American Journal of Medical Quality

Article	Citations
Stronger: The 2022 Vizient Connections Summit Report	49
Hematologic Malignancy Episodes Exceed Target Price in Oncology Care Model	21
The Emerging Value-Based Care Industry: Paving the Road Ahead	20
Osteoporosis Screening for Male Veterans in a Resident Based Primary Care Clinic at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center	18
Lessons Learned From Rapid Deployment of 100% Mortality Review for Patients With COVID-19 Across a Health System	17
Physician Practices Promoting Effective Communication with Nurses: A Qualitative Study	16
Uncovering Latent Failures Using Human Factors Approach as a Diagnostic Tool for Quality Improvement in Orthopedic Surgery	8
An Analysis of Exposure Keratopathy Cases to Promote Changes in Eye Care Practice in Intensive Care Units	8
Why We Still Kill Patients	7
Lessons Learned: Building a Comprehensive Telehealth Quality Program	7
The Impact of a Novel Use of Volunteers on Patient Satisfaction	6
QI Consultation Service: Piloting a Novel Approach to Improving Quality Improvement Initiatives in an Academic Psychiatry Department	6
A New Metric to the Efficiency of the Ventilator Liberation Process	5
Demographics and Medical Comorbidities as Risk Factors for Increased Episode of Care Costs Following Lumbar Fusion in Medicare Patients	5
The Real-World Foundation of Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age	4
Best Practices for Diagnostic Evaluation of Unintentional Weight Loss	4
Promoting Safe Gun Storage Among Veterans to Prevent and Reduce Gun-Related Suicide and Accidents: A VA Resident Clinic Pilot Initiative	4
Improving Maternal Health Care Quality and Outcomes: Evaluation of a Pregnancy Medical Home	4
Perception of Ridesharing Among Veterans With Cardiovascular Diseases in the Era of the MISSION Act	4
Peer Support for Caregivers: An Acute Care Quality Improvement Initiative	3
Clinician Perceptions of Receiving Different Forms of Feedback on their Opioid Prescribing	3
Evaluation of a New Hospital Building’s Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Consumer Experience in Medical Inpatients	3
Looking Ahead to the Future of ACMQ	3
Emergency Department Rapid Assessment of Obstetric Patients Improves Length of Stay	3
“Together We Will Soar”: A Report on the 2023 Vizient Connections Summit	3

Lack of Standardized Coding Limits Accuracy of Electronic Clinical Quality Measure for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis	3
Bridging the Methodological Gap: Integrating Implementation Science With HFACS to Move From Diagnosis to Intervention Design	3
A Physician Conduct Improvement Program to Address Disruptive Behavior in a Health Care Setting	3
Before-After Study of a Checklist to Improve Acute Care to ICU Handoffs	3
Quality Control for Spine Registries: Development and Application of a New Protocol	3
Improving Barriers to Timely Colonoscopies: A New Approach to Overcoming Gaps in Medical Care	2
Reflections on 3 Years of Innovation: Recognizing the Need for Innovation Beyond the Clinical Care Pathway	2
Navigating the Code—How Revolutionary Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey by Barry P. Chaiken	2
Integrating Social Drivers of Health into Hospital Ratings with Application to the 100 Top Hospitals Study	2
Commentary: Modernizing Guidelines Development to Speed the Transfer of Science to Patient Care	2
Book Review: The Journey’s End	2
Closing the Communication Gap: Assessing the Alignment Between UME and GME Competencies	2
Independent Risk Factors for Less Than “Top Box” Doctor Communication Patient Experience Survey Scores in an Urban Teaching Hospital	2
Resident-Driven Population Management to Improve Primary Care Statin and Blood Pressure Measures	2
Identification of Patient Safety Threats in a Post-Intensive Care Clinic	2
A Learning Health System Approach to Hospital Quality Performance Benchmarking: The Composite Hospital Quality Index	2
Implementing Self-Measured Blood Pressure in Primary Care: A Feasible and Systematic Approach	2
How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing	2
Physician Burnout and Medical Errors: Exploring the Relationship, Cost, and Solutions	2
Optimizing Utilization of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease in a VA Primary Care Clinic: An Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Project	2
“Better Safe Than Sorry?”: Reconsidering ADAMTS13 Testing and Plasma Exchange for Suspected aTTP as a High‑Value Care Priority	2
Developing a Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Emergency Department Length of Stay in a Large-Scale Hospital Under Routinized Prevention and Control of COVID-19	2
Preventing Opioid-Related Toxicity at a Regional VA Medical Center: A Resident-Led Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project	1
Evaluation of the Rothman Index in Predicting Readmission after Colorectal Resection	1
Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention Protocol at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: Utilizing a Mandatory Yale Swallow Protocol	1
Advance Care Planning, Race, and Age	1
Increasing Influenza Vaccinations Within the Emergency Department of a Veterans Affairs Medical Center	1
A Century of Surgical Quality: Origins, Evolution, and Future Directions	1
Engaging GME Learners in Health System-Aligned Improvement Work in the Clinical Learning Environment	1
Implementing High-Value Care with Daily Labs in Internal Medicine Resident Driven Hospital Medicine: A Quality Improvement Project	1
Transforming Safety Culture: A Systemwide High Reliability Approach to Preventing Serious Harm in Healthcare	1
Effect of ED Prompt on Improving Provider Documentation of Repeat Vital Signs in Children Presenting With Fever and Tachycardia	1
Improving Provider Compliance with Recommended Lab Monitoring for Patients on Mood Stabilizers and Atypical Antipsychotics	1
Pharmacoequity: What Should be Done to Improve It?	1
National Documentation and Coding Practices of Noncompliance: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health and the Stigma of African-American Bias	1
Standardizing Sepsis Patient Education: A Quality Improvement Process	1
Words That Heal: A Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce Stigmatizing Language in Gastroenterology Documentation	1
Use of Inpatient Subspecialty Consults Among Hospitalists	1
Comparative Perspectives on Diagnostic Error Discussions Between Inpatient and Outpatient Pediatric Providers	1
Enhancing the Patient Experience in Cardiac Procedures: A Mixed-Methods Quality Improvement Study	1
The Effect of Individualized Surgeon Comparative Feedback on Arthroplasty Outcomes: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis	1
Utilizing a Stakeholder Driven Approach in Developing a Regional Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program	1
Improving Parental Knowledge of Medically Complex Neonates Through Scheduled Conferences	1
How Hospitalists in Training Are Improving Quality of Patient Care in Dutch Hospitals	1
The Way to Building Humanized Health Care	1
The Use of a Checklist to Optimize Electrolyte Replacement in the ICU	1
The Clinical Learning Environment: Past, Present, and Future	1
Implementation of Quality Improvement System in a National Health System	1
CDC’s Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age Lacks Real-World Context	1
Quality Improvement Assessment on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in US Medical Schools	1

Front-Line Health Care Workers’ COVID-19 Infection Contamination Risks: A Human Factors and Risk Analysis Study of Personal Protective Equipment	1
Capturing the Patient Voice for Diabetes Eye Exams	1
Achieving a High-Reliability Laboratory: Operational Strategies Designed to Promote Patient Safety and Heighten Quality in the Clinical Lab	1
Quality Improvement Interventions to Enhance Physician Billing: A Systematic Review	1
Automation in Surgical Adverse Event Documentation: Improving Completeness and Accuracy	1
Understanding Barriers and Assessing Education Intervention on Prescribing Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder	1
Addressing Diuresis Delays in Heart Failure: An Electronic Health Record Intervention	1
A High-reliability Organization Mindset	1
Community-based, Hospital-Affiliated Medical Group Becomes a Successful Accountable Care Organization	1
Disproportionate Use of Security Response Codes on Black Patients in a Quaternary Academic Center	1
Structuring for Success: A Framework for Building a Cardiovascular Center of Excellence	1
IDEAL PICU Rounds: Improving Daily Efficiency by Applying Lean Principles	1
Targeted Deprescribing of PPIs in Ambulatory Care: Outcomes From a Resident-Led, Pharmacist Supported Intervention	0
Improving Compliance with Preoperative Nasal Povidone-Iodine to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Vascular and Neurosurgery Services in a Community Teaching Hospital	0
Improving Delivery of Sepsis Care in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department	0
Fragmented Ambulatory Care and Medication Count among Older Adults	0
The Impact of Text Messaging to Promote Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Completion in Orthopedic Practice: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Study	0
A Platform Designed to Empower Quality Improvement for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation	0
Lessons From the Northeast COVID-19 Surge: Well-Being of the Health Care Workforce	0
Patient Experience as a National Quality Metric	0
Development and Implementation of a Practical Onboarding Curriculum for Physician Quality and Safety Leaders	0
Reducing Diabetic Ketoacidosis Readmissions with a Hospital-School-Based Improvement Partnership	0
Inviting You to Submit Research and Stories, With More Article Types to Choose	0
Is the Promise of PROMs Being Realized? Implementation Experience in a Large Orthopedic Practice	0
