OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal for Quality in Health Care is 4. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 is having a destructive impact on health-care workers’ mental well-being	142
Innovating health care: key characteristics of human-centered design	141
Barriers to evidence-based practice implementation in physiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Patient and clinician experience with a rapidly implemented large-scale video consultation program during COVID-19	42
What makes a good quality indicator set? A systematic review of criteria	40
Clinical handover and handoff in healthcare: a systematic review of systematic reviews	35
How is the Theoretical Domains Framework applied in designing interventions to support healthcare practitioner behaviour change? A systematic review	33
Impact of the early phase of the COVID pandemic on cancer treatment delivery and the quality of cancer care: a scoping review and conceptual model	29
A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measurement (PROM) and provider assessment in mental health: goals, implementation, setting, measurement characteristics and barriers	28
Thirty-day readmission rate of COVID-19 patients discharged from a tertiary care university hospital in Turkey: an observational, single-center study	26
Patient satisfaction and patient experience are not interchangeable concepts	26
The 40 health systems, COVID-19 (40HS, C-19) study	25
COVID-19 emergencies around the globe: China’s experience in controlling COVID-19 and lessons learned	22
The role of co-production in Learning Health Systems	22
Measuring patient voice matters: setting the scene for patient-reported indicators	21
Hospital medication errors: a cross-sectional study	19
Patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs) and provider assessment in mental health: a systematic review of the context of implementation	19
Patient-reported outcome measurement of symptom distress is feasible in most clinical scenarios in palliative care: an observational study involving routinely collected data	19
Masked and distanced: a qualitative study of how personal protective equipment and distancing affect teamwork in emergency care	19
Are operating room distractions, interruptions and disruptions associated with performance and patient safety? A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Evaluating factors associated with the cancellation and delay of elective surgical procedures: a systematic review	17
Effect of COVID-19 on hospital visits in Ningbo, China: an interrupted time-series analysis	17
Learning from safety incidents in high-reliability organizations: a systematic review of learning tools that could be adapted and used in healthcare	17
The value of federated learning during and post-COVID-19	16
COVID-19: leadership on the frontline is what matters when we support healthcare workers	16

Predictors of job satisfaction and intention to stay in the job among health-care providers in Uganda and Zambia	16
Using telemedicine to improve the quality of life of parents of infants with CHD surgery after discharge	16
The effect of electronic audits and feedback in primary care and factors that contribute to their effectiveness: a systematic review	15
Disparities in unmet health service needs among people with disabilities in China	14
Evaluation of the Association of Length of Stay in Hospital and Outcomes	14
From assurance to coproduction: a century of improving the quality of health-care service	14
Patient-reported indicators in mental health care: towards international standards among members of the OECD	14
Overcoming telemental health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Patient satisfaction with outpatient care in China: a comparison of public secondary and tertiary hospitals	13
International survey of COVID-19 management strategies	12
An in situ simulation program: a quantitative and qualitative prospective study identifying latent safety threats and examining participant experiences	12
Effect of automated unit dose dispensing with barcode scanning on medication administration errors: an uncontrolled before-and-after study	12
The prevalence and underreporting of needlestick injuries among hospital workers: a cross-sectional study	12
Conversion of a colorectal cancer guideline into clinical decision trees with assessment of validity	12
Predictors of patient-reported quality of care in low- and middle-income countries: a four-country survey of person-centered care	12
Impact of an educational intervention on WHO surgical safety checklist and pre-operative antibiotic use at a referral hospital in southwestern Uganda	12
Chronic disease and medical spending of Chinese elderly in rural region	12
Rebooting effective clinical supervision practices to support healthcare workers through and following the COVID-19 pandemic	12
COVID-19 in aged care homes: a comparison of effects initial government policies had in the UK (primarily focussing on England) and Australia during the first wave	12
Hospital nurses’ intention to report near misses, patient safety culture and professional seniority	12
The validity and reliability of self-reported satisfaction with healthcare as a measure of quality: a systematic literature review	11
Epidemiology of falls in 25 Australian residential aged care facilities: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study using routinely collected data	10
Are clinicians using routinely collected data to drive practice improvement? A cross-sectional survey	10
Point-of-care dashboards promote coproduction of healthcare services for patients with inflammatory bowel disease	10
