2024
Impact of a quality improvement initiative and monthly multidisciplinary meetings on outcomes after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Hengartner A, Elsamadicy A, Jonnalagadda A, Craft S, Sherman J, Reeves B, Fernandez T, Hobbs J, Koo A, DiLuna M, Tuason D. Impact of a quality improvement initiative and monthly multidisciplinary meetings on outcomes after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine Deformity 2024, 12: 1043-1051. PMID: 38493442, DOI: 10.1007/s43390-024-00859-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosterior spinal instrumented fusionPre-QI cohortAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisMultidisciplinary team meetingsProportion of patientsLength of stayPre-QITeam meetingsPost-QIPostoperative complicationsIdiopathic scoliosisQuality improvementQuality improvement initiativesPostoperative ambulationBenefits of enhanced recoveryMethodsThe medical recordsPain control protocolIntraoperative drain placementPosterior spinal fusionSpinal instrumented fusionQI implementationImprovement initiativesPatient careAmbulation statusDrain placement
2014
Reducing Door‐to‐Puncture Times for Intra‐Arterial Stroke Therapy: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project
Mehta B, Leslie‐Mazwi T, Chandra R, Bell D, Sun C, Hirsch J, Rabinov J, Rost N, Schwamm L, Goldstein J, Levine W, Gupta R, Yoo A. Reducing Door‐to‐Puncture Times for Intra‐Arterial Stroke Therapy: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e000963. PMID: 25389281, PMCID: PMC4338685, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.000963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnesthesia Department, HospitalCooperative BehaviorFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansInfusions, Intra-ArterialInterdisciplinary CommunicationMaleMiddle AgedPatient Care TeamPilot ProjectsProcess Assessment, Health CareProgram EvaluationPuncturesQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesStrokeThrombectomyThrombolytic TherapyTime and Motion StudiesTime FactorsTime-to-TreatmentTreatment OutcomeWorkflowConceptsPilot quality improvement projectQuality improvement projectPuncture timeMedian doorStroke patientsAnterior circulation stroke patientsIntra-arterial stroke therapyHospital time delayPre-QI cohortCompletion of imagingImprovement projectGreater delayNeurointerventional suiteHospital delayProximal occlusionIndependent predictorsStroke therapyPatient evaluationQI measuresWorse outcomesTherapy leadTreatment decisionsAnesthesia teamPatient arrivalPatients
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