Asthma: Who’s Really in Control?	0
Cultivating a Quality Improvement Culture With Mayo Clinic Quality Academy	0
Promoting a Culture of Quality and Safety via Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conferences	0
A Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) Clinic in Rural New England	0
Double-Blinded Peer Review of Clinical Notes As an Improvement Strategy: A Pilot Study	0
Culture of Civility Drives Safe Patient Care in High-Reliability Organizations	0
Measuring Improvement Capabilities in a Health System: Findings From a Content Validity Study	0
Natural Language Processing CAM Algorithm Improves Delirium Detection Compared With Conventional Methods	0
Utility of Respiratory Pathogen Panels in the Outpatient Oncology Setting	0
“Near Miss”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Medical Student Assignments in Patient Safety	0
To Err Is Human: Failing to Reduce Overall Harm Is Inhumane	0
Handoff Education Interventions: A Scoping Review Focused on Sustaining Improvements	0
From Data to Improvement: Social Mechanisms as a Key to Understanding Dashboard Adoption	0
Incorporating Acute Conditions into Risk-Adjustment for Provider Profiling: The Case of the US News and World Report Best Hospitals Rankings Methodology	0
Join Us for Our Annual Conference at Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel	0
Improved Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral Rates following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Heart Valve Replacement in an Inner-City Veteran Population	0
Improved FMEA Methods for Proactive Health Care Risk Assessment of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of COVID-19 Remote Patient Telemonitoring	0
Integration of Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement Into a General Internal Medicine Residency Clinic	0
DEAFMed: Deaf Education and Awareness for Medical Students	0
Improving the Physician Inbox Management in Electronic Health Record by a Multifaceted Bundled Intervention	0
Integration of Advance Care Planning in Outpatient Heart Failure Management: A Prospective Quality Improvement Initiative in a Tertiary Hospital	0
The Impact of Earplugs and Eye Masks on Sleep Quality in Hospital Patients	0
The Evolving Landscape of Emergency Department Patient Transfers: Challenges and Opportunities	0
Delay in Time to Antibiotics for De Novo Inpatient Neutropenic Fever May Not Impact Overall Survival for Patients With a Cancer Diagnosis	0
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk and Improving Treatment Adherence With a Novel Medical Student–Delivered Education Program	0
Procedure-Based Telehealth Utilization in General Surgery	0
Anticoagulation Optimization Through a Specialized Center for Atrial Fibrillation	0
Code Torsion: A Novel Pathway for Expedited Evaluation of Suspected Gonadal Torsion in the Emergency Department	0
Evaluating Bias in Substance Use Screening for Hospitalized Obstetric Patients	0
Evaluating Resident Physicians’ Perceptions of and Improving Utilization of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy: A Quality Improvement Initiative	0
Medication Discrepancies in Residents at Skilled Nursing Facilities	0
Sustainability of a Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Surrogate Decision Maker Documentation for Hospitalized Adults	0
Impact of Faculty Training in Health Systems Science on Scholarly Presentation of Resident Physician and Fellow Quality Improvement Projects	0
Unite 2O2ONE—Respect, Inspire, Serve	0
An Integrated Process for Co-Developing and Implementing Written and Computable Clinical Practice Guidelines	0
A Multidisciplinary Initiative Improves Care for Psychiatric Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department	0
Rethinking the Design of Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Units: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Physical Mock-Up Simulations and Artificial Intelligence	0
Leveraging Informative Phone Calls by Student Volunteers to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Compliance: A Case Study From the Veterans Health Administration	0
Urgent Need to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Clinicians	0
Preventing Postoperative Sepsis: Multidisciplinary Implementation of Diverse Countermeasures in our first NSQIP Project	0
Effect of Implementing a Commercial Electronic Early Warning System on Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients	0
Understanding Potentially Preventable 7-day Readmission Rates in Hospital Medicine Patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center	0
Assessment and Optimization of Practices with Patients with Limited English Proficiency in an Urban Emergency Department	0
Healing the Divide: Bridging Physicians and Healthcare Administrators for Value-Based Care	0
A Customized Electronic Health Record-Based Tool Highlights and Addresses Gaps in Patient Safety	0