Quality as strategy, the evolution of co-production in the Region Jönköping health system, Sweden: a descriptive qualitative study	10
Monitoring of three-phase variations in the mortality of COVID-19 pandemic using control charts: where does Pakistan stand?	9
Gender in the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist	9
Time and predictors of time to treatment for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH): a systematic review	9
How safe is prehospital care? A systematic review	9
Global and regional burden and quality of care of non-rheumatic valvular heart diseases: a systematic analysis of Global Burden of Disease 1990–2017	9
Defining value in health care: a scoping review of the literature	9
Assessing the value of second opinion pathology review	9
Systemic resilience and COVID-19: lessons from Taiwan	9
Outcomes of a multicomponent safe surgery intervention in Tanzania’s Lake Zone: a prospective, longitudinal study	9
Is a hospital quality policy based on a triad of accreditation, public reporting and inspection evidence-based? A narrative review	9
Comparing length of hospital stay during COVID-19 pandemic in the USA, Italy and Germany	9
Communication in the intensive care unit during COVID-19: early experience with the Nightingale Communication Method	8
Organizational capacity for patient and family engagement in hospital planning and improvement: interviews with patient/family advisors, managers and clinicians	8
Appropriateness of imaging decisions for low back pain presenting to the emergency department: a retrospective chart review study	8
Measuring the impact of delayed access to elective cholecystectomy through patient’s cost-utility: an observational cohort study	8
Exploring the impact of employee engagement and patient safety	8
Perceived health-care quality in China: a comparison of second- and third-tier hospitals	8
Development of the perceptions of preventable adverse events assessment tool (PPAEAT): measurement properties and patients’ mental health status	8
Finding space for kindness: public protection and health professional regulation	8
Frontiers in human factors: integrating human factors and ergonomics to improve safety and quality in Latin American healthcare systems	8
Perspectives on implementing a quality improvement collaborative to improve person-centered care for maternal and reproductive health in Kenya	8
The optimal control chart selection for monitoring COVID-19 phases: a case study of daily deaths in the USA	7
Coproduction in medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: critical components of successful curricular reform	7
A comparative analysis: international variation in PET-CT service provision in oncology—an International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership study	7
Dedicated teams to optimize quality and safety of surgery: A systematic review	7

A hybrid Shewhart chart for visualizing and learning from epidemic data	7
Measurement and monitoring patient safety in prehospital care: a systematic review	7
Effect of barcode technology on medication preparation safety: a quasi-experimental study	7
Common general surgical never events: analysis of NHS England never event data	7
Telemedicine usage via WeChat for children with congenital heart disease preoperatively during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective analysis	7
Addressing overestimation and insensitivity in the 85% target for average bed occupancy	7
Safety concerns with glass particle contamination: improving the standard guidelines for preparing medication injections	7
Cost-effectiveness of public caseload midwifery compared to standard care in an Australian setting: a pragmatic analysis to inform service delivery	7
Uncomfortable yet necessary: The impact of PPE on communication in emergency medicine	7
Designing clinical indicators for common residential aged care conditions and processes of care: the CareTrack Aged development and validation study	7
Healthcare inequality in compensation claims concerning acute hospital services: a Danish register-based study	7
Will the COVID-19 pandemic transform infection prevention and control in surgery? Seeking leverage points for organizational learning	6
Effectiveness of health consumer representative involvement in implementation of interventions to change health professional behaviour	6
The power of the patient’s voice in the modern health care system	6
Healthcare quality assessments: no guarantees of same outcomes for different socio-economic stroke patients	6
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Chronic Disease Management Program in patients with hypertension in Korea	6
Extended roles in primary care when physiotherapist-initiated referral to X-ray can save time and reduce costs	6
A Delphi consensus study to identify priorities for improving and measuring medication safety for intensive care patients on transfer to a hospital ward	6
Improving primary care access to respirologists using eConsult	6
Protecting health professionals from workplace violence in the context of COVID-19 epidemic	6
Care in the future—reconciling health system and individual resilience	6
Second victim support structures in anaesthesia: a cross-sectional survey in Belgian anaesthesiologists	6
Factors Associated With Self-Reported Medical Errors Among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study From Oman	6
Trauma system accreditation and patient outcomes in British Columbia: an interrupted time series analysis	6
Provider–patient communication and hospital ratings: perceived gaps and forward thinking about the effects of COVID-19	6
Reducing postoperative opioid pill prescribing via a quality improvement approach	6
