National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

2007 Index of Articles by Subject

Volume 29

Editor-in-Chief’s Note: We are pleased to present a detailed index (both by subject and by author) to the 2007 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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Acute Care
q&a: Tracy Sklar on advancing improvement in acute care (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-18–W6-20

Adverse Healthcare Event—Legislation and Jurisprudence—United States
Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work (Vemula R et al) (CEU) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 6–10 (27 ref)

Adverse Healthcare Event—Prevention and Control
Interview with a quality leader. Tania Daniels on the Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (White SV) (interview, pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 34–39

Interview with a quality leader. Brent James on reducing harm to patients and improving quality (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 35–44 (9 ref)

After Care—Evaluation
Evaluating follow-up of positive fecal occult blood test results: Lessons learned (Chen ZJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 16–20, 34 (21 ref)

Ambulatory Surgery—Evaluation
Measuring the quality of pediatric day surgery care (Amari E et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 36–44, 49 (21 ref)

Antibiotic Prophylaxis—Utilization
Sustaining improvement in surgical infection prevention measures for hysterectomy (Henry D et al) (forms, research, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 50–56 (11 ref)

Appointments and Schedules—Administration
The use of open-access scheduling for the elderly (Cherniack EP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 45–48 (8 ref)

Bed Occupancy
Managing the storm: An emergency department capacity strategy (Burley G et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 19–28 (25 ref)

Blacks—Psychosocial Factors
Assessing quality of care for African Americans with hypertension (Peters RM et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 10–20 (41 ref)

Career Planning and Development
q&a: Joan Hutton on career planning for healthcare quality professionals (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): Web Exclusive: W3-9–W3-11

Case Management—Administration
q&a: Tracy Sklar on advancing improvement in acute care (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-18–W6-20

Certification
Variation in use of nursing home deficiency citations (Castle NG et al) (pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 12–23 (22 ref)

Change Management
Guest editorial. Pay for performance—Neither necessary nor sufficient for quality improvement, yet vital for success (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 4–5, 11 (19 ref)

Evaluating initiatives to reduce seclusion and restraint (Hardesty S et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 46–55 (13 ref)

The rise and fall of one unit’s patient satisfaction scores (Kushell E et al) (CEU, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 4–10 (13 ref)

Child, Hospitalized
Trends in avoidable hospitalizations for children in Florida from 1992 to 2003 (Pracht E et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 22–30 (26 ref)

Communication
Improving communication and documentation concerning preliminary and final radiology reports (Gorman A et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 13–21 (6 ref, 5 bib)

Communication—Education
Simulation-based medical error disclosure training for pediatric healthcare professionals (Wayman KI et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 12–19 (21 ref)

Computerized Patient Record
Interview with a quality leader. William L. Roper on medication safety (Horvath M) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 44–47

Congresses and Conferences—District of Columbia
National Patient Safety Foundation Congress—“Learning from the Past, Creating the Future” (Scarrow PK) (tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13–W5-16

Consent—Standards
Quality toolbox. New CMS guidelines provide incentive to adopt automated informed consent (Gottesman JE) (questionnaire/scale) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclusive: W1-11–W1-16 (9 ref)

Consumer Attitudes
Measuring quality in long-term care: A 360-degree approach (Clark LA) (CEU) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 25–32 (31 ref)

Diabetes Mellitus—Drug Therapy
Glycemic control and use of the insulin sliding scale in hospitalized patients with diabetes (Freedman RJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 31–37 (18 ref)

In-hospital glycemic control: impact of a hospital-wide multidisciplinary intervention (Joshi R et al) (forms, protocol, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): Web Exclusive: W2-3–W2-11 (9 ref)

Documentation
Population control charts for population data (Hansen JP) (CEU, equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 29–36 (5 ref)

Improving communication and documentation concerning preliminary and final radiology reports (Gorman A et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 13–21 (6 ref, 5 bib)

Dosage Calculation
Glycemic control and use of the insulin sliding scale in hospitalized patients with diabetes (Freedman RJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 31–37 (18 ref)