Is Pathogen Molecular Testing Reshaping Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing?	0
Identifying Inappropriate Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) Utilization in the Outpatient Setting: A Quality Improvement Proposal	0
Enhancing Sepsis Outcomes: A 7-Year Multidisciplinary Endeavor	0
A Survey-Based Analysis of the Language of the Prescription Bottles and Instructions for the Medications of Limited English Proficiency Patients	0
Analyzing the Impact of the “Faculty Quality Collaborative”: A Quality Improvement Training Experience for Physicians	0
The Impact of Multimodal Analgesia on Length of Stay and Patient Satisfaction After COVID-19: A Retrospective Study Examining Lean Methodology in Pain Management for Patients Undergoing Partial Nephre	0
EHR-Integrated Clinical Pathways Promote Education, Confidence, and Save Time for Primary Care Providers	0
Expanding Naloxone Coprescribing at a Regional VA Medical Center	0
Using a Thromboelastography-Based Transfusion Protocol for Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients	0
Still At It	0
Portable Chest X-Ray Quality Improvement: Approach and Assessment	0

One Result, Many Eyes: Creating a Results Safety Net in a University Hospital-Based Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic	0
Standardized Management of Sickle Cell Disease Patients and the Effects on Care Utilization and Costs	0
Effect of a Performance Feedback Dashboard on Hospitalist Laboratory Test Utilization	0
Let Us Communicate: Improving Resident and Nursing Communication in a Veterans Affairs Intensive Care Unit	0
How Many Lives Will You Save? A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Novel, Online Game for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Education	0
Thank You for Joining Us for “Care After Covid”	0
Determining Causes of Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia Using an Electronic-Based Trigger	0
An Evaluation Framework for a Novel Process to Codevelop Written and Computable Guidelines	0
Improving Lung Cancer Screening Program Enrollment at a Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center: A Resident-led Quality Initiative	0
A Multidisciplinary Initiative to Increase Patient Portal Enrollment	0
An Algorithmic Framework for Reducing Near-Fatal Aspiration Events: A Single-Institution Experience	0
Improving Equity and Accuracy in Admission Medication Reconciliation	0
Utilizing Inpatient Admissions to Increase HIV Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond	0
Primary Care Provider and Staff Wellness and Burnout Levels and Suggestions to Improve Wellness: Analysis of Survey Findings	0
Vax the Max, a Gamification Intervention for COVID-19 Vaccination Task Engagement in the Inpatient Setting	0
Jefferson Weight Loss Program: The Effectiveness of a Student-Delivered Weight Loss Program	0
Implementation of a Trauma Zone Improves Disposition Times for Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage or Hip Fracture	0
Keeping Quality Management in Medicine	0
A Roadmap to Excellence: Insights From Quality Structures of Top-Performing Healthcare Organizations	0
Trauma-Informed Care Through the Lens of Immigration-Related Trauma: A Medical Education Intervention	0
Improving Management of Chest Pain with a High Sensitivity Troponin-Based Protocol	0
Resident-Driven Guideline to Reduce Iatrogenic Pneumothoraxes From Small-Bore Feeding Tubes: A Quality and Safety Improvement Project	0
Cost-Savings of Do Not Resuscitate Orders Among Elderly Patients With Heart Failure in the United States	0
Leading in Healthcare Quality and Safety in the Era of Digital Health and AI: Applying Discipline to Manage Fear and FOMO	0
Six-Year Retrospective Look at the Effects of Institutional Quality Improvement Efforts to Reduce CAUTIs	0
The Evolving Curriculum in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review	0
Improving Inpatient Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation: A Successful Quality Improvement Project	0
When Good Was Not Enough	0
Leapfrog Safety Grades in California Hospitals: A Data Analysis	0
Depression and Distress Screening in Oncology Patients: A Descriptive Analysis	0
Prospective Study of the Multisite Spread of a Medication Safety Intervention: Factors Common to Hospitals With Improved Outcomes	0
Medical Student Quality Assurance Projects Well Received by Students and Physicians Across New Jersey Family Medicine Practices	0
Play it SAFE: Evaluating Self-Efficacy of Healthcare Providers Following Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Certification Training	0
Clinician Views of an Opioid Prescribing Report with Peer Comparisons and Patient-Reported Outcomes	0
Identifying Barriers to Effective Outpatient Mental Health Referral for Medical Inpatients	0
Promoting a Culture of Civility in High-Reliability Organizations	0
Clinical Staff Perceptions of Pay-for-Performance Financial Incentives for HPV Vaccine Promotion	0
Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age: Summary of a Holistic and Multidisciplinary Approach	0