The intersection of big data and epidemiology for epidemiologic research: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Using guideline-based clinical decision support in oncological multidisciplinary team meetings: A prospective, multicenter concordance study	5
Acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic—changes in incidence and clinical presentation but not in patients’ outcome	5
Psychometric properties of the person-centred coordinated care experience questionnaire (P3CEQ) in a Norwegian radiotherapy setting	5
Israeli COVID lockdowns mildly reduced overall use of preventive health services, but exacerbated some disparities	5
Accuracy and reliability of injury coding in the national Dutch Trauma Registry	5
Looking for the right balance between human and economic costs during COVID-19 outbreak	5
Patient-reported outcome measures in mental health clinical research: a descriptive review in comparison with clinician-rated outcome measures	5
International approaches for implementing accreditation programmes in different healthcare facilities: a comparative case study in Australia, Botswana, Denmark, and Jordan	5
Effect of nationwide concurrent drug utilization review program on drug–drug interactions and related health outcome	5
Using patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures to elevate the quality of healthcare	5
Is the ‘never event’ concept a useful safety management strategy in complex primary healthcare systems?	5
Association of patient experience and the quality of hospital care	5
Person-centered care (PCC): the people’s perspective	5
Incident Reporting Reduction during the Covid-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Italian Hospital. A Retrospective Analysis	5
Is evidence of effectiveness a driver for clinical decision support selection? A qualitative descriptive study of senior hospital staff	5
Cost impact of introducing a treatment escalation/limitation plan during patients’ last hospital admission before death	5
Hospital accreditation: an umbrella review	5
Benefits and risks of non-slip socks in hospitals: a rapid review	5
Accreditation in 2030	5
Changes in compensation claim contents following reorganization of emergency hospital care	5
Breast cancer care amidst a pandemic: a scoping review to understand the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on health services and health outcomes	5
Improving first-pass success rates during emergency intubation at an academic emergency department: a quality improvement initiative	5
Impact of a prolonged COVID-19 lockdown on patterns of admission, mortality and performance indicators in a cardiovascular intensive care unit	5
Malta’s only acute public hospital service during COVID-19: a diary of events from the first wave to transition phase	5
Beyond tokenism in quality management policy and programming: moving from participation to meaningful involvement of people with HIV in New York State	5
Differences in organization of care are associated with mortality, severe complication and failure to rescue in emergency colon cancer surgery	5
Development of a professional competency framework for Australian sonographers—perspectives for developing competencies using a Delphi methodology	5
Interpreting the lived experiences of home caregivers in the families of patients with COVID-19 in Iran: a phenomenological study	5
Patients experience more support, information and involvement after first-time hospital accreditation: a before and after study in the Faroe Islands	4
Effect of a waiting room communication strategy on imaging rates and awareness of public health messages for low back pain	4
Variability in the assessment of children’s primary healthcare in 30 European countries	4
Using the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model to describe the planning and management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong	4
Development and psychometric properties of the Caring Behaviors Assessment Tool Nursing Version-Short Form	4
Job burnout facing Chinese general practitioners in the context of COVID-19	4
A meta-review of methods of measuring and monitoring safety in primary care	4
Evaluating the implementation and use of patient-reported outcome measures in a mental health hospital in Denmark: a qualitative study	4
Demographics matter: the potentially disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on hospital ratings	4
Psychometric evaluation of the Arabic version of the patient-centered communication instrument for adult cancer patients	4
Quality of maternal and newborn hospital care in Brazil: a quality improvement cycle using the WHO assessment and quality tool	4
A starter’s guide to learning and teaching how to coproduce healthcare services	4
Exploring the relation between clinician ratings and patient-reported experience and outcomes	4
A novel conceptual approach to lean: value, psychological conditions for engagement with work and perceived organizational support in hospital care	4
Comparing outcome measures of persons with severe mental illness in vocational rehabilitation programs: a dual perspective of consumers and providers	4
An appraisal of healthcare accreditation agencies and programs: similarities, differences, challenges and opportunities	4
The need for standardized reporting of research findings in the field of quality of care	4
Interruption of initial patient assessment in the emergency department and its effect on patient perception of care quality	4
Effect of a prioritization score on the inter-hospital transfer time management of severe COVID-19 patients: a quasi-experimental intervention study	4
Assessment of the reliability of the IHI Global Trigger Tool: new perspectives from a Brazilian study	4