Showing posts with label instruments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label instruments. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Development of the Quality Improvement Minimum Quality Criteria Set

"We developed a ready-to-use, valid and reliable critical appraisal instrument applicable to healthcare QI intervention publications, but recognise scope for continuing refinement."

Development of the Quality Improvement Minimum Quality Criteria Set (QI-MQCS): a tool for critical appraisal of quality improvement intervention publications
S Hempel, PG Shekelle, JL Liu, M Sherwood Danz, R Foy, YW Lim, A Motala, LV Rubenstein
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:796-804 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003151

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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

The challenge of change in acute mental health services

"VOCALISE can be used to explore staff perceptions of implementation climate and to assess how staff attitudes shape the successful outcomes of planned changes."

The challenge of change in acute mental health services: measuring staff perceptions of barriers to change and their relationship to job status and satisfaction using a new measure (VOCALISE)
C Laker, F Callard, C Flach, P Williams, J Sayer, T Wykes
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:23

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Thursday, 4 April 2013

Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients


"The STRATIFY scale was found to be the best tool for assessing the risk of falls by hospitalized acutely-ill adults."

Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
M Aranda-Gallardo, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:122

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Monday, 14 January 2013

Measuring organizational and individual factors thought to influence the success of quality improvement in primary care


"For researchers and those evaluating continuous quality improvement in practice, this guidance should lessen the burden of locating relevant measures and may enhance the contribution their research makes by increasing the quality of measurement and the potential to synthesise findings across studies."

Measuring organizational and individual factors thought to influence the success of quality improvement in primary care: a systematic review of instruments
SE Brennan, M Bosch, H Buchan, SE Green
Implementation Science, 7:121

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