Improving the Quality of Care

Improving clinical indicators in acute admissions to the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital

“…This approach to quality improvement is not new but has previously been met with scepticism by medical staff (Chassin 1996). Quality improvement was seen as a 'witch-hunt' by some of them.…”

Quality of Health Care in the United States: Implications for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

“…Physicians have often approached the subject of quality of care with a mixture of “anger, skepticism, or simply disinterest” [27] due to concerns with the validity, reliability, and accuracy of quality measurement [27] [28]. There is also the fear that quality assurance measures are “disguised … efforts to control costs rather than improve quality” [29] [28] [30].…”

“…There is also the fear that quality assurance measures are “disguised … efforts to control costs rather than improve quality” [29] [28] [30]. However, physician groups are now realizing that active participation is required to ensure valid, systematic application of quality measurement.…”

Patient and procedure-related risk factors for adverse events after infrainguinal bypass

“…[3][4][5] Therefore, AEs can be used as outcome measures to assess the quality of surgical care. [6][7][8] Owing to extensive comorbid conditions and technically challenging surgical revascularization procedures, patients treated for peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) are at high risk for developing AEs. Rutherford et al 9,10 proposed an AE registration classification.…”