International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Article	Citations
Developing and validating a Global Trigger Tool for assessing frequency, level of harm, and preventability of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients units	43
Addressing wounded healers’ burnout and moral distress: starts and ends with integrity	35
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	32
It’s time to protect nursing students from workplace violence	30
Quality certifications in Andalusian primary care: current status, barriers, and facilitators	28
Cost-related medication nonadherence in adults with hypertension in the USA: implications for healthcare quality	22
Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare contacts, quality of care, and social disparities across essential healthcare domains	22
Lessons learned from the safety investigation of an omitted dose-dispensed medicine	19
Dying in hospital: a retrospective medical record analysis on care in the dying phase in intensive care units and general wards	17
Implementation of regional Acute Stroke Care Map increases thrombolysis rates in urban areas of China: an interrupted time series analysis	16
Health system performance assessment: embedding resilience through performance intelligence	16
Patient safety and quality implications of large language model use in healthcare: a risk-stratified assessment of artificial intelligence-assisted medical consultations	15
The future of global graduate training in quality improvement and patient safety	15
The impact of hospital command centre on patient flow and data quality: findings from the UK National Health Service	15
Quality of care for newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study	14
Coproducing data-driven organizational safety with patients: development and cognitive testing of a multisetting patient-reported safety concern tool	14
Correction to: Pilot testing of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry	14
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 4, 2023	14
From leadership perception to reporting action: unpacking the mediation pathway in nursing safety	13
Design and validation of indicators for the comprehensive measurement of quality of care for type 2 diabetes and acute respiratory infections in ambulatory health services	13
From silos to synergy: building a cross-functional ISO 9001 group to enhance climate resilience in a paediatric research hospital	13
Characteristics of Paediatric Patients Requiring Rapid Response System Activations	13
Comparing private and public ambulance services: a scoping review of quality outcomes	13
Impact of pay-for-performance program on postoperative infection and revision risk in diabetic patients with hip replacement: a Taiwanese Cohort Study	13
Multidisciplinary perspectives on roles of hospital pharmacists in tertiary settings: a qualitative study	12

Adapting lean management to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a low-cost strategy involving Kamishibai cards to sustain bundles’ compliance	12
Co-constructing patient partnership: highlighting professional competencies and tools to move from knowledge to action	12
Practice patterns and survival outcomes for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: real-life experience in a general population setting	10
Optimizing Goals of Care research in general medicine: a multifaceted problem	10
Advancing quality in low human development index scoring countries; the need for standardized and shared quality measurement and reporting	10
Understanding what it will take to sustain improvement in healthcare	10
Investigating drivers of telecare acceptance to improve healthcare quality for independently living older adults	10
Equity in universal health coverage: do individuals with disabilities benefit equally?	10
Interventions to improve Cultural Safety in healthcare in CANZUS countries: a systematic mixed studies review of First Nations Peoples’ experiences	9
How can the Greece National Strategy for Quality of Care and Patient Safety be taken forward?	9
Outcomes of completed quality activities in an Australian tertiary hospital, 2015–2019	9
Reviewing the validity of existing measures of emergency physician workload—a scoping review	9
Careggi Re-Engineered Discharge project: standardize discharge and improve care coordination between healthcare professionals	9
Improving therapeutic engagement and observations on inpatient mental health wards in the English National Health Service: lessons from using quality improvement to scale up interventions	9
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the Taiwan Clinical Performance Indicator	9
Placing patient safety at the heart of value-based healthcare	9
Optimizing neurosurgery clinic operations: a comparative study of interventions in Finland’s public healthcare system	9
Effects of a team Quality Improvement method in a national clinical audit programme of four clinical specialties in Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia	8
The maturity of lean management in a large academic medical center in Finland: a qualitative study	8
‘Low-value’ clinical care in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis of low-value care in early-career GPs’ practice	8
Comparing continuity of care before and after disability registration: a retrospective cohort study	8
Impact of the physical therapy–managed spinal orthoses program on cost of care in the hospital setting: a retrospective interrupted time-series study	8
Sequential risk and impact analyses in securing chemotherapy circuit through traceability digitalization and RFID technology implementation	8
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 3, 2021	8
Barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies to implement ‘patient’s own medication’ and ‘self-administration of medication’ in hospitals	8
Predictive values of trigger tools for identifying adverse events in hospitalized patients using a medical record review: a systematic review	7
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 36, Issue 2, 2024	7
Quality development driven by health care complaints	7
Rethinking gender and complaints in obstetric and gynecologic care: a medical systems analysis	7
Patient complaints differ for male and female obstetrician-gynecologists: an exploration of 20 years of complaints data in Alberta, Canada	7
Barriers and facilitators to disseminating quality improvement and patient safety research: a scoping review	6
Developing quality measures for non-pharmacological prevention and rehabilitation in primary health care for chronic conditions: a consensus study	6
Association between patient choice of provider and patient-reported experience	6
Enhancing patient safety in the emergency care of poisoned patients: a participatory systems approach	6
Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals	6
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 1, 2023	6
Reliability of retrospective medical record review for identifying adverse events: findings from the 2023 Korean Patient Safety Incident Inquiry	6
Enhancing intraoperative safety through an intelligent surgical instrument verification system based on computer vision technologies	6
Continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of barriers and opportunities for care improvement	6
Prevalence of chemical restraint use in hospital care. A consensus and cross-sectional study	6
Assessing surgical non-technical skills: a paradigm shift for improved patient care and outcomes	6
Systematic recording and discussion of intraoperative adverse events using ClassIntra: results of a qualitative context analysis before implementation	6
How should medical society face patient feedback in online review platforms?	6
Diagnostic errors in clinical laboratory testing process: incidence and impacts on patient safety—a 3-year voluntary incident report analysis	6
Improving patient safety governance and systems through learning from successes and failures: qualitative surveys and interviews with international experts	6
Promoting human rights-based deinstitutionalization in Lithuania by applying the World Health Organization’s QualityRights Assessments	6
The effect of applying telehealth education to home care of infants after congenital heart disease surgery	5
From Readiness to Results: Clinical Audit as a Strategic Tool for Quality Health Care in Nepal	5
Physician assistant legalization and conflicts in South Korea: need for an approach based on lessons from three countries	5
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Driving Better Outcomes and Efficiency	5

Delayed discharges at a tertiary rehabilitation centre in Saudi Arabia: contributing factors and cost impact	5
Using patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures to elevate the quality of healthcare	5
From innovation to influence: publishing quality improvement projects—key issues to address to enable successful publishing	5
Resilience and regulation—antithesis or a smart combination for future healthcare service improvement?	5
Clinical resilience: toward a unified definition	5
Evaluating emergency code use and integrating clinical codes for emergency conditions to improve coordination in a tertiary care hospital	5
Association between physiological abnormalities on general ward and patient outcomes after intensive care unit readmission: a cross-sectional study	5
Using the patient voice to improve patient safety within healthcare settings—the strengths of a new patient reported safety concern tool	5
Evaluating the impact of 360-degree assessment management based on information technology on improving service quality and satisfaction of operating room staff	5
Methods and tools used to assess patient experience with healthcare services in prisons: a scoping review	5
Promoting holistic and inclusive care for women: a call for updated health policies	5
How personnel diversity and affective bonds affect performance-based financing: a moderator analysis of a difference-in-difference estimator	4
Finding space for kindness: public protection and health professional regulation	4
Advancing quality management in the medical devices industry: strategies for effective ISO 13485 implementation	4
Evaluating an integrated quality improvement and research approach: the Just Cos Initiative	4
Safety rounds as a strategy for continuous quality and safety improvement in healthcare processes	4
Challenges around the quality of care provided during the last days of life	4
French Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 1, 2022	4
Identification of key factors influencing patient satisfaction for practical prioritization in healthcare settings: a nationwide survey analysis	4
Knowledge dissemination: essential work in quality and safety innovation	4
Participative leadership and nurses’ error reporting: psychological safety as a mediator in multi-hospital data	4
Exploring the causal relationship between workplace factors and emotional exhaustion among healthcare professionals: an fsQCA approach	4
Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital	4
Freezing while preserving achievements: suspending quality indicators in healthcare, Israel’s experience	4
Governance and management in healthcare organizations: their different roles in driving safety and quality	4
International research priorities for integrated care and cross-boundary working: an electronic Delphi study	4
French Abstract for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	4