Editors
q&a: Barbara Hofmaier on quality in publishing (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): Web Exclusive: W2-12–W2-14

Farewell (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 2, 24

Emergency Service—Administration
Managing the storm: An emergency department capacity strategy (Burley G et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 19–28 (25 ref)

Endoscopy
Safety in surgery—Highlights of the 2007 Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons meeting (Flores DM) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5–17

External Validity
Generalizability in the design, reporting, and application of quality improvement (Harrington L et al) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): Web Exclusive: W3-3–W3-8 (17 ref)

Glycemic Control
Glycemic control and use of the insulin sliding scale in hospitalized patients with diabetes (Freedman RJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 31–37 (18 ref)

In-hospital glycemic control: Impact of a hospital-wide multidisciplinary intervention (Joshi R et al) (forms, protocol, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): Web Exclusive: W2-3–W2-11 (9 ref)

Handwashing—Evaluation
Reliability and validity of hand hygiene measures (Harrington L et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 20–29 (18 ref)

Healthcare Costs
Reviewing the application of the balanced scorecard with implications for low-income health settings (Rabbani F et al) (research, systematic review, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 21–34 (91 ref)

Healthcare Delivery—Evaluation—Developing Countries
Reviewing the application of the balanced scorecard with implications for low-income health settings (Rabbani F et al) (research, systematic review, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 21–34 (91 ref)

Health Facility Administration
Population control charts for population data (Hansen JP) (CEU, equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 29–36 (5 ref)

Health Facility Administrators
q&a: Anamarie Di Nunzio Rayburn on pediatric healthcare quality and constant readiness (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclusive: W1-17–W1-19

q&a: Kathleen Butler on patient safety from the perspective of the chief quality officer (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-19–W4-21

q&a: Twila Burdick on the evolution of care management at Banner Health (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-18–W5-20

q&a: Tracy Sklar on advancing improvement in acute care (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-18–W6-20

Health Facility Environment—Standards
Patient satisfaction: Evaluating the success of hospital ward redesign (Kline TJB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 44–9 (17 ref)

Health Personnel
q&a: Joan Hutton on career planning for healthcare quality professionals (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): Web Exclusive: W3-9–W3-11

Health Promotion—Standards
Promoting consistent clinical prevention services guidelines among competing health plans (Ayres CG et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 37–43 (25 ref)

Health Screening
Quality toolbox. Evidence-based monitoring for metabolic syndrome in clients with chronic schizophrenia (Torres DM) (forms, tables/charts, teaching materials) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 48–56 (16 ref)

Health Services Accessibility—Ethical Issues
Assumed equity: Early observations from the first hospital disparities collaborative (Siegel B et al) (CEU, research) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 11–15 (14 ref)

Health Services Accessibility—In Old Age
The use of open-access scheduling for the elderly (Cherniack EP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 45–48 (8 ref)

Health Services for the Aged—Administration
The use of open-access scheduling for the elderly (Cherniack EP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 45–48 (8 ref)

Health Services Misuse
Trends in avoidable hospitalizations for children in Florida from 1992 to 2003 (Pracht E et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 22–30 (26 ref)

Hospital Design and Construction
Patient satisfaction: Evaluating the success of hospital ward redesign (Kline TJB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 44–49 (17 ref)

Hospital Programs
Implementing the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives Campaign (Ibarra V et al) (pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4–3–W4–9 (13 ref)

Hospital Programs—Evaluation
In-hospital glycemic control: Impact of a hospital-wide multidisciplinary intervention (Joshi R et al) (forms, protocol, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): Web Exclusive: W2-3–W2-11 (9 ref)

Hospitalization—Trends
Trends in avoidable hospitalizations for children in Florida from 1992 to 2003 (Pracht E et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 22–30 (26 ref)

Hypertension—Ethnology
Assessing quality of care for African Americans with hypertension (Peters RM et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 10–20 (41 ref)

Hysterectomy—Adverse Effects
Sustaining improvement in surgical infection prevention measures for hysterectomy (Henry D et al) (forms, research, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 50–56 (11 ref)

