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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Quality certifications in Andalusian primary care: current status, barriers, and facilitators	27
Developing and validating a Global Trigger Tool for assessing frequency, level of harm, and preventability of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients units	23
Health system performance assessment: embedding resilience through performance intelligence	23
Portuguese Abstracts	22
Addressing wounded healers’ burnout and moral distress: starts and ends with integrity	21
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	19
Implementation of regional Acute Stroke Care Map increases thrombolysis rates in urban areas of China: an interrupted time series analysis	18
It’s time to protect nursing students from workplace violence	17
Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare contacts, quality of care, and social disparities across essential healthcare domains	16
Dying in hospital: a retrospective medical record analysis on care in the dying phase in intensive care units and general wards	16
Cost-related medication nonadherence in adults with hypertension in the USA: implications for healthcare quality	14
Adapting lean management to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a low-cost strategy involving Kamishibai cards to sustain bundles’ compliance	14
Patient Safety and Quality Implications of Large Language Model Use in Healthcare: A Risk-Stratified Assessment of AI-Assisted Medical Consultations	14
An analysis of complaints about hospital care in the Republic of Ireland	14
Coproducing data-driven organizational safety with patients: development and cognitive testing of a multisetting patient-reported safety concern tool	14
The future of global graduate training in quality improvement and patient safety	13
The impact of hospital command centre on patient flow and data quality: findings from the UK National Health Service	13
Correction to: Pilot testing of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry	12
Quality of care for newly diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study	12
Multidisciplinary perspectives on roles of hospital pharmacists in tertiary settings: a qualitative study	12
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 4, 2023	12
Characteristics of Paediatric Patients Requiring Rapid Response System Activations	11
Impact of pay-for-performance program on postoperative infection and revision risk in diabetic patients with hip replacement: a Taiwanese Cohort Study	11
Time to review reflective practice?	10
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	10

Epidemiology of falls in 25 Australian residential aged care facilities: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study using routinely collected data	10
Practice patterns and survival outcomes for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: real-life experience in a general population setting	9
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the Taiwan Clinical Performance Indicator	9
Equity in universal health coverage: do individuals with disabilities benefit equally?	9
Reviewing the validity of existing measures of emergency physician workload—a scoping review	9
Advancing quality in low human development index scoring countries; the need for standardized and shared quality measurement and reporting	9
Optimizing neurosurgery clinic operations: a comparative study of interventions in Finland’s public healthcare system	9
Optimizing Goals of Care research in general medicine: a multifaceted problem	9
Placing patient safety at the heart of value-based healthcare	9
Careggi Re-Engineered Discharge project: standardize discharge and improve care coordination between healthcare professionals	9
Understanding what it will take to sustain improvement in healthcare	9
Investigating drivers of telecare acceptance to improve healthcare quality for independently living older adults	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
Comparing continuity of care before and after disability registration: a retrospective cohort study	8
‘Low-value’ clinical care in general practice: a cross-sectional analysis of low-value care in early-career GPs’ practice	8
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 3, 2021	8
Outcomes of completed quality activities in an Australian tertiary hospital, 2015–2019	8
Continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of barriers and opportunities for care improvement	7
Cluster randomized controlled trial: A matter of independence	7
Association between patient choice of provider and patient-reported experience	7
How should medical society face patient feedback in online review platforms?	7
The maturity of lean management in a large academic medical center in Finland: a qualitative study	7
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	7
Sequential risk and impact analyses in securing chemotherapy circuit through traceability digitalization and RFID technology implementation	7
Rethinking Gender and Complaints in Obstetric and Gynecologic Care: A Medical Systems Analysis	7
Predictive values of trigger tools for identifying adverse events in hospitalized patients using a medical record review: a systematic review	7
Impact of the physical therapy–managed spinal orthoses program on cost of care in the hospital setting: a retrospective interrupted time-series study	7
Patient complaints differ for male and female obstetrician-gynecologists: an exploration of 20 years of complaints data in Alberta, Canada	7
Barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies to implement ‘patient’s own medication’ and ‘self-administration of medication’ in hospitals	7
Reducing the risks of nuclear war: the role of health professionals	7
Improving patient safety governance and systems through learning from successes and failures: qualitative surveys and interviews with international experts	7
Promoting human rights-based deinstitutionalization in Lithuania by applying the World Health Organization’s QualityRights Assessments	6
Assessing surgical non-technical skills: a paradigm shift for improved patient care and outcomes	6
Barriers and facilitators to disseminating quality improvement and patient safety research: a scoping review	6
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Driving Better Outcomes and Efficiency	6
Training the next generation of journal editors: The case for editorial apprenticeship programmes	6
Portuguese Abstracts for Volume 35, Issue 1, 2023	6
Using guideline-based clinical decision support in oncological multidisciplinary team meetings: A prospective, multicenter concordance study	6
Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital	6
From Readiness to Results: Clinical Audit as a Strategic Tool for Quality Health Care in Nepal	6
Using patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures to elevate the quality of healthcare	6
Developing quality measures for non-pharmacological prevention and rehabilitation in primary health care for chronic conditions: a consensus study	6
Systematic recording and discussion of intraoperative adverse events using ClassIntra: results of a qualitative context analysis before implementation	6
The effect of applying telehealth education to home care of infants after congenital heart disease surgery	6
From innovation to influence: publishing quality improvement projects—key issues to address to enable successful publishing	6
Clinical resilience: toward a unified definition	6
