OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Medical 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Using the Electronic Health Record for Crisis Allocation	17
Lessons Learned: Building a Comprehensive Telehealth Quality Program	16
President’s Message	16
The Emerging Value-Based Care Industry: Paving the Road Ahead	15
Lessons Learned From Rapid Deployment of 100% Mortality Review for Patients With COVID-19 Across a Health System	15
Osteoporosis Screening for Male Veterans in a Resident Based Primary Care Clinic at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center	13
Stronger: The 2022 Vizient Connections Summit Report	11
Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Curriculum for Combined Medicine Subspecialty Fellows	10
Adherence to Lead Screening Guidelines in an Inner-City Pediatric Population	10
Safety of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers in Behavioral Health Facilities	10
Hematologic Malignancy Episodes Exceed Target Price in Oncology Care Model	10
From HRO to HERO	9
An Analysis of Exposure Keratopathy Cases to Promote Changes in Eye Care Practice in Intensive Care Units	9
The Role of the Physical Environment in Shaping Interruptions and Disruptions in Complex Health Care Settings	8
QI Consultation Service: Piloting a Novel Approach to Improving Quality Improvement Initiatives in an Academic Psychiatry Department	8
Demographics and Medical Comorbidities as Risk Factors for Increased Episode of Care Costs Following Lumbar Fusion in Medicare Patients	8
A New Metric to the Efficiency of the Ventilator Liberation Process	8
Using a Customer Relationship Management System to Manage a Quality Improvement Intervention	7
Improving Maternal Health Care Quality and Outcomes: Evaluation of a Pregnancy Medical Home	7
Perception of Ridesharing Among Veterans With Cardiovascular Diseases in the Era of the MISSION Act	7
Advancing Measurement of the Sources and Consequences of Burnout in a Comprehensive Cancer Center	7
The Impact of a Novel Use of Volunteers on Patient Satisfaction	7
Why We Still Kill Patients	7
Improving Cancer Care Through Digital Health Coaching	6
Impact of Clinical Process Improvement Training in an Integrated Delivery System	6

The Real-World Foundation of Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age	6
A Quality Education	6
Perceptions of Administrators on the Impact of Accreditation on Patient Safety in Gulf Cooperation Council Hospitals	5
Looking Ahead to the Future of ACMQ	5
Measuring Implementation Strategy Fidelity in HealthyHearts NYC	5
Clinician Perceptions of Receiving Different Forms of Feedback on their Opioid Prescribing	5
A Comprehensive Approach to Improvements in Interdepartmental Communication and Workflow Between IR and General Medicine	5
“Together We Will Soar”: A Report on the 2023 Vizient Connections Summit	5
Quality Control for Spine Registries: Development and Application of a New Protocol	5
Promoting Safe Gun Storage Among Veterans to Prevent and Reduce Gun-Related Suicide and Accidents: A VA Resident Clinic Pilot Initiative	5
Ongoing Simulation-Based Procedural Practice	5
Implementing Self-Measured Blood Pressure in Primary Care: A Feasible and Systematic Approach	4
Book Review: The Journey’s End	4
An Integrated Model to Accelerate Patient Satisfaction Improvement	4
Before-After Study of a Checklist to Improve Acute Care to ICU Handoffs	4
Evolution and Evaluation of a Quality and Patient Safety Fellowship for Practicing Health Professionals	4
Evaluation of a New Hospital Building’s Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Consumer Experience in Medical Inpatients	4
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	4
Lack of Standardized Coding Limits Accuracy of Electronic Clinical Quality Measure for Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis	3
A Learning Health System Approach to Hospital Quality Performance Benchmarking: The Composite Hospital Quality Index	3
Physician Burnout and Medical Errors: Exploring the Relationship, Cost, and Solutions	3
Improving the Quality of Visualization Dashboards in Critical Care	3
Commentary: Modernizing Guidelines Development to Speed the Transfer of Science to Patient Care	3
How Physician Self-Perceptions Affect the Impact of Peer Comparison Feedback on Opioid Prescribing	3
Independent Risk Factors for Less Than “Top Box” Doctor Communication Patient Experience Survey Scores in an Urban Teaching Hospital	3
Improving Barriers to Timely Colonoscopies: A New Approach to Overcoming Gaps in Medical Care	3
Announcing Exciting New Developments at ACMQ	3
Implementation of an Electronic Health Record Intervention to Improve Resident Documentation and Communication about Overnight Cross-Cover Events	3
The Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Course: Ten Years of Experiential Training in Quality Improvement for Practicing Professionals	3
Reflections on 3 Years of Innovation: Recognizing the Need for Innovation Beyond the Clinical Care Pathway	3
De-Implementation of Routine Vein Mapping to Increase Timely Referral for Dialysis Access	3
The Institute for Health care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency	3
A Resident-driven Quality Improvement Project to Increase Primary Care Follow-up after Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbation: Use of a Quality and Safety Award	3
What’s New at ACMQ for 2022?	3
Navigating the Code—How Revolutionary Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey by Barry P. Chaiken	2
Leape’s Making Healthcare Safe: Both Invaluable and Incomplete	2
Improving Patients’ Experience Undergoing Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery	2
Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention Protocol at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: Utilizing a Mandatory Yale Swallow Protocol	2
Assessment of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Children as a Basis of Shared Decision-Making for Adults	2
Improving Emergency Department Care of Suspected Small Bowel Obstructions	2
Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement in a Hospital Setting	2
Use of Inpatient Subspecialty Consults Among Hospitalists	2
CDC’s Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age Lacks Real-World Context	2
Implementation of Quality Improvement System in a National Health System	2
Communication in Health Care	2
Preventing Opioid-Related Toxicity at a Regional VA Medical Center: A Resident-Led Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project	2
Evaluation of the Rothman Index in Predicting Readmission after Colorectal Resection	2
Avoiding Retained Surgical Items at an Academic Medical Center: Sustainability of a Surgical Quality Improvement Project	2
Identification of Patient Safety Threats in a Post-Intensive Care Clinic	2
Integrating Social Drivers of Health into Hospital Ratings with Application to the 100 Top Hospitals Study	2

Standardizing Sepsis Patient Education: A Quality Improvement Process	2
Medicaid Expansion’s Importance to Mental Health Care	2
VA Care Coordination Program Increased Primary Care Visits and Improved Transitional Care for Veterans Post Non-VA Hospital Discharge	2
IDEAL PICU Rounds: Improving Daily Efficiency by Applying Lean Principles	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