Incident Reports
Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work (Vemula R et al) (CEU) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 6–10 (27 ref)

Information Management
Data distribution and analysis: A step to improving nursing quality (Amin SG et al) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 23–29 (8 ref)

Institutional Review
Quality improvement, research, and the institutional review board (Harrington L) (CEU) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 4–9 (18 ref)

Instrument Construction
Measuring the quality of pediatric day surgery care (Amari E et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 36–44, 49 (21 ref)

Instrument Validation
Measuring the quality of pediatric day surgery care (Amari E et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 36–44, 49 (21 ref)

Insulin—Administration and Dosage
Glycemic control and use of the insulin sliding scale in hospitalized patients with diabetes (Freedman RJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 31–37 (18 ref)

Insurance, Health
Promoting consistent clinical prevention services guidelines among competing health plans (Ayres CG et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 37–43 (25 ref)

Letter to the editor in chief... May/Jun 2007... “Promoting consistent clinical preventive services guidelines among competing health plans” (Miller JA et al) (commentary, letter) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 6

Insurance, Health, Reimbursement—Methods
Guest editorial. Pay for performance—Neither necessary nor sufficient for quality improvement, yet vital for success (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 4–5, 11 (19 ref)

Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Improving patient care in the pediatric intensive care unit through evidence-based practice (West N et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-10–W4-18 (23 ref)

Job Performance—Evaluation
Interview with a quality leader. Bernard Rosof on the state of medical quality (Chu MP) (interview, pictorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 21–22, 29

Kidney Failure, Chronic—Therapy
Non-nephrologist and nephrologist perspectives on implementing a chronic kidney disease guideline (Patwardhan MB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-3–W6-17 (27 ref)

Long-Term Care
Guest editorial. Culture change in long-term care (Peters DM) (editorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 4

Long-Term Care—Evaluation
Measuring quality in long-term care: A 360-degree approach (Clark LA) (CEU) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 25–32 (31 ref)

Mammography—Utilization
Understanding patterns of change over time to improve mammography rates (Barr JK et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 30–36, 43 (35 ref)

Managed Care Programs—Standards
Monitoring patient improvement and treatment outcomes in managed behavioral health (Azocar F et al) (CEU, equations & formulas, re-search, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 4–12 (17 ref)

Medical Orders—Standards
The art and science of preprinted physician orders (Duffy B) (CEU, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 7–11, 32 (4 ref)

Medication Errors—Prevention and Control
Interview with a quality leader. William L. Roper on medication safety (Horvath M) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 44–47

Medication reconciliation: Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare’s approach to improving outpatient medication safety (Bernstein L et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 40–45, 55 (14 ref)

Medication Errors—Psychosocial Factors—In Infancy and Childhood
Simulation-based medical error disclosure training for pediatric healthcare professionals (Wayman KI et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 12–19 (21 ref)

Mental Disorders—Therapy
Monitoring patient improvement and treatment outcomes in managed behavioral health (Azocar F et al) (CEU, equations & formulas, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 4–12 (17 ref)

Metabolic Syndrome X—Diagnosis
Quality toolbox. Evidence-based monitoring for metabolic syndrome in clients with chronic schizophrenia (Torres DM) (forms, tables/charts, teaching materials) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 48–56 (16 ref)

Metabolic Syndrome X—Risk Factors
Quality toolbox. Evidence-based monitoring for metabolic syndrome in clients with chronic schizophrenia (Torres DM) (forms, tables/charts, teaching materials) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 48–56 (16 ref)

Mortality—Prevention and Control
Interview with a quality leader. Brent James on reducing harm to patients and improving quality (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 35–44 (9 ref)

Nephrologists
Non-nephrologist and nephrologist perspectives on implementing a chronic kidney disease guideline (Patwardhan MB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-3–W6-17 (27 ref)

Nomenclature
Guest editorial. It’s time for a comprehensive interdisciplinary patient safety taxonomy (Byers JF et al) (editorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 2, 11 (10 ref)

