OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal for Healthcare Quality is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Learning During Crisis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Incidence	20
Defining Best Practices for Interhospital Transfers	10
Measuring Adherence to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Diabetes Prevention Guidelines Within Two Healthcare Systems	10
Development of Quality Measures for Pediatric Agitation Management in the Emergency Department	10
What are Effective Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Care? An Analysis of 121 Randomized Deimplementation Studies	9
Team-Based Care for Cancer Survivors With Comorbidities: A Systematic Review	8
Mitigating COVID-19 Vaccine Waste Through a Multidisciplinary Inpatient Vaccination Initiative	6
The LACE Index: A Predictor of Mortality and Readmission in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction	6
Implementing a Process for Screening Hospitalized Adults for Food Insecurity at a Tertiary Care Center	5
Value of Interprofessional Education: The VA Quality Scholars Program	5
Improving the Discharge Experience of Hospital Patients Through Standard Tools and Methods of Education	4
Assessing the Efficacy of Certificate of Need Laws Through Total Joint Arthroplasty	4
Opioid Prescribing Patterns Among Orthopedic Hand Surgeons After Implementation of a Divisional Protocol	4
Factors Associated With Hospital Readmissions Among U.S. Dialysis Facilities	4
The Impact of Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use on Inpatient Quality	4
Patient Characteristics Associated With Missed Appointments in Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics	4
Postoperative Telehealth Visits Reduce Emergency Department Visits and 30-Day Readmissions in Elective Thoracic Surgery Patients	4
Improving Inpatient Tobacco Treatment Measures: Outcomes Through Standardized Treatment, Care Coordination, and Electronic Health Record Optimization	4
Established Trauma Triage Score Predicts Risk of Falling After Femoral Neck Fracture Arthroplasty Surgery	4
Differences in Outcomes After Anesthesia-Related Adverse Events in Older and Younger Patients	4
Preventing Postoperative Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression Through Implementation of an Enhanced Monitoring Program	4
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Improves Access to Care and Healthcare Quality to Advance Health Equity	4
Practicing What We Teach: Increasing Inhaler Use for Mild Asthma in the Pediatric Emergency Department	3
Lessons on Increasing Racial and Health Equity From Accountable Health Communities	3
Using Quality Improvement for Refining Program Materials for Exercise Promotion in Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care	3

The Heart Failure Clinic: Improving 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions	3
Implementing a Robust Process Improvement Program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Reduce Harm	3
Do Hospitals Achieving “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” Maintain Higher Patient Scores Compared To Nonleaders?	3
Multicenter Study of Needle-Free Blood Collection System for Reducing Specimen Error and Intravenous Catheter Replacement	3
Implementation of ED I-PASS as a Standardized Handoff Tool in the Pediatric Emergency Department	3
Assessing the Impact of a Pharmacist-Managed Discharge Medication Reconciliation Pilot at a Community Hospital System	3
Provider and Patient Experiences of Delays in Primary Care During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Improving Communication by Standardizing Pediatric Rapid Response Team Documentation	3
Utilization of Improvement Methodologies by Healthcare Quality Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Processes for Trauma Care at Six Level I Trauma Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Should Penicillin Allergy Testing Be Included as Part of Preoperative Testing?	2
Rapid Expansion of the Airway Response Team to Meet the Needs of the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Clinical Pathway for Vaso-Occlusive Pain Reduces Hospital Admissions	2
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Personal Systems Approach in Improving Medication Adherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Patients	2
The Combined Effect of Delirium and Falls on Length of Stay and Discharge	2
Optimizing Unilateral Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Quality Improvement Study	2
Implementation and Assessment of a Proning Protocol for Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19	2
Boosting Perceived Customer Orientation as a Driver of Patient Satisfaction	2
30-Day Readmission Reduction in a Skilled Facility Population Through Pharmacist-Driven Medication Reconciliation	2
Impact of Discharge Medication Reconciliation Across a Five-Hospital Health System	2
Standardizing Screening for Preeclampsia Risk Factors to Improve Prescribing of Low-Dose Aspirin	2
Improving Timeliness of Internal Medicine Consults in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative	2
Increasing Hepatitis C Screening in a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative	2
Initiative to Improve Postintubation Sedation in a Pediatric Emergency Department	2
Prediction of Adverse Outcomes Within 90 Days of Surgery in a Heterogeneous Orthopedic Surgery Population	2
Leadership Lessons From COVID-19 and the Path Forward	2
Using a Social Worker Transition Coach to Improve Hospital-to-Home Transitions for High-Risk Nonelderly Patients	2
Association Between Provider Engagement, Staff Engagement, and Culture of Safety	2
Adverse Discharge Outcomes Associated With the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Among Commercially Insured Adults	2
Improving Emergency Department Throughput Using Audit-and-Feedback With Peer Comparison Among Emergency Department Physicians	2
Reducing Time to Surgery for Hip Fragility Fracture Patients: A Resident Quality Improvement Initiative	2