OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal for Quality in Health Care is 3. 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
Developing and validating a Global Trigger Tool for assessing frequency, level of harm, and preventability of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients units	49
Addressing wounded healers’ burnout and moral distress: starts and ends with integrity	38
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	35
Quality certifications in Andalusian primary care: current status, barriers, and facilitators	29
It’s time to protect nursing students from workplace violence	29
Cost-related medication nonadherence in adults with hypertension in the USA: implications for healthcare quality	29
Lessons learned from the safety investigation of an omitted dose-dispensed medicine	26
Implementation of regional Acute Stroke Care Map increases thrombolysis rates in urban areas of China: an interrupted time series analysis	23
Health system performance assessment: embedding resilience through performance intelligence	22
Patient safety and quality implications of large language model use in healthcare: a risk-stratified assessment of artificial intelligence-assisted medical consultations	22
Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare contacts, quality of care, and social disparities across essential healthcare domains	19
Dying in hospital: a retrospective medical record analysis on care in the dying phase in intensive care units and general wards	18
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 4, 2023	17
Coproducing data-driven organizational safety with patients: development and cognitive testing of a multisetting patient-reported safety concern tool	16
Correction to: Pilot testing of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry	16
Quality of care for newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study	16
Impact of pay-for-performance program on postoperative infection and revision risk in diabetic patients with hip replacement: a Taiwanese Cohort Study	15
Co-constructing patient partnership: highlighting professional competencies and tools to move from knowledge to action	14
Comparing private and public ambulance services: a scoping review of quality outcomes	14
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	14
From silos to synergy: building a cross-functional ISO 9001 group to enhance climate resilience in a paediatric research hospital	14
The future of global graduate training in quality improvement and patient safety	13
From leadership perception to reporting action: unpacking the mediation pathway in nursing safety	13
Adapting lean management to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a low-cost strategy involving Kamishibai cards to sustain bundles’ compliance	13
The impact of hospital command centre on patient flow and data quality: findings from the UK National Health Service	13

Multidisciplinary perspectives on roles of hospital pharmacists in tertiary settings: a qualitative study	13
Characteristics of Paediatric Patients Requiring Rapid Response System Activations	12
Understanding what it will take to sustain improvement in healthcare	11
Investigating drivers of telecare acceptance to improve healthcare quality for independently living older adults	11
Advancing quality in low human development index scoring countries; the need for standardized and shared quality measurement and reporting	11
Practice patterns and survival outcomes for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: real-life experience in a general population setting	11
Outcomes of completed quality activities in an Australian tertiary hospital, 2015–2019	10
Equity in universal health coverage: do individuals with disabilities benefit equally?	10
Optimizing neurosurgery clinic operations: a comparative study of interventions in Finland’s public healthcare system	10
Interventions to improve Cultural Safety in healthcare in CANZUS countries: a systematic mixed studies review of First Nations Peoples’ experiences	10
Optimizing Goals of Care research in general medicine: a multifaceted problem	10
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	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
Reviewing the validity of existing measures of emergency physician workload—a scoping review	9
Impact of the physical therapy–managed spinal orthoses program on cost of care in the hospital setting: a retrospective interrupted time-series study	9
Hospital at Home vs conventional hospitalization: good clinical outcomes with lower cost and nosocomial complications	9
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the Taiwan Clinical Performance Indicator	9
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 3, 2021	9
How can the Greece National Strategy for Quality of Care and Patient Safety be taken forward?	9
Placing patient safety at the heart of value-based healthcare	9
Sequential risk and impact analyses in securing chemotherapy circuit through traceability digitalization and RFID technology implementation	9
‘Low-value’ clinical care in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis of low-value care in early-career GPs’ practice	8
Enhancing intraoperative safety through an intelligent surgical instrument verification system based on computer vision technologies	8
Comparing continuity of care before and after disability registration: a retrospective cohort study	8
Diagnostic errors in clinical laboratory testing process: incidence and impacts on patient safety—a 3-year voluntary incident report analysis	8
Prevalence of chemical restraint use in hospital care: a consensus and cross-sectional study	8
Barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies to implement ‘patient’s own medication’ and ‘self-administration of medication’ in hospitals	7
Association between patient choice of provider and patient-reported experience	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
Improving patient safety governance and systems through learning from successes and failures: qualitative surveys and interviews with international experts	7
Quality development driven by health care complaints	7
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 36, Issue 2, 2024	7
Developing quality measures for non-pharmacological prevention and rehabilitation in primary health care for chronic conditions: a consensus study	6
The maturity of lean management in a large academic medical center in Finland: a qualitative study	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
Using the patient voice to improve patient safety within healthcare settings—the strengths of a new patient reported safety concern tool	6
Enhancing patient safety in the emergency care of poisoned patients: a participatory systems approach	6
How should medical society face patient feedback in online review platforms?	6
Continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of barriers and opportunities for care improvement	6