Nursing Homes—Evaluation
Variation in use of nursing home deficiency citations (Castle NG et al) (pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 12–23 (22 ref)

Nursing Homes—Standards
Variation in use of nursing home deficiency citations (Castle NG et al) (pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 12–23 (22 ref)

Nursing Practice, Evidence-Based
Improving patient care in the pediatric intensive care unit through evidence-based practice (West N et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-10–W4-18 (23 ref)

Occult Blood
Evaluating follow-up of positive fecal occult blood test results: Lessons learned (Chen ZJ et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 16–20, 34 (21 ref)

Organizational Change
Guest editorial. Culture change in long-term care (Peters DM) (editorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 4

Organizational Culture
Guest editorial. Culture change in long-term care (Peters DM) (editorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 4

Organizational Efficiency
Improving the efficiency of hospital porter services, part 1: Study objectives and results (Odegaard F et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 4–11 (9 ref)

Improving the efficiency of hospital porter services, part 2: Schedule optimization and simulation model (Odegaard F et al) (CEU, equations & formulas, pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 12–18 (3 ref)

Managing the storm: An emergency department capacity strategy (Burley G et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 19–28 (25 ref)

Organizational Objectives
Conference brief: Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 18th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare (White SV) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 50–53 (12 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. Tania Daniels on the Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (White SV) (interview, pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 34–39

Organizations, Nonprofit—Minnesota
Interview with a quality leader. Tania Daniels on the Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (White SV) (interview, pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 34–39

Outcome Assessment
Monitoring patient improvement and treatment outcomes in managed behavioral health (Azocar F et al) (CEU, equations & formulas, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 4–12 (17 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. Wilbert H. Mason on pediatric healthcare quality (Routon CM et al) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 45–49 (2 ref)

Outpatients
Medication reconciliation: Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare’s approach to improving outpatient medication safety (Bernstein L et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 40–45, 55 (14 ref)

Patient Admission—Evaluation
Managing the storm: An emergency department capacity strategy (Burley G et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 19–28 (25 ref)

Patient-Centered Care
q&a: Twila Burdick on the evolution of care management at Banner Health (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-18–W5-20

Measuring quality in long-term care: A 360-degree approach (Clark LA) (CEU) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 25–32 (31 ref)

Patient Safety
Guest editorial. It’s time for a comprehensive interdisciplinary patient safety taxonomy (Byers JF et al) (editorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 2, 11 (10 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. E. Scott Geller on people-based healthcare safety (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 30–33

Interview with a quality leader. Tania Daniels on the Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety (White SV) (interview, pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 34–39

Implementing the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives Campaign (Ibarra V et al) (pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-3–W4-9 (13 ref)

q&a: Kathleen Butler on patient safety from the perspective of the chief quality officer (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-19–W421

National Patient Safety Foundation Congress—“Learning from the Past, Creating the Future” (Scarrow PK) (tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-13–W5-16

Safety in surgery—Highlights of the 2007 Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons meeting (Flores DM) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5–17

The art and science of preprinted physician orders (Duffy B) (CEU, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 7–11, 32 (4 ref)

Patient Safety—Legislation and Jurisprudence—United States
Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work (Vemula R et al) (CEU) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 6–10 (27 ref)

Patient Satisfaction
On the little things (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 2, 53

Do patients differentiate between aspects of healthcare quality? (Mathiesen TP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclu-sive: W1-3–W1-10 (16 ref)

Patient satisfaction: Evaluating the success of hospital ward redesign (Kline TJB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 44–49 (17 ref)

The rise and fall of one unit’s patient satisfaction scores (Kushell E et al) (CEU, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 4–10 (13 ref)

Reviewing the application of the balanced scorecard with implications for low-income health settings (Rabbani F et al) (research, systematic review, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 21–34 (91 ref)

Patient Satisfaction—Ethnology
Assessing quality of care for African Americans with hypertension (Peters RM et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 10–20 (41 ref)

