Use of environmental scans in health services delivery research: a scoping review

P Charlton, T Kean, RH Liu, DA Nagel, R Azar… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine the extent and nature of evidence on the use of the environmental
scan (ES) in the health services delivery literature. Design Scoping review. Methods This …

[HTML][HTML] The future development of intensive care quality indicators–a methods paper

O Kumpf, M Nothacker, J Braun… - GMS German Medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Ventilator-associated events, not ventilator-associated pneumonia, is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients

AD Meagher, M Lind, L Senekjian… - Journal of Trauma …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated events (VAE), using objective diagnostic criteria, are
the preferred quality indicator for patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) for greater …

Actionable processes of care important to patients and family who experienced a prolonged intensive care unit stay: Qualitative interview study

L Rose, LJ Allum, L Istanboulian… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To use positive deviance to identify actionable processes of care that may improve
outcomes and experience from the perspectives of prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay …

[HTML][HTML] A rapid-learning health system to support implementation of early intervention services for psychosis in Quebec, Canada: protocol

M Ferrari, S Iyer, A LeBlanc, MA Roy… - JMIR Research …, 2022 - researchprotocols.org
Background: Given the strong evidence of their effectiveness, early intervention services
(EIS) for psychosis are being widely implemented. However, heterogeneity in the …

Monitoring intensive care unit performance—impact of a novel individualised performance scorecard in critical care medicine: a mixed-methods study protocol

SM Fernando, D Neilipovitz, AJ Sarti, E Rosenberg… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Patients admitted to a critical care medicine (CCM) environment, including an
intensive care unit (ICU), are susceptible to harm and significant resource utilisation …

A rapid learning health system to support implementation of early intervention services for psychosis in Quebec, Canada: study protocol

M Ferrari, S Iyer, A Leblanc, MA Roy, A Abdel-Baki - 2021 - researchsquare.com
Background: Given the strong evidence for their effectiveness, early intervention services for
psychosis (EIS) are being widely implemented. However, heterogeneity in the …

Evaluation of ICUs and weight of quality control indicators: an exploratory study based on Chinese ICU quality data from 2015 to 2020

L Su, X Ma, S Gao, Z Yin, Y Chen, W Wang, H He… - Frontiers of …, 2023 - Springer
This study aimed to explore key quality control factors that affected the prognosis of intensive
care unit (ICU) patients in Chinese mainland over six years (2015–2020). The data for this …

Quality indicators in intensive care medicine: Background and practical use

O Kumpf - Medizinische Klinik-Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2021 - Springer
Quality indicators are used in medicine to indirectly reflect quality via key figures. Intensive
care medicine, in particular, contains a large number of standard processes for which quality …

[HTML][HTML] The future development of intensive care quality indicators–a methods paper

M Nothacker, J Braun, EMG Grönau - egms.de
Introduction: Medical quality indicators (QI) are important tools in the evaluation of medical
quality. Their development is subject to specific methodological requirements, which include …