National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

2004 Index of Articles

Volume 26

Index Copyright© 2004 Cinahl Information Systems. Used by permission.
Editor-in-Chief’s Note: We are pleased to present a detailed index (both by subject and by author) to the 2004 issues of the Journal for Healthcare Quality. This index was prepared by Cinahl Information Systems, publisher of the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. The structure of Cinahl’s thesaurus is based on the widely used National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Heading (MdSH) but tailored to meet the needs of nursing and allied health professionals.

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Accidental Falls—Prevention and Control—In Old Age
Developing a unit-specific falls reduction program (Ward A et al) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 36–41, 60 (9 ref)

Accreditation
Quality toolbox. Achieving a continual state of regulatory readiness (Perry-Ewald JM et al) (exam questions, questionnaire/scale, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 47–51 (6 ref)

Administrative Personnel
Interview with a quality leader: Carolyn M. Clancy on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Lanser P) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 22–5, 32 (4 ref)

Amputation—Trends
Diabetes preventive care and non-traumatic lower extremity amputation rates (Moreland ME et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 12–7 (13 ref)

Bar Coding
Using bar-code point-of-care technology for patient safety (Anderson S et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 5–11, (17 ref)

Breast Neoplasms
Breast cancer care: Changing community standards (Butler WM et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 22–8 (12 ref)

Simulation of breast cancer screening: Quality assessment of two protocols (Carter KJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 25–32 (28 ref)

Variation in breast cancer management in Hawaii: a survey of physician practice (Gelber RP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-1-W4-5 (30 ref)

Business
Interview with a quality leader: Suzanne F. Delbanco on The Leapfrog Group and employer purchasing power (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 18–21, 28

Cancer Screening—Methods
Simulation of breast cancer screening: Quality assessment of two protocols (Carter KJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 25–32 (28 ref)

Case Mix-Evaluation
Understanding approaches to case-mix assessment and case-mix adjustment (Sevcik AE et al) (glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-24-W5-34 (15 ref 12 bib)

Cesarean Section
The effect of computer-assisted evaluation of labor on cesarean rates (Hamilton E et al) (clinical trial, glossary, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 37–44 (17 ref)

Chronic Disease
Emerging technology for at-risk chronically ill veterans (Huddleston M et al) (case study, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 12–6, 24 (12 ref)

Clinical Indicators
Data, information, and quality indicators for home healthcare: Rapid implementation, what’s next? (Fortinsky RH et al) (tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 44–51 (19 ref)

Variation in breast cancer management in Hawaii: a survey of physician practice (Gelber RP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-1-W4-5 (30 ref)

Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems
Reaching out to clinicians: Implementation of a computerized alert system (Degnan D et al) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 20–4 (11 ref)

Collaboration
Patient safety: A case study in team building and interdisciplinary collaboration (Horak BJ et al) (CEU, exam questions, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 6–13, 60 (10 ref)

Communication
Eavesdropping as normative behavior in a cardiac intensive care unit (Vuckovic NH et al) (research) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-1-W5-6 (27 ref)

Computer Simulation
Simulation of breast cancer screening: Quality assessment of two protocols (Carter KJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 25–32 (28 ref)

Confidence Intervals
Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 4. Confidence intervals with t distributions, standard error, and confidence intervals for proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 26–32 (3 ref)

Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 5. comparing two confidence intervals, standard error of the difference between two means and between two proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 33–42

Coronary Care
Eavesdropping as normative behavior in a cardiac intensive care unit (Vuckovic NH et al) (research) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-1-W5-6 (27 ref)

Cost Control
Quality toolbox. Innovative ideas seminars: A method for eliciting innovations and their effect on quality and cost (Brown EJ) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 39–46 (17 ref)

Cultural Competence
Validating a patient satisfaction survey translated into Spanish (Miceli PJ) (CEU, questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 4–13 (15 ref)

Data Analysis, Statistical
Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 4. Confidence intervals with t distributions, standard error, and confidence intervals for proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 26–32 (3 ref)

Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 5. Comparing two confidence intervals, standard error of the difference between two means and between two proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 33–42

Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Pary 6. Tests of statistical significance (z test statistic, rejecting the null hypothesis, p value), t test, z test for proportions, statistical significance versus meaningful difference (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 43–53

Data Collection Methods
Measuring experience from the patient's perspective: implications for national initiatives (Drain M et al) (CEU, glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-6-W4-16 (76 ref)

Diabetes
Diabetes preventive care and non-traumatic lower extremity amputation rates (Moreland ME et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 12–7 (13 ref)

Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice (Zgibor JC et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 14–21 (28 ref)

Diagnosis, Computer Assisted
The effect of computer-assisted evaluation of labor on cesarean rates (Hamilton E et al) (clinical trial, glossary, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 37–44 (17 ref)

Diffusion of Innovation
Guest editorial. The benefits of sharing (Scarrow PK) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 4, 53 (1 ref)

Disease Management
Emerging technology for at-risk chronically ill veterans (Huddleston M et al) (case study, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 12–6, 24 (12 ref)

Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice (Zgibor JC et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 14–21 (28 ref)

Drug Rehabilitation Programs
Employers and the value of treating substance abuse: A recommendation concerning faith-based programs (Burke LA et al) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-17-W4-23 (18 ref)

Drug Therapy—In Infancy and Childhood
Agreement between pediatric medication orders and medication cardex (Cable G et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 14–9 (15 ref)

Early Intervention
Improving telemetry alarm response to noncritical alarms using a failure mode and effects analysis (Semple D et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13-W5-19 (5 ref)

Editorial
Editorial: A note from the editor-in-chief: JHQ online (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 4

Editorial: On our new changes in cover and format (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 2

Editorial: On resilience (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 2, 13 (1 ref)

Guest editorial. A systems perspective on healthcare safety initiatives (Grube JA) (editorial, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 2, 19 (3 ref)

Guest editorial. A transformational approach to healthcare quality improvement (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 3, 57 (8 ref)

Guest editorial. A value proposition: The marriage of research and healthcare quality (Beaudin CL et al) (editorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 2, 57, 60 (2 ref)

Guest editorial. Home healthcare quality (Rosati RJ) (editorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 2, 51

Guest editorial. Six Sigma adds new dimension to quality management processes (Dlugacz YD) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 2, 46

Guest editorial. The benefits of sharing (Scarrow PK) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 4, 53 (1 ref)

Guest editorial. The evolution of healthcare safety (Gluck PA) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 3–4 (4 ref)

Emergency Service
Continuous quality improvement for the clinical decision unit (Mace SE) (CEU, exam questions, protocol, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 29–36, 60 (19 ref)

Employee Assistance Programs
Employers and the value of treating substance abuse: A recommendation concerning faith-based programs (Burke LA et al) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-17-W4-23 (18 ref)

Equipment Alarm Systems-Nursing
Improving telemetry alarm response to noncritical alarms using a failure mode and effects analysis (Semple D et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13-W5-19 (5 ref)

Gerontologic Care
Developing a unit-specific falls reduction program (Ward A et al) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 36–41, 60 (9 ref)

Hardiness
Editorial: On resilience (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 2, 13 (1 ref)

Health Care Costs
Quality toolbox. Innovative ideas seminars: A method for eliciting innovations and their effect on quality and cost (Brown EJ) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 39–46 (17 ref)

Understanding approaches to case-mix assessment and case-mix adjustment (Sevcik AE et al) (glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-24-W5-34 (15 ref 12 bib)

Health Care Delivery—Administration
Guest editorial. Six Sigma adds new dimension to quality management processes (Dlugacz YD) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 2, 46

Health Care Errors
Medical errors: Excess hospital costs and lengths of stay (Nordgren LD et al) (algorithm, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 42–9, 60 (8 ref)

Health Facility Administrators
John Hartley on upcoming challenges for the healthcare quality professional (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-20-W5-21