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 2, 2022	4
Reduction in use of MRI and arthroscopy among patients with degenerative knee disease in independent treatment centers versus general hospitals: a time series analysis	4
Availability of Six Sigma trials for quality improvement in healthcare: an emerging challenge	4
Transforming Emergency Care: Lessons from Innovations Beyond Healthcare	4
Factors associated with the utilization of home hospice care at end-of-life in patients with cancer: a nationwide analysis	4
Countdown to lobectomy: interventions to improve waiting times for lung cancer resection	3
Quality improvement and workplace wellbeing capacity and capability in Aotearoa New Zealand emergency departments. A nationwide mixed methods survey	3
Effects of gait adaptation training on augmented reality treadmill for patients with stroke in community ambulation	3
The second victim phenomenon: comprehensive support and systemic change in healthcare	3
Some important principles for implementing lean management in healthcare organizations	3
Impact of a clinical encounter time protection program on pain management: a retrospective difference-in-difference study	3
Patients’ and their caregivers’ experiences with home parenteral nutrition: a qualitative study using the Donabedian model	3
Accelerating improvement: The Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative data timeliness project	3
Barriers and facilitators to the use of virtual wards: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence	3
Use and de-implementation of fecal occult blood tests in the acute care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Barriers and breakthroughs: policy reflections on healthcare for persons with disability in the Philippines	3
ISO 9001 in hospitals: a systematic review and implementation framework for clinical services in emerging countries	3
The relationship between Indigenous health and relevant sector Standards in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and Canada: a scoping review	3
Can guidelines rein in oxygen use? A retrospective cross-sectional study using routinely collected data	3
Development and early implementation of automated audit and feedback monitoring instruments in Belgian primary care: lessons for scalable systems	3
Navigating the complex terrain of patient safety: challenges, strategies, and the importance of ongoing evaluation and knowledge sharing	3
Patient safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: how can we do better?	3
Look-alike, sound-alike medication perioperative incidents in a regional Australian hospital: assessment using a novel medication safety culture assessment tool	3
Assessing the quality of patient safety incident investigation reports	3
Next-generation accreditation in healthcare: the role of digital transformation and artificial intelligence	3
Reform of mental health systems: what does the future look like and how to get there?	3
Sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Liberia and Ghana: a cross-sectional survey	3
Bridging structural gaps in noncommunicable disease care: the expanding role of private providers in Vietnam’s health mixed system	3
Effects of an educational intervention for rational cardiac enzyme requisitions in critically ill patients: a pre–post intervention study	3
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations and associated factors among older people in French Guiana using the French National Health Data System	3
Measuring quality of care for universal health coverage in the Western Pacific	3
Did the introduction of an electronic booking form for elective caesarean section improve compliance with guidelines for gestational age at delivery?	3
The Role of Surgical Margins as Outcome Metrics in a Quality Assurance Program for Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy	3
Pilot testing of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry	2
Safeguarding quality of care in active conflict: priority issues and interventions in Sudan	2
Case management in emergency care: impact evaluation of the CARED Program	2
Adherence to evidence-based guidelines for prevention of urinary retention in hip surgery patients: a multicentre observational study	2
Words in action: centering the patient voice to achieve an efficient and compassionate healthcare system	2
Improving the quality of hospital sterilization process using failure modes and effects analysis, fuzzy logic, and machine learning: experience in tertiary dental centre	2
A prospective randomized controlled study of the effect of standardized nursing intervention for cancer pain on the quality of life of patients	2
Controlling nosocomial transmission of respiratory infections in neurological wards: insights from COVID-19 pandemic data	2
Anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian healthcare: a scoping review of the literature	2
“Controlling nosocomial transmission of respiratory infections in neurological wards: insights from COVID-19 pandemic data—a critical appraisal”	2
Clinical handoffs in low-resource settings: structural blind spots beyond situation, background, assessment, and recommendation	2
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 2, 2021	2
Reframing patient complaints as a quality and governance function in healthcare	2
Comparative analysis of routine clinical debriefings and incident reports: insights for patient safety and teamwork enhancement	2
Implementation and outcomes of a statewide TBI screening program for underserved populations	2
Development and validation of trigger tool for multimorbid patients (MUltimorbid Patients—Estonian Trigger Tool). A mixed-methods study	2
Underreporting of adverse events to health authorities by healthcare professionals: a red flag-raising descriptive study	2