Patient Seclusion
Evaluating initiatives to reduce seclusion and restraint (Hardesty S et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 46–55 (13 ref)

Pediatric Care
q&a: Anamarie Di Nunzio Rayburn on pediatric healthcare quality and constant readiness (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclusive: W1-17–W1-19

q&a: Kathleen Butler on patient safety from the perspective of the chief quality officer (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-19–W4-21

Interview with a quality leader. Wilbert H. Mason on pediatric healthcare quality (Routon CM et al) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 45–49 (2 ref)

Pediatric Surgery—Evaluation
Measuring the quality of pediatric day surgery care (Amari E et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 36–44, 49 (21 ref)

Physical Therapy Service—Administration
Value stream mapping and simulation modeling: An integrated approach to workflow analysis in healthcare (Avni T) (statistics, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-3–W5-12 (4 ref)

Physician Attitudes
Non-nephrologist and nephrologist perspectives on implementing a chronic kidney disease guideline (Patwardhan MB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-3–W6-17 (27 ref)

Physician Executives
Interview with a quality leader. Barry Straube on the CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 33–35, 48

Physicians
A physician self-assessment tool for quality improvement (Kahn LS et al) (algorithm, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 38–43 (17 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. Bernard Rosof on the state of medical quality (Chu MP) (interview, pictorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 21–22, 29

Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Prevention and Control—In Infancy and Childhood
Improving patient care in the pediatric intensive care unit through evidence-based practice (West N et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-10–W4-18 (23 ref)

Practice Guidelines
Promoting consistent clinical prevention services guidelines among competing health plans (Ayres CG et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 37–43 (25 ref)

Practice Guidelines—Utilization
Non-nephrologist and nephrologist perspectives on implementing a chronic kidney disease guideline (Patwardhan MB et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-3–W6-17 (27 ref)

Preventive Healthcare
Letter to the editor in chief... May/Jun 2007... “Promoting consistent clinical preventive services guidelines among competing health plans” (Miller JA et al) (commentary, letter) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 6

Preventive Healthcare—Standards
Promoting consistent clinical prevention services guidelines among competing health plans (Ayres CG et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 37–43 (25 ref)

Process Assessment (Healthcare)
Value stream mapping and simulation modeling: An integrated approach to workflow analysis in healthcare (Avni T) (statistics, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-3–W5-12 (4 ref)

Professional Compliance—Evaluation
A physician self-assessment tool for quality improvement (Kahn LS et al) (algorithm, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 38–43 (17 ref)

Professional–Family Relations
Simulation-based medical error disclosure training for pediatric healthcare professionals (Wayman KI et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 12–19 (21 ref)

Professional–Patient Relations
On the little things (Pelletier LR) (editorial) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 2, 53

Program Development
Data distribution and analysis: A step to improving nursing quality (Amin SG et al) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 23–29 (8 ref)

Medication reconciliation: Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare’s approach to improving outpatient medication safety (Bernstein L et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 40–45, 55 (14 ref)

Psychiatric Care
Evaluating initiatives to reduce seclusion and restraint (Hardesty S et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 46–55 (13 ref)

Publishing
q&a: Barbara Hofmaier on quality in publishing (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): Web Exclusive: W2-12–W2-14

Quality Assessment
Do patients differentiate between aspects of healthcare quality? (Mathiesen TP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclu-sive: W1-3–W1-10 (16 ref)

Variation in use of nursing home deficiency citations (Castle NG et al) (pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 12–23 (22 ref)

Measuring the quality of pediatric day surgery care (Amari E et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 36–44, 49 (21 ref)

Quality Assessment—Methods
Measuring quality in long-term care: A 360-degree approach (Clark LA) (CEU) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 25–32 (31 ref)

Quality Assurance
Population control charts for population data (Hansen JP) (CEU, equations & formulas, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 29–36 (5 ref)

q&a: Barbara Hofmaier on quality in publishing (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): Web Exclusive: W2-12–W2-14

Quality Assurance—Administration
Guest editorial. The business role of healthcare quality professionals (van Leeuwen DH) (editorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 2, 30 (3 bib)