Lee Hilborne on culture and systems thinking (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-22-W5-23

Health Facility Costs
Medical errors: Excess hospital costs and lengths of stay (Nordgren LD et al) (algorithm, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 42–9, 60 (8 ref)

Health Informatics
An informatics infrastructure for patient safety and evidence-based practice in home healthcare (Bakken S et al) (case study, CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 24–30 (25 ref)

Health Information Systems
Adoption factors associated with patient safety-related information technology (Menachemi N et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 33–8 (39 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Scott Wallace on information technology and advancing healthcare quality (Mears D) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 17–9

Health Resource Utilization
Understanding approaches to case-mix assessment and case-mix adjustment (Sevcik AE et al) (glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-24-W5-34 (15 ref 12 bib)

Heart Surgery—Adverse Effects
Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: A clinical process improvement model (Rao N et al) (CEU, exam questions, pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 22–8, 60 (23 ref)

Home Health Agencies—Administration
A case study of operational failure in home healthcare (Tucker AL) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 38–43 (13 ref)

Data, information, and quality indicators for home healthcare: Rapid implementation, what’s next? (Fortinsky RH et al) (tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 44–51 (19 ref)

Home Health Care
Building a home healthcare workforce to meet the quality imperative (Sochalski J) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 19–23 (26 ref)

A case study of operational failure in home healthcare (Tucker AL) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 38–43 (13 ref)

Data, information, and quality indicators for home healthcare: Rapid implementation, what’s next? (Fortinsky RH et al) (tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 44–51 (19 ref)

Emerging technology for at-risk chronically ill veterans (Huddleston M et al) (case study, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 12–6, 24 (12 ref)

Guest editorial. Home healthcare quality (Rosati RJ) (editorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 2, 51

An informatics infrastructure for patient safety and evidence-based practice in home healthcare (Bakken S et al) (case study, CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 24–30 (25 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Penny Feldman on home healthcare quality and research (Chu MP et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 31–7 (2 ref)

Strengthening condition-specific evidence-based home healthcare practice (Peterson LE) (CEU, review, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 10–8 (70 ref)

Using patient satisfaction data to improve home healthcare (Keepnews D) (CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 4–9 (16 ref)

Hospital Administration
Guest editorial. A transformational approach to healthcare quality improvement (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 3, 57 (8 ref)

Hospital Programs
Guest editorial. A systems perspective on healthcare safety initiatives (Grube JA) (editorial, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 2, 19 (3 ref)

Quality toolbox. Fishing for good catches—implementing a successful event-reporting system (Fish K et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 50–3 (3 ref)

Hospitals
Hospital accreditation and patient satisfaction: Testing the relationship (Heuer AJ) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 46–51 (12 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Suzanne F. Delbanco on The Leapfrog Group and employer purchasing power (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 18–21, 28

Impairment
Diversion of controlled substances: A catalyst for change (Hulse K et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 6–11, 17 (6 ref 3 bib)

Incident Reports
Quality toolbox. Fishing for good catches—implementing a successful event-reporting system (Fish K et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 50–3 (3 ref)

Inferential Statistics
Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 4. Confidence intervals with t distributions, standard error, and confidence intervals for proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 26–32 (3 ref)

Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 6. Tests of statistical significance (z test statistic, rejecting the null hypothesis, p value), t test, z test for proportions, statistical significance versus meaningful difference (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 43–53

Information Technology—Utilization
Adoption factors associated with patient safety-related information technology (Menachemi N et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 33–8 (39 ref)

Insurance, Health
Understanding approaches to case-mix assessment and case-mix adjustment (Sevcik AE et al) (glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-24-W5-34 (15 ref 12 bib)

Instrument Validation
Validating a patient satisfaction survey translated into Spanish (Miceli PJ) (CEU, questionnaire/scale, research, tables/ charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 4–13 (15 ref)

Interprofessional Relations
Development of relationship-centered care (Wylie JL et al) (CEU, exam questions, review, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 14–21, 45, 60 (48 ref)

