application of the optimum condition. Measurement has always been described either by discussing the meas...
(1) Background: Human-generated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. Climate change negatively impacts human and planetary health, threatening the existence of life on earth. The healthcare industry...
Background: Mental health (MH) polypharmacy, defined as prescribing multiple mental health medications for the same condition, presents significant challenges in clinical practice. With varying prevalence rates and an increasing trend, particularly i...