Quality Assurance, Health Care
"Quality Assurance, Health Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
| Descriptor ID |
D011785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700 N05.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Assurance, Health Care- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Healthcare Quality Assurance
- Assurance, Healthcare Quality
- Assurances, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assurances
- Quality Assurances, Healthcare
- Quality Assurance, Healthcare
- Health Care Quality Assurance
Healthcare Quality Assessment- Healthcare Quality Assessment
- Assessment, Healthcare Quality
- Assessments, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assessments
- Quality Assessments, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Health Care
- Health Care Quality Assessment
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality Assurance, Health Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2008 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Using Human-Centered Design in Personalized Anticipatory Guidance: Enriching Anticipatory Guidance on Early Cognitive and Language Development. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2021 11; 60(13):528-542.
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American Gastroenterological Association Institute and College of American Pathologists Quality Measure Development for Detection of Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Lynch Syndrome Management. Gastroenterology. 2022 02; 162(2):360-365.
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Implementation of Complex Interventions: Lessons Learned From the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Transitional Care Portfolio. Med Care. 2021 08 01; 59(Suppl 4):S344-S354.
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A measure of case complexity for streamlining workflow in multidisciplinary tumor boards: Mixed methods development and early validation of the MeDiC tool. Cancer Med. 2020 07; 9(14):5143-5154.
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Transitioning from measurement-based to combined patient-specific quality assurance for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Br J Radiol. 2020 Mar; 93(1107):20190669.
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Quantifying the accuracy of deformable image registration for cone-beam computed tomography with a physical phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2019 Oct; 20(10):92-100.
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Quality metrics for the evaluation of Rapid Response Systems: Proceedings from the third international consensus conference on Rapid Response Systems. Resuscitation. 2019 08; 141:1-12.
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Assessing Quality of Diabetes Care and Medical Student Volunteer Knowledge of Diabetes Care at the University of Chicago Community Health Clinic. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Nov/Dec; 34(6):621.
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Machine learning for automated quality assurance in radiotherapy: A proof of principle using EPID data description. Med Phys. 2019 Apr; 46(4):1914-1921.
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Performance improvement in surgery. Curr Probl Surg. 2019 Jun; 56(6):211-246.