Eavesdropping as normative behavior in a cardiac intensive care unit (Vuckovic NH et al) (research) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-1-W5-6 (27 ref)

Interviews
Interview with a quality leader: Carolyn M. Clancy on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Lanser P) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 22–5, 32 (4 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: David Brailer on Information Technology and Advancing Healthcare Quality (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 20-5

Interview with a quality leader: Penny Feldman on home healthcare quality and research (Chu MP et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 31–7 (2 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Scott Wallace on information technology and advancing healthcare quality (Mears D) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 17–9

Interview with a quality leader: Suzanne F. Delbanco on The Leapfrog Group and employer purchasing power (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 18–21, 28

Interview with a quality leader: Thomas M. Smith on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Patient Safety Fellowship (Horvath M et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 31–5 (1 ref)

Intraprofessional Relations
Development of relationship-centered care (Wylie JL et al) (CEU, exam questions, review, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 14–21, 45, 60 (48 ref)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Hospital accreditation and patient satisfaction: Testing the relationship (Heuer AJ) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 46–51 (12 ref)

Labor
The effect of computer-assisted evaluation of labor on cesarean rates (Hamilton E et al) (clinical trial, glossary, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 37–44 (17 ref)

Length of Stay
Medical errors: Excess hospital costs and lengths of stay (Nordgren LD et al) (algorithm, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 42–9, 60 (8 ref)

Listening
Eavesdropping as normative behavior in a cardiac intensive care unit (Vuckovic NH et al) (research) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-1-W5-6 (27 ref)

Managed Care Programs
Managing medical care concerns: an MCO's approach to monitoring member safety (Evans D) (forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-7-W5-12 (8 ref)

Quality-of-care review of optometric records: Inter-rater reliability (Soroka M et al) (equations & formulas, research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 29–33 (14 ref)

Using the quality improvement committee to establish accountability and yield results (Beaty J et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 34–8 (4 ref)

Mediastinitis—Prevention and Control
Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: A clinical process improvement model (Rao N et al) (CEU, exam questions, pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 22–8, 60 (23 ref)

Medical Orders
Agreement between pediatric medication orders and medication cardex (Cable G et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 14–9 (15 ref)

Medical Records—Evaluation
Quality-of-care review of optometric records: Inter-rater reliability (Soroka M et al) (equations & formulas, research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 29–33 (14 ref)

Medication Errors
Agreement between pediatric medication orders and medication cardex (Cable G et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 14–9 (15 ref)

Using bar-code point-of-care technology for patient safety (Anderson S et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 5–11, (17 ref)

Medication Systems
Diversion of controlled substances: A catalyst for change (Hulse K et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 6–11, 17 (6 ref 3 bib)

Using bar-code point-of-care technology for patient safety (Anderson S et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 5–11, (17 ref)

Narcotics
Diversion of controlled substances: A catalyst for change (Hulse K et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 6–11, 17 (6 ref 3 bib)

Nurse Administrators
Interview with a quality leader: Thomas M. Smith on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Patient Safety Fellowship (Horvath M et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 31–5 (1 ref)

Nurse-Managed Centers
Development and implementation of a nurse-managed anticoagulation program (Shimabukuro TT et al) (CEU, exam questions, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 4–13, 60 (20 ref)

Nurse-Physician Relations
Patient safety: A case study in team building and interdisciplinary collaboration (Horak BJ et al) (CEU, exam questions, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 6–13, 60 (10 ref)

Nursing Leaders
Interview with a quality leader: Penny Feldman on home healthcare quality and research (Chu MP et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 31–7 (2 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Thomas M. Smith on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Patient Safety Fellowship (Horvath M et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 31–5 (1 ref)

Nursing Manpower—Trends
Building a home healthcare workforce to meet the quality imperative (Sochalski J) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 19–23 (26 ref)

Observation Units
Continuous quality improvement for the clinical decision unit (Mace SE) (CEU, exam questions, protocol, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 29–36, 60 (19 ref)