Systematic recording and discussion of intraoperative adverse events using ClassIntra: results of a qualitative context analysis before implementation	6
Assessing surgical non-technical skills: a paradigm shift for improved patient care and outcomes	6
Predictive values of trigger tools for identifying adverse events in hospitalized patients using a medical record review: a systematic review	6
Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals	6
Barriers and facilitators to disseminating quality improvement and patient safety research: a scoping review	6
Promoting human rights-based deinstitutionalization in Lithuania by applying the World Health Organization’s QualityRights Assessments	6
Safety rounds as a strategy for continuous quality and safety improvement in healthcare processes	5
From Readiness to Results: Clinical Audit as a Strategic Tool for Quality Health Care in Nepal	5
Association between physiological abnormalities on general ward and patient outcomes after intensive care unit readmission: a cross-sectional study	5

Methods and tools used to assess patient experience with healthcare services in prisons: a scoping review	5
Delayed discharges at a tertiary rehabilitation centre in Saudi Arabia: contributing factors and cost impact	5
Patients and staff perspectives on hospital ward strain and its impacts on patient care and the workforce: A mixed-methods systematic review	5
Availability of Six Sigma trials for quality improvement in healthcare: an emerging challenge	5
The effect of applying telehealth education to home care of infants after congenital heart disease surgery	5
From innovation to influence: publishing quality improvement projects—key issues to address to enable successful publishing	5
Using patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures to elevate the quality of healthcare	5
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Driving Better Outcomes and Efficiency	5
Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital	5
Resilience and regulation—antithesis or a smart combination for future healthcare service improvement?	5
Clinical resilience: toward a unified definition	5
The outcomes of Lean management in a large academic hospital in Finland in 2018–2023: a qualitative study	5
Evaluating the impact of 360-degree assessment management based on information technology on improving service quality and satisfaction of operating room staff	5
Evaluating emergency code use and integrating clinical codes for emergency conditions to improve coordination in a tertiary care hospital	5
Promoting holistic and inclusive care for women: a call for updated health policies	5
Physician assistant legalization and conflicts in South Korea: need for an approach based on lessons from three countries	5
Challenges around the quality of care provided during the last days of life	4
French Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 1, 2022	4
Freezing while preserving achievements: suspending quality indicators in healthcare, Israel’s experience	4
Exploring the causal relationship between workplace factors and emotional exhaustion among healthcare professionals: an fsQCA approach	4
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 2, 2022	4
Identification of key factors influencing patient satisfaction for practical prioritization in healthcare settings: a nationwide survey analysis	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
Evaluating an integrated quality improvement and research approach: the Just Cos Initiative	4
Knowledge dissemination: essential work in quality and safety innovation	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
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
Participative leadership and nurses’ error reporting: psychological safety as a mediator in multi-hospital data	4
French Abstract for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	4
Patients’ and their caregivers’ experiences with home parenteral nutrition: a qualitative study using the Donabedian model	3
Sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Liberia and Ghana: a cross-sectional survey	3
Barriers and facilitators to the use of virtual wards: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence	3
Countdown to lobectomy: interventions to improve waiting times for lung cancer resection	3
ISO 9001 in hospitals: a systematic review and implementation framework for clinical services in emerging countries	3
How personnel diversity and affective bonds affect performance-based financing: a moderator analysis of a difference-in-difference estimator	3
Quality improvement and workplace wellbeing capacity and capability in Aotearoa New Zealand emergency departments. A nationwide mixed methods survey	3
Some important principles for implementing lean management in healthcare organizations	3
Look-alike, sound-alike medication perioperative incidents in a regional Australian hospital: assessment using a novel medication safety culture assessment tool	3
The relationship between Indigenous health and relevant sector Standards in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and Canada: a scoping review	3
Measuring quality of care for universal health coverage in the Western Pacific	3
Effects of gait adaptation training on augmented reality treadmill for patients with stroke in community ambulation	3
The role of surgical margins as outcome metrics in a quality assurance program for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy	3
Barriers and breakthroughs: policy reflections on healthcare for persons with disability in the Philippines	3
Use and de-implementation of fecal occult blood tests in the acute care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Did the introduction of an electronic booking form for elective caesarean section improve compliance with guidelines for gestational age at delivery?	3
Accelerating improvement: The Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative data timeliness project	3
Navigating the complex terrain of patient safety: challenges, strategies, and the importance of ongoing evaluation and knowledge sharing	3
Impact of a clinical encounter time protection program on pain management: a retrospective difference-in-difference study	3
Bridging structural gaps in noncommunicable disease care: the expanding role of private providers in Vietnam’s health mixed system	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
Advancing quality management in the medical devices industry: strategies for effective ISO 13485 implementation	3
Reform of mental health systems: what does the future look like and how to get there?	3
Assessment of a novel semi-automated dataset for large-scale surveillance of central venous catheter–related mechanical complications	3
Effects of an educational intervention for rational cardiac enzyme requisitions in critically ill patients: a pre–post intervention study	3
Diabetes care guided by quality indicators: A cost-effectiveness analysis in the Brazilian public health system	3