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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| 1991 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 1992 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 1993 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 1994 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 1995 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 1996 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 1997 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 1998 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 1999 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2000 | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 2001 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| 2002 | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| 2003 | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| 2004 | 29 | 30 | 59 |
| 2005 | 32 | 23 | 55 |
| 2006 | 45 | 22 | 67 |
| 2007 | 57 | 32 | 89 |
| 2008 | 58 | 29 | 87 |
| 2009 | 66 | 41 | 107 |
| 2010 | 61 | 36 | 97 |
| 2011 | 48 | 24 | 72 |
| 2012 | 49 | 24 | 73 |
| 2013 | 49 | 31 | 80 |
| 2014 | 50 | 26 | 76 |
| 2015 | 49 | 25 | 74 |
| 2016 | 47 | 25 | 72 |
| 2017 | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| 2018 | 31 | 16 | 47 |
| 2019 | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 2020 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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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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Assessment of the Sun Nuclear ArcCHECK to detect errors in 6MV FFF VMAT delivery of brain SABR using ROC analysis. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jun; 22(6):35-44.
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Learning During and From a Crisis: The Student-Led Development of a COVID-19 Curriculum. Acad Med. 2021 03 01; 96(3):399-401.
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Efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Apher. 2021 Jun; 36(3):470-482.
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Assessing cardiovascular disease risk factor screening inequalities in India using Lot Quality Assurance Sampling. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Nov 25; 20(1):1077.
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The American Brachytherapy Society prostate brachytherapy LDR/HDR simulation workshops: Hands-on, step-by-step training in the process of quality assurance. Brachytherapy. 2020 Nov - Dec; 19(6):787-793.
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Association of Electronic Health Record Use Above Meaningful Use Thresholds With Hospital Quality and Safety Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 09 01; 3(9):e2012529.
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The potential for quality assurance systems to save costs and lives: the case of early infant diagnosis of HIV. Trop Med Int Health. 2020 10; 25(10):1235-1245.
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Outcome Measurement at a Ugandan Referral Hospital: Validation of the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database. World J Surg. 2020 08; 44(8):2550-2556.
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Clinical efficacy of Duyiwei capsule in treating gingivitis: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Jul 17; 99(29):e20542.