Occupational Safety
On the road to the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (Adamus MS) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 21–30, 60 (12 ref)

Oncologic Care—Standards
Breast cancer care: Changing community standards (Butler WM et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 22–8 (12 ref)

Variation in breast cancer management in Hawaii: A survey of physician practice (Gelber RP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-1-W4-5 (30 ref)

Optometry
Quality-of-care review of optometric records: Inter-rater reliability (Soroka M et al) (equations & formulas, research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 29–33 (14 ref)

Organizational Change
Guest editorial. A systems perspective on healthcare safety initiatives (Grube JA) (editorial, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 2, 19 (3 ref)

Guest editorial. A transformational approach to healthcare quality improvement (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 3, 57 (8 ref)

Organizational Compliance
Quality toolbox. Achieving a continual state of regulatory readiness (Perry-Ewald JM et al) (exam questions, questionnaire/ scale, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 47–51 (6 ref)

Organizational Culture
Lee Hilborne on culture and systems thinking (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive:W5-22-W5-23

Outcome Assessment Information Set
Data, information, and quality indicators for home healthcare: Rapid implementation, what’s next? (Fortinsky RH et al) (tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 44–51 (19 ref)

Outcomes (Health Care)
Interview with a quality leader: Suzanne F. Delbanco on The Leapfrog Group and employer purchasing power (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 18–21, 28

Patient Attitudes
Measuring experience from the patient's perspective: implications for national initiatives (Drain M et al) (CEU, glossary,tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-6-W4-16 (76 ref)

Patient Bedside
Using bar-code point-of-care technology for patient safety (Anderson S et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 5–11, (17 ref)

Patient-Centered Care
Development of relationship-centered care (Wylie JL et al) (CEU, exam questions, review, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 14–21, 45, 60 (48 ref)

Patient Compliance
Emerging technology for at-risk chronically ill veterans (Huddleston M et al) (case study, CEU, research, tables/ charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 12–6, 24 (12 ref)

Patient Safety
Adoption factors associated with patient safety-related information technology (Menachemi N et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 33–8 (39 ref)

A case study of operational failure in home healthcare (Tucker AL) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 38–43 (13 ref)

Developing a unit-specific falls reduction program (Ward A et al) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 36–41, 60 (9 ref)

Eavesdropping as normative behavior in a cardiac intensive care unit (Vuckovic NH et al) (research) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-1-W5-6 (27 ref)

Guest editorial. The benefits of sharing (Scarrow PK) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 4, 53 (1 ref)

Guest editorial. The evolution of healthcare safety (Gluck PA) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 3–4 (4 ref)

Guest editorial. A systems perspective on healthcare safety initiatives (Grube JA) (editorial, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 2, 19 (3 ref)

An informatics infrastructure for patient safety and evidence-based practice in home healthcare (Bakken S et al) (case study, CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 24–30 (25 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Suzanne F. Delbanco on The Leapfrog Group and employer purchasing power (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 18–21, 28

Interview with a quality leader: Thomas M. Smith on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Patient Safety Fellowship (Horvath M et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 31–5 (1 ref)

Managing medical care concerns: an MCO's approach to monitoring member safety (Evans D) (forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-7-W5-12 (8 ref)

Medical errors: Excess hospital costs and lengths of stay (Nordgren LD et al) (algorithm, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 42–9, 60 (8 ref)

Patient safety: A case study in team building and interdisciplinary collaboration (Horak BJ et al) (CEU, exam questions, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 6–13, 60 (10 ref)

Quality toolbox. Fishing for good catches—implementing a successful event-reporting system (Fish K et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 50–3 (3 ref)

Reaching out to clinicians: Implementation of a computerized alert system (Degnan D et al) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 20–4 (11 ref)

Using bar-code point-of-care technology for patient safety (Anderson S et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 5–11, (17 ref)

Patient Satisfaction
Hospital accreditation and patient satisfaction: Testing the relationship (Heuer AJ) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 46–51 (12 ref)