Quality Assurance—Manpower
q&a: Joan Hutton on career planning for healthcare quality professionals (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): Web Exclusive: W3–9–W3–11

Quality Assurance—Trends
Guest editorial. Crystal ball gazing—Continuum-based metrics (Genovich-Richards J) (editorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 2, 15

Quality Improvement
q&a: Anamarie Di Nunzio Rayburn on pediatric healthcare quality and constant readiness (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclusive: W1-17–W1-19

Improving communication and documentation concerning preliminary and final radiology reports (Gorman A et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 13–21 (6 ref, 5 bib)

Quality improvement, research, and the institutional review board (Harrington L) (CEU) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 4–9 (18 ref)

Generalizability in the design, reporting, and application of quality improvement (Harrington L et al) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): Web Exclusive: W3-3–W3-8 (17 ref)

Guest editorial. Pay for performance—Neither necessary nor sufficient for quality improvement, yet vital for success (Silvey AB) (editorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 4–5, 11 (19 ref)

Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work (Vemula R et al) (CEU) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 6–10 (27 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. E. Scott Geller on people-based healthcare safety (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 30–33

Evaluating initiatives to reduce seclusion and restraint (Hardesty S et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 46–55 (13 ref)

Implementing the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives Campaign (Ibarra V et al) (pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-3–W4-9 (13 ref)

q&a: Kathleen Butler on patient safety from the perspective of the chief quality officer (Flores DM) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-19–W4-21

The rise and fall of one unit’s patient satisfaction scores (Kushell E et al) (CEU, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 4–10 (13 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. Brent James on reducing harm to patients and improving quality (White SV) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 35–44 (9 ref)

Interview with a quality leader. Wilbert H. Mason on pediatric healthcare quality (Routon CM et al) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 45–49 (2 ref)

Sustaining improvement in surgical infection prevention measures for hysterectomy (Henry D et al) (forms, research, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 50–56 (11 ref)

q&a: Twila Burdick on the evolution of care management at Banner Health (Genovich-Richards J) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5–18–W5–20

q&a: Tracy Sklar on advancing improvement in acute care (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): Web Exclusive: W6-18–W6-20

Quality Improvement—Administration
Interview with a quality leader. Barry Straube on the CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 33–35, 48

Quality Improvement—Methods
A physician self-assessment tool for quality improvement (Kahn LS et al) (algorithm, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 38–43 (17 ref)

Quality Improvement—Michigan
Letter to the editor in chief... May/Jun 2007... “Promoting consistent clinical preventive services guidelines among competing health plans” (Miller JA et al) (commentary, letter) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 6

Quality Management, Organizational
Conference brief: Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 18th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare (White SV) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 50–53 (12 ref)

Quality of Care Research
Guest editorial. 2007 special issue on healthcare quality research—Five years, but who’s counting? (Byers JF) (editorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 2, 9

Quality improvement, research, and the institutional review board (Harrington L) (CEU) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 4–9 (18 ref)

Generalizability in the design, reporting, and application of quality improvement (Harrington L et al) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): Web Exclusive: W3–3–W3–8 (17 ref)

Quality of Healthcare
Interview with a quality leader. William L. Roper on medication safety (Horvath M) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 44–7

Interview with a quality leader. Bernard Rosof on the state of medical quality (Chu MP) (interview, pictorial) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 21–22, 29

Conference brief: Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 18th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare (White SV) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 50–53 (12 ref)

Implementing the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives Campaign (Ibarra V et al) (pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): Web Exclusive: W4-3–W4-9 (13 ref)

Quality of Healthcare—Ethical Issues
Assumed equity: Early observations from the first hospital disparities collaborative (Siegel B et al) (CEU, research) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 11–15 (14 ref)

Quality of Healthcare—Evaluation
Do patients differentiate between aspects of healthcare quality? (Mathiesen TP et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclusive: W1-3–W1-10 (16 ref)

Quality of Healthcare—Standards
What is quality? Do we agree, and does it matter? (Burhans LD) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 39–44, 54 (28 ref)