Discharge to post–acute care and other predictors of prolonged length of stay during the initial COVID-19 surge: a single site analysis	2
A quality assurance initiative on improving cefazolin perioperative redose compliance	2
Development of the National Strategy for Quality of Care and Patient Safety for Greece: co-creation process and lessons learnt	2

Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 2, 2022	2
In Good Hands: exploring patient safety in the Philippines	2
International approaches for implementing accreditation programmes in different healthcare facilities: a comparative case study in Australia, Botswana, Denmark, and Jordan	2
The accuracy of the Global Trigger Tool is higher for the identification of adverse events of greater harm: a diagnostic test study	2
Why patients still turn to Google: cross-national comparison of physician review use and its implications for quality disclosure in Taiwan	2
Why patient safety is akin to weaving textiles: an International Society for Quality in Health Care perspective on the 7th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety 2025	2
Next generation accreditation: building the foundations for a digitally enabled future	2
Anticholinergic burden and quality of life: expanding the evidence for person‑centred care	2
COVID-19 response: a perspective from Pakistan	2
Patient experience and nurse staffing level in South Korea	2
Measuring shared decision-making in younger and older adults with depression	2
The utility of website-based quality improvement tools for health professionals: a systematic review	2
Patient- and family-centred care transition interventions for adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs	2
Portuguese Abstract, Volume 36, Issue 2, 2024	2
Examining the joint effect of clinical quality, meaningful use of HIT and patient–caregiver interaction on mortality rates in US acute care hospitals	2
Burden of ischemic stroke in mainland China and Taiwan province from 1990 to 2019: with forecast for the next 11 years	2
Addressing the challenge of reducing low-value care	2
Effect of China’s long-term care insurance on health outcomes of older disabled people: role of institutional care	2
Resilience practices of healthcare professionals during the hospital discharge process: a qualitative study	2
Enhancing outpatient layouts and services in tertiary hospitals: innovations for elderly-friendly care	2
Predicting non-response in patient-reported outcome measures: results from the Swiss quality assurance programme in cardiac inpatient rehabilitation	2
Augmenting Healthcare Systems for Pandemic Preparedness: A Lean Six Sigma Perspective	2
Developing online medical service quality indicators in China from the perspective of online and offline integration: a modified Delphi–analytic hierarchy process study	2
Satisfaction with healthcare services in Dubai: findings from the 2023 Household Survey	1
Diagnostic performance of a newly launched Canadian fast-track ultrasound clinic by rheumatologists for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis	1
A white paper to guide patient safety strategies at the facility level	1
Pharmacist-led continuity of care interventions for patients receiving oral anticancer therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Applying models of co-production in the context of health and well-being. A narrative review to guide future practice	1
Portuguese Abstracts, Volume 36, Issue 1, 2024	1
AI-first, expert-verified: validating generative AI for HFACS-based coding of healthcare RCA transcripts with governance considerations	1
EPERCAS study (Strategies for Preventing Medication Administration Errors in Nursing Homes). Preparation of a list of strategies to prevent the most frequent medication administration errors in the re	1
From standardization to trust: the Greek experience with ISO and EN 15224 in public hospitals	1
The cost of dispensing errors in Iranian health system: a retrospective evaluation	1
Implementation remains the biggest challenge to the effective use of PROMs and PREMs, so what can we do about it?	1
The cost of a first and second hospital-wide accreditation in Flanders, Belgium	1
Is primary care a patient-safe setting? Prevalence, severity, nature, and causes of adverse events: numerous and mostly avoidable	1
Methodological evaluation of the psychometric properties of medication-related quality indicators in residential aged care homes: a systematic review	1
The impact of outsourcing bed-based aged care services on quality of care: A multisite observational study	1
Addressing the challenge of low value preoperative care: the need to change systems, mindsets and practices towards quality care	1
Correction to: Effects of early palliative care intervention on medical resource use among end-of-life patients	1
The impact of elective surgery postponement during COVID-19 on emergency bellwether procedures in a large tertiary centre in Singapore	1
‘The big value of it is getting the patient seen by the right person at the right time’: clinician perceptions of the value of allied health primary contact models of care	1
Psychological safety, job satisfaction, and the intention to leave among German early-career physicians	1
The influence mechanism analysis of family doctor team effectiveness: a mixed-method approach	1
Reporting aged care quality data monthly, quarterly, or annually? A cross-sectional study of 349 613 residents and 2803 long-term care facilities	1
Integration of persistence in the 5P-medicine approach for age-related chronic diseases	1
Associations of hospital unit occupancy with inpatient falls and fall-risk assessment completion: a retrospective cohort study	1
