"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 2015 | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| 2016 | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| 2017 | 15 | 23 | 38 |
| 2018 | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| 2019 | 24 | 18 | 42 |
| 2020 | 22 | 27 | 49 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2022 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 2023 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 | 21 | 38 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Improvement" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of automated alerts on discharge opioid overprescribing after general surgery. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Dec 05; 81(24):1288-1296.
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Optimizing and Sustaining Clinical Outcomes in 88 US Hospitals Post-Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 Feb; 51(2):86-94.
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Perspectives on Anesthesia and Perioperative Patient Safety: Past, Present, and Future. Anesthesiology. 2024 Nov 01; 141(5):835-848.
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Proposed Quality Metrics for Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia: A Scoping Review. Anesth Analg. 2025 Feb 01; 140(2):397-408.
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A Virtual Breakthrough Series Collaborative for Missed Test Results: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2440269.
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Improving medication safety in both adults and children: what will it take? BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Sep 19; 33(10):619-621.
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Association of chronic kidney disease with postoperative outcomes: a national surgical quality improvement program (NSQIP) multi-specialty surgical cohort analysis. BMC Nephrol. 2024 Sep 13; 25(1):305.
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Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes screening at a large pediatric center. Lab Med. 2024 Sep 04; 55(5):580-584.
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Approach to radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer after the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer trial and associated complications: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb; 232(2):208.e1-208.e11.
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2024 Update to the 2020 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Heart Failure: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Performance Measures. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Sep; 17(9):e000132.