Quality of Healthcare—Trends—United States
Interview with a quality leader. Thomas L. Garthwaite on healthcare quality in large enterprises (van Leeuwen D) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 37–38, 53

Quality of Nursing Care—Standards
Data distribution and analysis: A step to improving nursing quality (Amin SG et al) (tables/charts) 2007 May–Jun; 29(3): 23–29 (8 ref)

Questionnaires
Measuring the quality of pediatric day surgery care (Amari E et al) (questionnaire/scale, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 36–44, 49 (21 ref)

Race Factors
Assumed equity: Early observations from the first hospital disparities collaborative (Siegel B et al) (CEU, research) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 11–15 (14 ref)

Radiology Information Systems
Improving communication and documentation concerning preliminary and final radiology reports (Gorman A et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 13–21 (6 ref, 5 bib)

Radiology Service—Administration
Improving communication and documentation concerning preliminary and final radiology reports (Gorman A et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 13–21 (6 ref, 5 bib)

Reliability—Evaluation
Reliability and validity of hand hygiene measures (Harrington L et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 20–29 (18 ref)

Reproducibility of Results
Variation in use of nursing home deficiency citations (Castle NG et al) (pictorial, research, tables/charts) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 12–23 (22 ref)

Restraint, Physical
Evaluating initiatives to reduce seclusion and restraint (Hardesty S et al) (tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 46–55 (13 ref)

Schizophrenia—Complications
Quality toolbox. Evidence-based monitoring for metabolic syndrome in clients with chronic schizophrenia (Torres DM) (forms, tables/charts, teaching materials) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 48–56 (16 ref)

Self-Assessment
A physician self-assessment tool for quality improvement (Kahn LS et al) (algorithm, research, tables/charts) 2007 Mar–Apr; 29(2): 38–43 (17 ref)

Simulations
Value stream mapping and simulation modeling: An integrated approach to workflow analysis in healthcare (Avni T) (statistics, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5-3–W5-12 (4 ref)

Simulations—Evaluation
Simulation-based medical error disclosure training for pediatric healthcare professionals (Wayman KI et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 12–19 (21 ref)

Spirituality
Quality toolbox. Self-monitoring of a stress reduction technique using wrist-worn counters (Bormann JE et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 45–52 (45 ref)

Stress Management—Evaluation
Quality toolbox. Self-monitoring of a stress reduction technique using wrist-worn counters (Bormann JE et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 45–52 (45 ref)

Stress Management—Methods
Quality toolbox. Self-monitoring of a stress reduction technique using wrist-worn counters (Bormann JE et al) (research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 45–52 (45 ref)

Surgery, Digestive System
Safety in surgery—Highlights of the 2007 Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons meeting (Flores DM) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): Web Exclusive: W5–17

Surgical Wound Infection—Prevention and Control
Sustaining improvement in surgical infection prevention measures for hysterectomy (Henry D et al) (forms, research, tables/charts) 2007 Sep–Oct; 29(5): 50–6 (11 ref)

Transportation of Patients—Administration
Improving the efficiency of hospital porter services, part 2: Schedule optimization and simulation model (Odegaard F et al) (CEU, equations & formulas, pictorial, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 12–18 (3 ref)

Transportation of Patients—Evaluation
Improving the efficiency of hospital porter services, part 1: Study objectives and results (Odegaard F et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): 4–11 (9 ref)

United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Administration
Interview with a quality leader. Barry Straube on the CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (Scarrow PK) (interview, pictorial) 2007 Nov–Dec; 29(6): 33–35, 48

United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Standards
Quality toolbox. New CMS guidelines provide incentive to adopt automated informed consent (Gottesman JE) (questionnaire/scale) 2007 Jan–Feb; 29(1): Web Exclusive: W1-11–W1-16 (9 ref)

Validity—Evaluation
Reliability and validity of hand hygiene measures (Harrington L et al) (CEU, research, tables/charts) 2007 Jul–Aug; 29(4): 20–29 (18 ref)