Reduction in use of MRI and arthroscopy among patients with degenerative knee disease in independent treatment centers versus general hospitals: a time series analysis	5
Hospital accreditation: an umbrella review	5
Delayed discharges at a tertiary rehabilitation centre in Saudi Arabia: contributing factors and cost impact	5
Safety rounds as a strategy for continuous quality and safety improvement in healthcare processes	5

Challenges around the quality of care provided during the last days of life	5
French Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 1, 2022	5
Identification of key factors influencing patient satisfaction for practical prioritization in healthcare settings: a nationwide survey analysis	5
Resilience and regulation—antithesis or a smart combination for future healthcare service improvement?	5
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021	5
Availability of Six Sigma trials for quality improvement in healthcare: an emerging challenge	5
Transforming Emergency Care: Lessons from Innovations Beyond Healthcare	5
Governance and management in healthcare organizations: their different roles in driving safety and quality	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
Nosocomial COVID: the moral and clinical imperative for worldwide data collection and action	5
Implementing a screening algorithm for early recognition of sepsis in hospitalized children: a quality improvement project	5
French Abstract for Volume 34, Issue 3, 2022	4
Use and de-implementation of fecal occult blood tests in the acute care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Freezing while preserving achievements: suspending quality indicators in healthcare, Israel’s experience	4
Finding space for kindness: public protection and health professional regulation	4
Next Generation Accreditation in Healthcare: The Role of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence	4
Quality improvement and workplace wellbeing capacity and capability in Aotearoa New Zealand emergency departments. A nationwide mixed methods survey	4
Look-alike, sound-alike medication perioperative incidents in a regional Australian hospital: assessment using a novel medication safety culture assessment tool	4
Barriers and breakthroughs: policy reflections on healthcare for persons with disability in the Philippines	4
Knowledge dissemination: essential work in quality and safety innovation	4
Factors associated with the utilization of home hospice care at end-of-life in patients with cancer: a nationwide analysis	4
Effects of gait adaptation training on augmented reality treadmill for patients with stroke in community ambulation	4
Reform of mental health systems: what does the future look like and how to get there?	4
Accelerating improvement: The Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative data timeliness project	4
Did the introduction of an electronic booking form for elective caesarean section improve compliance with guidelines for gestational age at delivery?	4
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 34, Issue 2, 2022	4
Barriers and facilitators to the use of virtual wards: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence	4
International research priorities for integrated care and cross-boundary working: an electronic Delphi study	4
How personnel diversity and affective bonds affect performance-based financing: a moderator analysis of a difference-in-difference estimator	4
Measuring quality of care for universal health coverage in the Western Pacific	4
Sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Liberia and Ghana: a cross-sectional survey	4
Comparative analysis of routine clinical debriefings and incident reports: insights for patient safety and teamwork enhancement	4
Bridging Structural Gaps in Non-communicable Diseases Care: The Expanding Role of Private Providers in Vietnam’s health mixed system	4
Advancing quality management in the medical devices industry: strategies for effective ISO 13485 implementation	4
A simulation study on the association of HRO communication patterns and surgical team performance	3
Patient safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: how can we do better?	3
Developing clinical care programs: Experience from a Colombian clinical center	3
Navigating the complex terrain of patient safety: challenges, strategies, and the importance of ongoing evaluation and knowledge sharing	3
Some important principles for implementing lean management in healthcare organizations	3
Implementation and outcomes of a statewide TBI screening program for underserved populations	3
Effect of China’s long-term care insurance on health outcomes of older disabled people: role of institutional care	3
Why Patients Still Turn to Google: Cross-National Comparison of Physician Review Use and Its Implications for Quality Disclosure in Taiwan	3
Interpreting the lived experiences of home caregivers in the families of patients with COVID-19 in Iran: a phenomenological study	3
Addressing the challenge of reducing low-value care	3
“Controlling nosocomial transmission of respiratory infections in neurological wards: insights from COVID-19 pandemic data—a critical appraisal”	3
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	3
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations and associated factors among older people in French Guiana using the French National Health Data System	3
Impact of a clinical encounter time protection program on pain management: a retrospective difference-in-difference study	3
Can guidelines rein in oxygen use? A retrospective cross-sectional study using routinely collected data	3
Developing online medical service quality indicators in China from the perspective of online and offline integration: a modified Delphi–analytic hierarchy process study	3
The accuracy of the Global Trigger Tool is higher for the identification of adverse events of greater harm: a diagnostic test study	3
In Good Hands: exploring patient safety in the Philippines	3
The utility of website-based quality improvement tools for health professionals: a systematic review	3
Patient experience and nurse staffing level in South Korea	3
Predicting non-response in patient-reported outcome measures: results from the Swiss quality assurance programme in cardiac inpatient rehabilitation	3
COVID-19 response: a perspective from Pakistan	3
Improving the quality of hospital sterilization process using failure modes and effects analysis, fuzzy logic, and machine learning: experience in tertiary dental centre	3
The second victim phenomenon: comprehensive support and systemic change in healthcare	3
Development and Validation of a Quality Indicator System for Outpatient Service in Shenzhen, China	3
Effects of an educational intervention for rational cardiac enzyme requisitions in critically ill patients: a pre–post intervention study	3
Spanish Abstracts for Volume 33, Issue 2, 2021	3
The double use of PROMs to improve patient–provider communication and to compare providers: a potential conflict?	3
Examining the joint effect of clinical quality, meaningful use of HIT and patient–caregiver interaction on mortality rates in US acute care hospitals	3
Controlling nosocomial transmission of respiratory infections in neurological wards: insights from COVID-19 pandemic data	3
Development of the National Strategy for Quality of Care and Patient Safety for Greece: Co-creation process and lessons learnt	3
Modelling the effect of COVID-19 mass vaccination on acute hospital admissions	3