Pranav Puri, Ethan Kuperman, Chad M McPherson, Jonathan M Nizar, Ernesto Ruiz
{"title":"Protocolizing Natriuresis-Guided Inpatient Diuretic Therapy in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.","authors":"Pranav Puri, Ethan Kuperman, Chad M McPherson, Jonathan M Nizar, Ernesto Ruiz","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000276","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":"41 1","pages":"39-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145867019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mitchell J Gitkind, Meghna C Trivedi, Joann L Wagner, Allan J Walkey, Kimberly A Fisher, Penelope Iannelli
{"title":"Analyzing the Impact of the \"Faculty Quality Collaborative\": A Quality Improvement Training Experience for Physicians.","authors":"Mitchell J Gitkind, Meghna C Trivedi, Joann L Wagner, Allan J Walkey, Kimberly A Fisher, Penelope Iannelli","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000270","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite a longstanding connection of quality improvement methodology to health care, challenges related to training physicians in this area continue, and knowledge about downstream results is limited. To address these gaps, a team of local educators, including physicians, began by developing a novel quality improvement training experience, the Faculty Quality Collaborative. Content was delivered over a full day, book-ended by a total of 3 hours of independent study. The training was delivered to over 100 physicians between 2021 and 2024, and this group was then surveyed about the effects on their professional roles. The survey aimed to capture overall experience, subsequent participation in quality improvement efforts, dissemination of learnings, and enhancement of educational, clinical, and administrative responsibilities. Survey respondents cited impacts in all these areas. The findings suggest this type of physician-targeted training can lead to meaningful engagement in related activities and help support broader educational and clinical goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145350865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Gillan, Betsy Mathew, Jessica Occhiogrosso, Nathalia Arias-Alzate, Kristen M Coppola, Karen W Lin
{"title":"Trauma-Informed Care Through the Lens of Immigration-Related Trauma: A Medical Education Intervention.","authors":"Julia Gillan, Betsy Mathew, Jessica Occhiogrosso, Nathalia Arias-Alzate, Kristen M Coppola, Karen W Lin","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000274","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":"41 1","pages":"37-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145866995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D Matthew Sherrer, Brooke R Vining, Andrew H Morris, Joseph M Kreutz, Mitchell H Tsai, Sunil Eappen
{"title":"Leading with Complexity to Improve Care Team Interactions in Anesthesiology.","authors":"D Matthew Sherrer, Brooke R Vining, Andrew H Morris, Joseph M Kreutz, Mitchell H Tsai, Sunil Eappen","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000273","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000273","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":" ","pages":"34-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145764933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua J Davis, Minh Khuc, Adria Bolack, Sarah Clemons, LeeAnn Algier, Tammy Northrop, Melisa A Birkey, Jannifer Phan, Patrick McClung, Stephanie J Jordan, Matthew Sinnwell
{"title":"A Multidisciplinary Initiative Improves Care for Psychiatric Patients Boarding in the Emergency Department.","authors":"Joshua J Davis, Minh Khuc, Adria Bolack, Sarah Clemons, LeeAnn Algier, Tammy Northrop, Melisa A Birkey, Jannifer Phan, Patrick McClung, Stephanie J Jordan, Matthew Sinnwell","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000269","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emergency departments (EDs) in the United States face increasing challenges caring for psychiatric patients, resulting in prolonged boarding and delayed treatment. This single-institution quality improvement initiative used a multidisciplinary approach focused on improving efficiency and use of resources to improve care for psychiatric patients in the ED. Following implementation, time to triage decreased 23% (30-23 minutes), and patients leaving without treatment dropped from 6.5% to 4.2%. The authors showed a 24.9% reduction in time to medication for agitation (from 3.0 to 2.2 hours). ED boarding time for admitted patients decreased 10.9% (981-874 minutes), while ED length of stay for discharged patients increased 9.9% (403-443 minutes). Physical restraint use in the ED dropped 7.1% (112-104 events), with total restraint time decreasing 27.7% (4.7-3.4 hours). Results remain variably sustained at 2 years. This initiative demonstrated that structured, team-based interventions can significantly improve psychiatric emergency care.</p>","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":" ","pages":"15-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145350915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Play it SAFE: Evaluating Self-Efficacy of Healthcare Providers Following Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Certification Training.","authors":"Erin Lavin, Samantha Blaine, Leah Gancz, Michelle Tepper, Amy Smith, Samita M Heslin","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000275","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":"41 1","pages":"41-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145867031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mallory A Koshiol, Juliana Aadland, Julie M Lauria, Venkateshwaran K Iyer, Ganesh Asaithambi
{"title":"Transforming Safety Culture: A Systemwide High Reliability Approach to Preventing Serious Harm in Healthcare.","authors":"Mallory A Koshiol, Juliana Aadland, Julie M Lauria, Venkateshwaran K Iyer, Ganesh Asaithambi","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000278","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Preventable medical error is a leading cause of death in the United States. While high-reliability organization (HRO) implementation efforts have become widespread, they often lack integration across culture, learning systems, and ambulatory care. A large health system launched a systemwide HRO improvement effort to drive reductions in serious safety events (SSEs), improve safety reporting culture, and align executive leadership with frontline safety practice. This is a retrospective observational study conducted between January 2019 and June 2025 across 12 hospitals and over 90 ambulatory clinics. The systemwide HRO intervention included leadership development, a unified safety reporting system, tiered safety huddles, and structured root cause analysis feedback. Safety culture scores were measured using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality surveys in 2021 and 2024. SSEs were standardized as serious safety event reports (SSERs) per 10,000 patient-days. Hospital SSERs decreased significantly by 71% ( P < 0.001 for trend). Ambulatory SSERs increased due to enhanced harm detection efforts, but not significantly ( P = 0.356 for trend). Safety culture composite scores improved in 11 of 13 individual domains, with the largest percentage improvements in scores for leadership support and communication. A systemwide, unified HRO approach that holistically incorporates HRO-aligned standard work, executive leadership alignment, and proactive systems design can result in lasting preventable harm reductions and cultural transformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":" ","pages":"27-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145764927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using a Thromboelastography-Based Transfusion Protocol for Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Cirrhotic Patients.","authors":"Himsikhar Khataniar, Fjona Tabaku, Ashni Dharia, Dheera Grover, Mrudula Gadani, Aakash Gadani","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000264","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":"40 6","pages":"290-291"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145411344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culture of Civility Drives Safe Patient Care in High-Reliability Organizations.","authors":"Farzana Hoque","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000260","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000260","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":" ","pages":"285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144288032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youssef Elfatatry, Julia Palecki, Amry Majeed, Nevin Varghese, Alexis Wickersham
{"title":"Identifying Inappropriate Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) Utilization in the Outpatient Setting: A Quality Improvement Proposal.","authors":"Youssef Elfatatry, Julia Palecki, Amry Majeed, Nevin Varghese, Alexis Wickersham","doi":"10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000263","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101338,"journal":{"name":"American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality","volume":"40 6","pages":"292-293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145411299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}