UNC QI Publications
As an academic medical institution, UNC is fortunate to have many clinicians who not only engage in quality improvement initiatives, but who publish their findings for others to learn from and share. IHQI stays abreast of recent QI publications from UNC authors who are focused on improving clinical care and improvement outcomes.
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The Capacity of Primary Care for Improving Evidence-Based Care: Early Findings From AHRQ's EvidenceNOW. Shoemaker SJ, McNellis RJ, DeWalt DA. Ann Fam Med. 2018 Apr;16(Suppl 1):S2-S4. doi: 10.1370/afm.2227. PMID: 29632218
Implementing a Novel Quality Improvement-Based Approach to Data Quality Monitoring and Enhancement in a Multipurpose Clinical Registry. Pratt J, Jeffers D, King EC, Kappelman MD, Collins J, Margolis P, Baron H, Bass JA, Bassett MD, Beasley GL, Benkov KJ, Bornstein JA, Cabrera JM, Crandall W, Dancel LD, Garin-Laflam MP, Grunow JE, Hirsch BZ, Hoffenberg E, Israel E, Jester TW, Kiparissi F, Lakhole A, Lapsia SP, Minar P, Navarro FA, Neef H, Park KT, Pashankar DS, Patel AS, Pineiro VM, Samson CM, Sandberg KC, Steiner SJ, Strople JA, Sudel B, Sullivan JS, Suskind DL, Uppal V, Wali PD. EGEMS (Wash DC). 2019 Sep 30;7(1):51. doi: 10.5334/egems.262. PMID: 31646151
Understanding quality improvement collaboratives through an implementation science lens. Rohweder C, Wangen M, Black M, Dolinger H, Wolf M, O'Reilly C, Brandt H, Leeman J. Prev Med. 2019 Oct 23:105859. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105859. PMID: 31655174
Quality Improvement Principles and Practice. Ratner S, Pignone M. Prim Care. 2019 Dec;46(4):505-514. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2019.07.008. Epub 2019 Jul 31. Review. PMID: 31655747
Implementation science workshop: a primary care–based multidisciplinary readmission prevention program. Cavanaugh JJ, Jones CD, Embree G, Tsai K, Miller T, Shilliday BB, McGuirt BM, Roche R, Pignone M, DeWalt DA, Ratner S. J Gen Internal Med. 2014; 29(5): 798–804.
Pharmacist coordinated, multidisciplinary hospital follow-up visits improve patient outcomes. Cavanaugh JJ, Lindsey, K, Shilliday BB, Ratner S. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2015; 21(3): 256–60.
Who Needs Inpatient Detox? Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist Protocol for the Evaluation of Patients for Alcohol Detoxification. John R. Stephens, MD, E. Allen Liles, MD, Ria Dancel, MD, Michael Gilchrist, MD, MPH, Jonathan Kirsch, MD, and Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Apr; 29(4): 587–593. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2751-3. PMID: 24395104
Integrating Palliative and Oncology Care for Patients with Advanced Care: A Quality Improvement Intervention. Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH, Frances Collichio, MD, Stephen A. Bernard, MD, William A. Wood, MD, MPH, Matt Milowsky, MD, Erin Burgess, BA, Crista J. Creedle, RN, BSN, OCN, Summer Cheek, RN, BSN, OCN, Lydia Chang, MD, Bhisham Chera, MD, Alexandra Fox, MSW, and Feng-Chang Lin, PhD. (2017). Journal of Palliative Medicine, 20 (12).
Handing Off the Older Patient: Improved Documentation of Geriatric Assessment in Transitions of Care. Blomberg BA, Mulligan RC, Staub SJ, Hanson LC, Drickamer MA, Dale MC. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Feb;66(2):401-406. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15237. Epub 2017 Dec 18. PMID: 29251766
Maximizing the Benefit of Quality Improvement Activities: A Spread of Innovations Model. Wolak E, Overman A, Willis B, Hedges C, Spivak GF. J Nurs Care Qual. 2019 Aug 26. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000438. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31464849