Quality Assurance, Health Care
"Quality Assurance, Health Care" 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.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
Concept/Terms
Quality Assurance, Health Care- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Healthcare Quality Assurance
- Assurance, Healthcare Quality
- Assurances, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assurances
- Quality Assurances, Healthcare
- Quality Assurance, Healthcare
- Health Care Quality Assurance
Healthcare Quality Assessment- Healthcare Quality Assessment
- Assessment, Healthcare Quality
- Assessments, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assessments
- Quality Assessments, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Health Care
- Health Care Quality Assessment
- Quality Assessment, Healthcare
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Quality Assurance, Health Care" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 1993 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 1994 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 1995 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 1996 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 1997 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 1999 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2000 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 2001 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| 2002 | 23 | 14 | 37 |
| 2003 | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| 2004 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| 2005 | 32 | 21 | 53 |
| 2006 | 49 | 26 | 75 |
| 2007 | 53 | 31 | 84 |
| 2008 | 56 | 28 | 84 |
| 2009 | 64 | 40 | 104 |
| 2010 | 58 | 36 | 94 |
| 2011 | 48 | 23 | 71 |
| 2012 | 47 | 23 | 70 |
| 2013 | 48 | 29 | 77 |
| 2014 | 47 | 26 | 73 |
| 2015 | 47 | 25 | 72 |
| 2016 | 46 | 22 | 68 |
| 2017 | 25 | 21 | 46 |
| 2018 | 32 | 15 | 47 |
| 2019 | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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The value of monitoring amended reports in cytopathology quality programs: A biennial review. Cancer Cytopathol. 2022 11; 130(11):860-871.
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TEAM(ing): together each achiev(ing) more! Fertil Steril. 2022 01; 117(1):8-9.
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United States' experience in nuchal translucency measurement: variation according to provider characteristics in over five million ultrasound examinations. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Nov; 58(5):732-737.
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Assessment of Federal Value-Based Incentive Programs and In-Hospital Clostridioides difficile Infection Rates. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2132114.
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The American Society of Neuroradiology: Cultivating a Diverse and Inclusive Culture to Build a Stronger Organization. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 12; 42(12):2127-2129.
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Strengthening Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Capacity in Rural Rwanda: A Feasibility Assessment. Ann Glob Health. 2021; 87(1):78.
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Implementation of Complex Interventions: Lessons Learned From the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Transitional Care Portfolio. Med Care. 2021 08 01; 59(Suppl 4):S344-S354.
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Routine pretreatment patient-specific IMRT QA (PS-IMRT-QA) should be discontinued and replaced with a real-time on-board beam monitoring system (BMS). Med Phys. 2021 Sep; 48(9):4715-4718.
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Application programming interface guided QA plan generation and analysis automation. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jun; 22(6):26-34.
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Characteristics and quality of nursing homes reporting COVID-19 admissions from hospitals. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 09; 69(9):2440-2442.