Public expectations on regulatory requirements for the management of hospital ‘never events’ in Germany	1
Reducing medication-related harm	1
Patient-centered care: the North Star to guide us during uncertainty into a better day	1
Navigating Regulatory Pathways for Access to Innovative Medicines in Tunisia	1
Correction to: Is primary care a patient-safe setting? Prevalence, severity, nature, and causes of adverse events: numerous and mostly avoidable	1
Evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘patient transport’ app in improving healthcare quality, patient safety, and workflow efficiency	1
Improving care safety by characterizing task interruptions during interactions between healthcare professionals: an observational study	1
Intravenous iron staining: real-world incidence, preventability, and mitigation tools from a long-term quality improvement project	1
Holding up the crystal ball: using regulatory intelligence insights to support quality in healthcare	1
Factors associated with having home care physicians as an integrated source of medications for chronic conditions among homebound patients	1
Toward integrated risk management of patient falls and patient-assisted injuries: four indicators to support a joint approach	1
Effect of integrated medicines management on quality of discharge medication information—a secondary endpoint in a randomized controlled trial	1
Risk identification and prediction of complaints and misconduct against health practitioners: a scoping review	1
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic early response measures on myocardial infarctions and acute cardiac care in Singapore	1
Progress with accreditation and standards in the Middle east: the cases of the Jordanian Health Care Accreditation Council (HCAC) and Egyptian General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regula	1
Factors that influence the implementation of quality improvement programmes	1
Improving compliance with personal protective equipment among anaesthetists through behaviour-changing interventions during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic	1
Multisector collaborations at children’s hospitals to address social drivers of health	1
Optimizing warfarin and dual oral anticoagulation practices in an academic clinic during a merger amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a marginalized population	1
The impact of pharmacist-led medication reconciliation on quality of life and hospital stay in chronic kidney disease: a prospective study in Jordan	1
Control charts in healthcare quality monitoring: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis	1
Do not blame the organizational culture for poor performance	1
Elective orthopaedic surgery cancellations: insights into avoidable and unavoidable causes, consequences, and solutions	1
Toward a greener healthcare: unveiling the carbon costs of dialysis in China and the path to sustainability	1
Best practice: quality assessment outcomes of the Practice Enhancement Program among family physicians in Saskatchewan, Canada	1
Clinical indicators to monitor health care in low back pain: a scoping review	1
Multiple case study of processes used by hospitals to select performance indicators: do they align with best practices?	1
When donor funding ends: reflections from Jordan’s Health Care Accreditation Council on sustainable health system strengthening	1
General practice organisational models and heart failure medication adherence: multi-level evidence from a regional cohort in Emilia-Romagna, Italy	1
Creating transformative change in the disabilities field: promoting both bottom-up and top-down inclusion through the UNCRPD and QualityRights Toolkit	1
Prevalence and determinants of defensive medicine among physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Correction to: Use of wireless geographic locating system to improve medical equipment utilization and medical quality	1
Health system resilience, accreditation, high-quality care, and continuous quality improvement: what is the destination and how do we get there?	1
Low-value preoperative care in low-risk procedures: clinical and economic burden for health system sustainability	1
The attitudes of hospital directors towards normalising accreditation standards: A qualitative descriptive study for Saudi Arabia	1
Process reengineering using DMAIC framework for reduction of waiting time in daycare infusion therapy for better patient experience	1
Evaluating the impact of integrated ambulatory care on medication burden and patient-centred outcomes in older adults with multimorbidity	1
Health conditions that impact fitness-to-practice in physicians: a scoping review	1
The sustainability of the healthcare: a cross-sectional study among Italian JCI-accredited hospitals	1
An invitation for contributions to a themed issue on artificial intelligence and safety and quality in health care	1
Attitude toward perioperative safety among operation room clinicians at Ethiopian University Hospital	1
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 4, 2022	1
Nurses’ perception of medication administration errors and factors associated with their reporting in the neonatal intensive care unit	1
Factors associated with harm in reported patient safety incidents and characteristics during health screenings in Korea: a secondary data analysis	1
Outcomes among patients admitted for non-ST-segment myocardial infarction in the pre-pandemic and pandemic COVID-19 era: Israel Nationwide study	1
A review of the sterile processing department’s reprocessing of surgical instruments	1
The development of indicators to measure the quality of care in geriatric rehabilitation	1
Prioritizing patient satisfaction: a strategic analysis and its relevance to the philippines	1