OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Quality Management in Health Care 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Real-Time Location Systems for Quality Improvement: Promises, Challenges, and Recommendations	16
Effect of a Post-Discharge Telephone-Based Intervention Led by Social Workers to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions	12
Interprofessional Collaboration and Patient/Family Engagement on Rounds in a Comprehensive Stroke Center: A Mixed-Methods Study	11
Primary Care Quality Improvement Through Patient-Centered Medical Homes and the Impact on Emergency Department Utilization for Children With Autism and Mental Health Disorders	11
Generation of Indicators to Assess Quality of Health Care in Hospital at Home Through e-Delphi	10
From Quality Improvement to Return on Investment: A Cost-Inclusive Playbook	10
Leadership Strategies to Increase Psychological Safety of Nurses: A Longitudinal Study	10
Optimizing Transfer of Postcesarean Patients to Postoperative Ward Through a Quality Improvement (QI) Project: Curtailing Delays, Improving Care	9
Peer Audit and Feedback: A Documentation-Focused Quality Improvement Project	8
Decreased Length of Stay and Opioid Usage After Liver Cancer Surgery With Enhanced Recovery Pathway Implementation	8
Lean Management Helps to Reduce Errors in Histopathology: A Real-life Experience From a Tertiary Care Public Sector Hospital	7
Potential Reinforcement of Health Misconceptions in YouTube Videos: Example of Elbow Enthesopathy (Tennis Elbow)	7
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Strategies to Improve Delirium Screening Documentation in the Pediatric CICU	7
Enhancing Patient Safety Awareness Among Medical Students: A Pilot Study	7
Integrative Medicine: An Opportunity for Improving Quality of Care in the Inpatient Setting	6
The Development and Endorsement of a Performance Measure for Stroke Misdiagnosis in the Emergency Department	6
Mitigating Medical Adverse Events Following Spinal Surgery: The Effectiveness of a Postoperative Quality Improvement (QI) Care Bundle	5
Patient-Engagement Health Information Technology and Quality Process Outcomes in Federally Qualified Health Centers	5
Lessons Learned From Provider Minder: A Provider Tracking Application for Improving Stroke Risk Screening in Sickle Cell Anemia	5
Refocusing on Patient-Centered Outcomes for Quality Improvement in Healthcare	4
Guidelines for Triage of COVID-19 Patients Presenting With Multisystemic Symptoms	4
The Potential of Patient Stories to Advance Birth Equity	4
Association of a Post-Discharge Phone Call With Post-Acute Care Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
To Help Hospital Providers Sit at the Bedside, Choose the Right Seat	4
Choosing Wisely and Promoting High-Value Care and Staff Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Large Safety Net System	4

Patient Comments and Patient Experience Ratings Are Strongly Correlated With Emergency Department Wait Times	4
A Simple Screening Tool Reduces Unnecessary Preoperative Evaluation for Cataract Surgery	4
Hospital Performance Assessment: A Global Perspective	4
Establishing Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators for the Central Sterile Supply Department: A Modified Delphi Study	4
Reduction of Chest Drain Overuse Through Implementation of a Pleural Drainage Order Set	4
Using the Electronic Medical Record to Increase Laboratory Test Monitoring in Ocular Inflammation Patients: A Quality Improvement Study	4
Time for a Paradigm Shift to Help Older Adults Thrive After Hospitalization	4
Letter to the Editor on “Burnout Among Family Physicians in the United States: A Review of the Literature”	3
A Comparative Evaluation of Prolonged Hospitalization in Japanese Hospitals: Analysis Based on a Risk-Adjusted Indicator for Pneumonia	3
Balancing Clinician Workload Through Strategic Patient Panel Designs	3
Reducing Unnecessary Complete Blood Count Ordering Through Education and Standardization: A Quality Improvement Initiative	3
Prediction of Breast Cancer Remission	3
Information for Authors	3
Intravenous Iron Prescribing Appropriateness Through Adherence to a Provincial Order Set for Inpatients: A Retrospective Study	3
Advancing Behavioral Health Through Measurement-Based Care and the Intermountain Psychotherapy Institute	3
Knowledge and Practices of Infection Control Among Healthcare Workers in Kazakhstan: Survey of Healthcare Workers From Accredited and Non-Accredited Hospitals	2
Driving in the Wrong Direction: Exploring the Unintended Consequences of an Early Discharge Program on Length of Stay in Hospital Setting	2
The Integration of Quality Improvement and Health Care Simulation: A Scoping Review	2
Implementation of a Standardized Approach to the Category II Fetal Heart Tracing	2
Accelerating Dyad Leadership Effectiveness: A Quality Improvement Effort in Clinical Programs	2
Information for Authors	2
COVID-19 Inpatient Caseloads in General Hospitals Did Not Affect Quality Indicator Compliance Rates in Israel	2
Intermountain as a Learning Health System: Key Successes and Future Directions	2
Improving Quality in Chronic Diseases in the Outpatient Setting Using a CNS-Led Care Management Program	2
USPSTF Dismisses Predictive Medicine and Data Science	2
Call for Reviewers	2
“Nothing Is More Powerful than Words:” How Patient Experience Narratives Enable Improvement	2
Intermountain Healthcare's Hospital-Level Care at Home Program	2
Effectiveness of Huddles in Improving the Patient Safety Attitudes Among Clinical Team Members	2
Categorizing Care Delays and Their Impact on Hospital Length of Stay	2
Cost-Related Barriers to Medication Adherence in Uveitis Patients Enrolled in NIH's All of Us Program	2
Building Cultural and Clinical Bridges: Post-Merger Strategies to Create Synergy, Increase Quality, and Reduce Costs	2
Effectiveness of Resident Education on Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: Insights From a Quality Improvement Project Improving the Appropriate Use of Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Among Resident Inpatient Te	2
Accelerating Clinical Practice Integration: IV Fluid Best Practice Implementation in a Merged Health System	2
The Desire Path: Integrating Patient Safety and Patient-Centeredness in Health Care Design	2
Call for Papers	2