"Quality Improvement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D058996
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.293.754 N04.761.744
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Improvement- Quality Improvement
- Improvement, Quality
- Improvements, Quality
- Quality Improvements
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles.
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Environmental Impact and Cost Savings of Operating Room Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Scoping Review. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 02 01; 236(2):411-423.
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Creation of a quality improvement collaborative to address adolescent and young adult cancer clinical trial enrollment: ATAQI (AYA trial access quality initiative). Curr Probl Cancer. 2023 Dec; 47(6):100898.
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Association between Preoperative Steroids and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Gastrointest Surg. 2022 06; 26(6):1198-1204.
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Quality Improvement in Neurology: 2020 Parkinson Disease Quality Measurement Set Update. Neurology. 2021 08 03; 97(5):239-245.
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The Coming of Age of Implementation Science and Research in Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2021 08 01; 49(8):1254-1275.
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Clinical Practice Guideline: Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 04; 164(2_suppl):S1-S42.
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Implementing a Heart Failure Transition Program to Reduce 30-Day Readmissions. J Healthc Qual. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 43(2):110-118.
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Sustained Reduction of Nasal Pressure Injuries in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit With the Use of Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: A Quality Improvement Project. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 48(2):101-107.
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Inadvertent Burst Suppression During Total Intravenous Anesthesia in 112 Consecutive Patients Undergoing Spinal Instrumentation Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Quality Improvement Project. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2022 Jul 01; 34(3):300-305.
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The interprofessional Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars program pre- and postdoctoral nurse fellow outcomes. Nurs Outlook. 2021 Mar-Apr; 69(2):202-211.