Managing medical care concerns: an MCO's approach to monitoring member safety (Evans D) (forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-7-W5-12 (8 ref)

Measuring experience from the patient's perspective: implications for national initiatives (Drain M et al) (CEU, glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-6-W4-16 (76 ref)

Using patient satisfaction data to improve home healthcare (Keepnews D) (CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 4–9 (16 ref)

Validating a patient satisfaction survey translated into Spanish (Miceli PJ) (CEU, questionnaire/scale, research, tables/ charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 4–13 (15 ref)

Pharmacy Service
Reaching out to clinicians: Implementation of a computerized alert system (Degnan D et al) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 20–4 (11 ref)

Physicians
Interview with a quality leader: Carolyn M. Clancy on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Lanser P) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 22–5, 32 (4 ref)

Variation in breast cancer management in Hawaii: A survey of physician practice (Gelber RP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-1-W4-5 (30 ref)

Posters-Evaluation
The Research Poster Appraisal Tool (R-PAT-II): Designing and evaluating poster displays (Garrison A et al) (questionnaire/scale) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-24-W4-29 (26 ref)

Postoperative Complications—Prevention and Control
Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: A clinical process improvement model (Rao N et al) (CEU, exam questions, pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 22–8, 60 (23 ref)

Practice Guidelines
Strengthening condition-specific evidence-based home healthcare practice (Peterson LE) (CEU, review, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 10–8 (70 ref)

Primary Health Care
Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice (Zgibor JC et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 14–21 (28 ref)

Process Assessment (Health Care)
Guest editorial. The evolution of healthcare safety (Gluck PA) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 3–4 (4 ref)

Improving telemetry alarm response to noncritical alarms using a failure mode and effects analysis (Semple D et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13-W5-19 (5 ref)

Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: A clinical process improvement model (Rao N et al) (CEU, exam questions, pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 22–8, 60 (23 ref)

Professional Knowledge-Evaluation
Variation in breast cancer management in Hawaii: A survey of physician practice (Gelber RP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-1-W4-5 (30 ref)

Professional Organizations
John Hartley on upcoming challenges for the healthcare quality professional (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-20-W5-21

Professional-Patient Relations
Development of relationship-centered care (Wylie JL et al) (CEU, exam questions, review, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 14–21, 45, 60 (48 ref)

Professional Practice, Evidence-Based
An informatics infrastructure for patient safety and evidence-based practice in home healthcare (Bakken S et al) (case study, CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 24–30 (25 ref)

Strengthening condition-specific evidence-based home healthcare practice (Peterson LE) (CEU, review, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 10–8 (70 ref)

Program Development
Development and implementation of a nurse-managed anticoagulation program (Shimabukuro TT et al) (CEU, exam questions, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 4–13, 60 (20 ref)

Program Implementation
Improving telemetry alarm response to noncritical alarms using a failure mode and effects analysis (Semple D et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13-W5-19 (5 ref)

Quality toolbox. Fishing for good catches—implementing a successful event-reporting system (Fish K et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 50–3 (3 ref)

Psychiatric Care
Using the quality improvement committee to establish accountability and yield results (Beaty J et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 34–8 (4 ref)

Quality Assessment
Simulation of breast cancer screening: Quality assessment of two protocols (Carter KJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 25–32 (28 ref)

Quality Improvement
Continuous quality improvement for the clinical decision unit (Mace SE) (CEU, exam questions, protocol, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 29–36, 60 (19 ref)

Diabetes preventive care and non-traumatic lower extremity amputation rates (Moreland ME et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 12–7 (13 ref)

Diversion of controlled substances: A catalyst for change (Hulse K et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 6–11, 17 (6 ref 3 bib)

Guest editorial. The benefits of sharing (Scarrow PK) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 4, 53 (1 ref)

Guest editorial. The evolution of healthcare safety (Gluck PA) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 3–4 (4 ref)

