Application of a simple, affordable quality metric tool to colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, hernia, and hepatobiliary surgery patients: the HARM score
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DOI: 10.1007/s00464-017-5998-7
Abstract: BackgroundQuality is the major driver for both clinical and financial assessment. There remains a need for simple, affordable, quality metric tools to evaluate patient outcomes, which led us to develop the HospitAl length of stay,… read more here.
Keywords: upper gastrointestinal; quality metric; harm score; harm ... See more keywords
The unmeasured quality metric: Burn out and the second victim syndrome in healthcare.
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DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2019.04.011
Abstract: Physician Burn Out has become endemic as Healthcare has become increasingly complex and challenging to physicians who provide care to critically ill patients. Physicians are more prone to make errors when burnt out. Most Healthcare… read more here.
Keywords: unmeasured quality; second victim; burn second; quality metric ... See more keywords
Relation of improved postoperative nausea/vomiting quality metric to physician incentive pay
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DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2018.1540681
Abstract: Abstract As part of a compensation overhaul for physicians, a small percentage of remuneration (1.75% for the highest tier) was linked to quality incentives. For the anesthesiologists, this entailed adherence to previously published postoperative nausea… read more here.
Keywords: quality; ponv; quality metric; nausea vomiting ... See more keywords
Textbook Outcome as a Quality Metric in Liver Transplantation
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DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001322
Abstract: Background. Quality in liver transplantation (LT) is currently measured using 1-y patient and graft survival. Because patient and graft survival rates now exceed 90%, more informative metrics are needed. Textbook outcomes (TOs) describe ideal patient… read more here.
Keywords: quality; survival; patient; liver transplantation ... See more keywords
Looking away: An analysis of early childhood teaching and learning experiences framed through a quality metric
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DOI: 10.1177/1463949118778023
Abstract: In this article, the author examines the ways in which a classroom quality metric framed the teaching and learning experiences of teachers and children in three Head Start classrooms. Using comic subjectivity theory, the author… read more here.
Keywords: quality; learning experiences; teaching learning; quality metric ... See more keywords
The Case for Breast-Conservation Treatment Rates to Be a Quality Metric.
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DOI: 10.3747/co.27.6539
Abstract: We read the article titled "Mastectomy versus breastconservation therapy: an examination of how individual, clinicopathologic, and physician factors influence decision-making" by Gu et al. […]. read more here.
Keywords: treatment rates; conservation treatment; breast conservation; case breast ... See more keywords