 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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700 N05.700
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| 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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| 1981 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1982 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1984 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1986 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1987 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 1988 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 1989 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 1990 | 13 | 2 | 15 | | 1991 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 1992 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 1993 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 1994 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 1995 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 1996 | 18 | 3 | 21 | | 1997 | 12 | 8 | 20 | | 1998 | 15 | 17 | 32 | | 1999 | 10 | 20 | 30 | | 2000 | 20 | 16 | 36 | | 2001 | 27 | 19 | 46 | | 2002 | 22 | 12 | 34 | | 2003 | 27 | 24 | 51 | | 2004 | 32 | 32 | 64 | | 2005 | 39 | 23 | 62 | | 2006 | 53 | 27 | 80 | | 2007 | 53 | 34 | 87 | | 2008 | 58 | 32 | 90 | | 2009 | 62 | 42 | 104 | | 2010 | 66 | 42 | 108 | | 2011 | 52 | 23 | 75 | | 2012 | 58 | 26 | 84 | | 2013 | 47 | 32 | 79 | | 2014 | 59 | 30 | 89 | | 2015 | 47 | 20 | 67 | | 2016 | 21 | 9 | 30 | | 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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A Salzberg C, Bitton A, Lipsitz SR, Franz C, Shaykevich S, Newmark LP, Kwatra J, Bates DW. The Impact of Alternative Payment in Chronically Ill and Older Patients in the Patient-centered Medical Home. Med Care. 2017 May; 55(5):483-492.
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Lin Y, Haspel RL. Transfusion medicine education for non-transfusion medicine physicians: a structured review. Vox Sang. 2017 Feb; 112(2):97-104.
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Lih CJ, Harrington RD, Sims DJ, Harper KN, Bouk CH, Datta V, Yau J, Singh RR, Routbort MJ, Luthra R, Patel KP, Mantha GS, Krishnamurthy S, Ronski K, Walther Z, Finberg KE, Canosa S, Robinson H, Raymond A, Le LP, McShane LM, Polley EC, Conley BA, Doroshow JH, Iafrate AJ, Sklar JL, Hamilton SR, Williams PM. Analytical Validation of the Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for a Nationwide Signal-Finding Clinical Trial: Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice Clinical Trial. J Mol Diagn. 2017 Mar; 19(2):313-327.
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Perrin JM, Zimmerman E, Hertz A, Johnson T, Merrill T, Smith D. Pediatric Accountable Care Organizations: Insight From Early Adopters. Pediatrics. 2017 Feb; 139(2).
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Abujudeh H, Kaewlai R, Shaqdan K, Bruno MA. Key Principles in Quality and Safety in Radiology. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Mar; 208(3):W101-W109.
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Boos J, Fang J, Snell A, Hallett D, Siewert B, Eisenberg RL, Brook OR. Electronic Kiosks for Patient Satisfaction Survey in Radiology. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Mar; 208(3):577-584.
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Harrison BT, Dillon DA, Richardson AL, Brock JE, Guidi AJ, Lester SC. Quality Assurance in Breast Pathology: Lessons Learned From a Review of Amended Reports. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2017 Feb; 141(2):260-266.
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Gandhi TK. Safety Lessons from the NIH Clinical Center. N Engl J Med. 2016 Nov 03; 375(18):1705-1707.
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Yazdany J, Robbins M, Schmajuk G, Desai S, Lacaille D, Neogi T, Singh JA, Genovese M, Myslinski R, Fisk N, Francisco M, Newman E. Development of the American College of Rheumatology's Rheumatoid Arthritis Electronic Clinical Quality Measures. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Nov; 68(11):1579-1590.
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Gurley KL, Wolfe RE, Burstein JL, Edlow JA, Hill JF, Grossman SA. Use of Physician Concerns and Patient Complaints as Quality Assurance Markers in Emergency Medicine. West J Emerg Med. 2016 Nov; 17(6):749-755.
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