Guest editorial. Six Sigma adds new dimension to quality management processes (Dlugacz YD) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 2, 46

Guest editorial. A transformational approach to healthcare quality improvement (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 3, 57 (8 ref)

Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice (Zgibor JC et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 14–21 (28 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Carolyn M. Clancy on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Lanser P) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 22–5, 32 (4 ref)

John Hartley on upcoming challenges for the healthcare quality professional (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-20-W5-21

Lee Hilborne on culture and systems thinking (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-22-W5-23

Managing medical care concerns: An MCO's approach to monitoring member safety (Evans D) (forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-7-W5-12 (8 ref)

Patient safety: A case study in team building and interdisciplinary collaboration (Horak BJ et al) (CEU, exam questions, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 6–13, 60 (10 ref)

Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: A clinical process improvement model (Rao N et al) (CEU, exam questions, pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 22–8, 60 (23 ref)

Strengthening condition-specific evidence-based home healthcare practice (Peterson LE) (CEU, review, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 10–8 (70 ref)

Using patient satisfaction data to improve home healthcare (Keepnews D) (CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 4–9 (16 ref)

Using the quality improvement committee to establish accountability and yield results (Beaty J et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 34–8 (4 ref)

Quality Management, Organizational
Guest editorial. Six Sigma adds new dimension to quality management processes (Dlugacz YD) (editorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 2, 46

Quality of Care Research
Guest editorial. A value proposition: The marriage of research and healthcare quality (Beaudin CL et al) (editorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 2, 57, 60 (2 ref)

Measuring experience from the patient's perspective: Implications for national initiatives (Drain M et al) (CEU, glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-6-W4-16 (76 ref)

Quality of Health Care
Editorial: On our new changes in cover and format (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 2

Guest editorial. Home healthcare quality (Rosati RJ) (editorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 2, 51

Guest editorial. A value proposition: The marriage of research and healthcare quality (Beaudin CL et al) (editorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 2, 57, 60 (2 ref)

Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice (Zgibor JC et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 14–21 (28 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: David Brailer on Information Technology and Advancing Healthcare Quality (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 20–24

Interview with a quality leader: Penny Feldman on home healthcare quality and research (Chu MP et al) (interview, pictorial) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 31–7 (2 ref)

Interview with a quality leader: Scott Wallace on information technology and advancing healthcare quality (Mears D) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 17–9

Interview with a quality leader: Suzanne F. Delbanco on The Leapfrog Group and employer purchasing power (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep–Oct; 26(5): 18-21, 28

Measuring experience from the patient's perspective: Implications for national initiatives (Drain M et al) (CEU, glossary, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-6-W4-16 (76 ref)

Standards of practice. Standards of practice for healthcare quality professionals. 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 55-6

Variation in breast cancer management in Hawaii: A survey of physician practice (Gelber RP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-1-W4-5 (30 ref)

Quality Research Toolbox
Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer Any Number Task by Making Important Statistics Simple. Part 4. Confidence intervals with t distributions, standard error, and confidence intervals for proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 26–32 (3 ref)

Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer Any Number Task by Making Important Statistics Simple. Part 5. Comparing two confidence intervals, standard error of the difference between two means and between two proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 33–42

Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer Any Number Task by Making Important Statistics Simple. Par 6. Tests of statistical significance (z test statistic, rejecting the null hypothesis, p value), t test, z test for proportions, statistical significance versus meaningful difference (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 43–53

Quality Toolbox
Quality toolbox. Achieving a continual state of regulatory readiness (Perry-Ewald JM, Howell BM) (exam questions, questionnaire/scale, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 47–51 (6 ref)

Quality toolbox. Fishing for good catches—implementing a successful event-reporting system (Fish K, Murphy B, Olson E, Bowlinger R) (tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 50–3 (3 ref)

Quality toolbox. Innovative ideas seminars: A method for eliciting innovations and their effect on quality and cost (Brown EJ) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 39–46 (17 ref)