Is It Time to Follow the Lawyers: Should Hospitals Extract Themselves From US News & World Report Rankings?	0
“Gaps In Care” Fall Short	0
Implementing Effective Care in a University Population Based on National Vaccination Recommendations	0
Leading with Complexity to Improve Care Team Interactions in Anesthesiology	0
Development and Early Validation of A Survey Instrument for Measuring Patient Engagement in Pain Management	0
Reevaluating the Significance of Infection Preventionists and Infection Prevention and Control Departments in the Post-COVID-19 Era	0
The Healthcare Improvement and Innovation in Quality (THINQ) Collaborative: A Novel Quality Improvement Training Program for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students	0
Is Patient Geography a Risk Factor for Chronic Opioid Use After ACDF?	0
The 2024 Vizient Connections Summit Report	0
Improving Time to Defibrillation Following Ventricular Tachycardia (VTach) and Ventricular Fibrillation (VFib) Cardiac Arrest: A Multicenter Retrospective and Prospective Quality Improvement Study	0
Optimizing Organizational Safety: The Role of Tier 4 Huddles in Escalation Management	0
What Is Health Care For? Proposing a Purpose That Connects and Transforms	0
Creating a Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Clinic for Childhood Cancer Survivors	0
The Methodology of the Virtual Clinic in Cardiac Surgery in the Era of COVID-19: Adapting to the Future	0
Good Communication During Clinical Handovers: The Students’ Perspective	0
Effective Physician–Nurse Communication: Foundation of Patient-Centered Care	0
Quality Improvement Methods for Improving Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Rates at a Large Academic Medical Center and Affiliate Medical Group	0
Bypassing the Brick-and-Mortar Hospital: Increasing Direct Admissions from the Emergency Department to Inpatient Hospital-at-Home	0
Assessing and Identifying Improvements for Lung Cancer Screening in a Rural Population: A Human-Centered Design and Systems Approach	0
Complications of Ambulatory Procedures: Prevalence and Hospital Outpatient Department Variation	0
Evaluation of Adult Patients Readmitted for Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Under the BPCI Advanced Program	0
Pilot-Testing an Influenza Vaccination Program Tailored for Nephrology Care	0
Utilization of In-Hospital Orthopaedic Spine Consultations: Evaluating the Impact of Health Care Policy	0
Improving Documentation and Adherence to United States Preventive Services Taskforce Cancer Screening Recommendations at a Safety Net Clinic	0
Cleanliness of Lead Garments in the Operating Room	0
Patient Surveys Are Used Most Often to Assess Health Care Innovations, Rigorous Methods Are Less Common	0
Clinical Predictors of Observation Unit Failure in Patients with Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation: A Quality Improvement Initiative	0
Improving the Pipeline of Trainee Projects and Publications	0
Making Surgery as Safe as It Should Be: A Qualitative Study	0
Protocolizing Natriuresis-Guided Inpatient Diuretic Therapy in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure	0
Population Health Management Approach to Depression Symptom Monitoring in Primary Care via Patient Portal: A Randomized Controlled Trial	0
Impact of a Clinician Incentive Program on Quality Measures Performance in a Medicare Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization	0
Quality and Safety Practices Among Academic Obstetrics and Gynecology Departments	0
Changing the Calculus of Self-Interest in Health Care	0
Efficacy of Interventions Based on WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India: A Quasi-Experimental Study	0
Tips From the Iceberg: Effecting Culture Change in Health Care Teams	0
Validation of the Algorithmic Prediction of Failure Modes in Health Care Methodology: Applied to the Department of Sterile Supply and Equipment	0
Value-Based Care in Medical Specialties: Improving Hierarchical Condition Category Capture	0
Adapted Kaizen: Multi-Organizational Complex Process Redesign for Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age	0
Team-Based Painting and Learning Approach to Recognizing Topical Ophthalmic Drops	0
Building a Just Culture through Transforming our Response to Adverse Events	0
Convocation Valedictory for Quality and Safety	0
Save the Date for ACMQ’s Annual Conference!	0
Preparation of Patients for Central Venous Catheter Care in the Home: Perspectives From Health Care Personnel	0
Framing Quality and Laying the Bricks	0
National Early Warning Score Deployment in a Veterans Affairs Facility: A Quality Improvement Initiative and Analysis	0
A Checklist to Improve Acute Stroke Evaluation and Treatment in the Emergency Department	0
Could Modernizing Health Care Technology Be a Cure for Provider Burnout?	0
The Clinician in Quality and Innovation: A Qualitative Study of a Novel Academic Pathway at 10 Years	0