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Improvement in physical quality of a Sahelian Arenosol and implications on millet yield Ghent University
Opportunities for improvement of oocyte quality in metabolically compromised conditions University of Antwerp
There is a significant negative impact of metabolic health disorders (like obesity) on female fertility, with an important role of reduced oocyte and embryo quality. As a result, more and more research focuses on the possibilities of specific interventions to improve fertility. Such intervention should prevent further damage or should improve and/or recover oocyte quality leading to an optimized oocyte developmental competence and ultimately ...
Do inter-hospital comparisons of in-hospital, acute myocardial infarction case-fatality rates serve the purpose of fostering quality improvement? An evaluative study Hasselt University KU Leuven University of Antwerp
Background: In-hospital case-fatality rates in patients, admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI-CFRs), are internationally used as a quality indicator. Attempting to encourage the hospitals to assume responsibility, the Belgian Ministry of Health decided to stimulate initiatives of quality improvement by means of a limited set of indicators, among which AMI-CFR, to be routinely analyzed. In this study we aimed, by determining the ...
Requirements and standards facilitating quality improvement for reporting systems in gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement KU Leuven
To develop standards for high quality in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has established the ESGE Quality Improvement Committee. A prerequisite for quality assurance and improvement for all GI endoscopy procedures is state-of-the-art integrated digital reporting systems for standardized documentation of the procedures. The current paper describes the ESGE's viewpoints on the requirements ...
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) hospitalisations and deaths: is there a quality improvement role for inter-hospital comparisons? Hasselt University KU Leuven
Objective To assess between-hospital variations in standardized in-hospital mortality ratios of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and identify possible leads for quality improvement. Design We used an administrative database to estimate standardized in-hospital mortality ratios for 111 Belgian hospitals, by carrying out a set of hierarchical logistic regression models, intended to disentangle therapeutic attitudes and biases. To facilitate the ...
Implementing capnography to help improve patient safety during procedural sedation: quality improvement in a high-volume gastroenterology department KU Leuven
OBJECTIVE: Respiratory compromise is a major cause of adverse events during procedural sedation; continuous monitoring is vital for identifying and halting decompensation. We performed a quality improvement investigation to assess patient safety during procedural sedation in gastroenterology and the impact of implementing capnography monitoring. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sedation-related adverse events and interventions were prospectively recorded ...
European follow-up of incorrect biomarker results for colorectal cancer demonstrates the importance of quality improvement projects KU Leuven
Biomarker analysis for colorectal cancer has been shown to be reliable in Europe with 97% of samples tested by EQA participants to be correctly classified. This study focuses on errors during the annual EQA assessment. The aim was to explore the causes and actions related to the observed errors and to provide feedback and assess any improvement between 2016 and 2017. An electronic survey was sent to all laboratories with minimum one genotyping ...
"Doing the right things right": benefits of structured quality improvement (Q1) in HIV prevention Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background
HIV is a major public health concern in Europe. Contextual, programme and implementation-related factors influence the effectiveness of prevention and health promotion. Quality improvement (QI) is a systems-focused and data-driven method to improve health processes and outcomes. The European Joint Action “Quality Action” aimed to build the capacity of HIV prevention organisations in 26 countries to use innovative, ...
HIV is a major public health concern in Europe. Contextual, programme and implementation-related factors influence the effectiveness of prevention and health promotion. Quality improvement (QI) is a systems-focused and data-driven method to improve health processes and outcomes. The European Joint Action “Quality Action” aimed to build the capacity of HIV prevention organisations in 26 countries to use innovative, ...