Questionnaires
The Research Poster Appraisal Tool (R-PAT-II): Designing and evaluating poster displays (Garrison A et al) (questionnaire/scale) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-24-W4-29 (26 ref)

Validating a patient satisfaction survey translated into Spanish (Miceli PJ) (CEU, questionnaire/scale, research, tables/ charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 4–13 (15 ref)

Registered Nurses
Development and implementation of a nurse-managed anticoagulation program (Shimabukuro TT et al) (CEU, exam questions, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 4–13, 60 (20 ref)

Research
Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 4. Confidence intervals with t distributions, standard error, and confidence intervals for proportions (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 26–32 (3 ref)

Security Measures
Diversion of controlled substances: A catalyst for change (Hulse K et al) (CEU, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 6–11, 17 (6 ref 3 bib)

Self-Care
Improving the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice (Zgibor JC et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 14–21 (28 ref)

Seminars and Workshops
Quality toolbox. Innovative ideas seminars: A method for eliciting innovations and their effect on quality and cost (Brown EJ) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): 39–46 (17 ref)

Serial Publications
Editorial: On our new changes in cover and format (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 2

Editorial: On resilience (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 2, 13 (1 ref)

Editorial: A note from the editor-in-chief: JHQ online (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 4

Spirituality
Employers and the value of treating substance abuse: A recommendation concerning faith-based programs (Burke LA et al) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-17-W4-23 (18 ref)

Statistical Significance
Quality research toolbox. CAN’T MISS: Conquer any number task by making important statistics simple. Part 6. Tests of statistical significance (z test statistic, rejecting the null hypothesis, p value), t test, z test for proportions, statistical significance versus meaningful difference (Hansen JP) (equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 43–53

Substance Dependence-Therapy
Employers and the value of treating substance abuse: A recommendation concerning faith-based programs (Burke LA et al) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): Web Exclusive: W4-17-W4-23 (18 ref)

Surgical Wound Infection—Prevention and Control
Prevention of postoperative mediastinitis: A clinical process improvement model (Rao N et al) (CEU, exam questions, pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 22–8, 60 (23 ref)

Survey Research
Using patient satisfaction data to improve home healthcare (Keepnews D) (CEU) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 4–9 (16 ref)

Systems Theory
Lee Hilborne on culture and systems thinking (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-22-W5-23

Team Building
Patient safety: A case study in team building and interdisciplinary collaboration (Horak BJ et al) (CEU, exam questions, research, tables/charts) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 6–13, 60 (10 ref)

Telehealth
Emerging technology for at-risk chronically ill veterans (Huddleston M et al) (case study, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 12–6, 24 (12 ref)

Telemetry
Improving telemetry alarm response to noncritical alarms using a failure mode and effects analysis (Semple D et al) (tables/charts) 2004 Sep-Oct; 26(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13-W5-19 (5 ref)

Translations
Validating a patient satisfaction survey translated into Spanish (Miceli PJ) (CEU, questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 4–13 (15 ref)

Treatment Errors
A case study of operational failure in home healthcare (Tucker AL) (case study, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 38–43 (13 ref)

United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Interview with a quality leader: Carolyn M. Clancy on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Lanser P) (interview, pictorial) 2004 Jul-Aug; 26(4): 22–5, 32 (4 ref)

Veterans
Emerging technology for at-risk chronically ill veterans (Huddleston M et al) (case study, CEU, research, tables/charts) 2004 Nov-Dec; 26(6): 12–6, 24 (12 ref)

Warfarin—Administration and Dosage
Development and implementation of a nurse-managed anticoagulation program (Shimabukuro TT et al) (CEU, exam questions, forms, tables/charts) 2004 Jan-Feb; 26(1): 4–13, 60 (20 ref)

Workforce
Building a home healthcare workforce to meet the quality imperative (Sochalski J) (CEU, tables/charts) 2004 May-Jun; 26(3): 19–23 (26 ref)

World Wide Web
Editorial: A note from the editor-in-chief: JHQ online (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2004 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 4

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