David J Schretlen, Egberdina-Józefa van der Hulst, Godfrey D Pearlson, Barry Gordon
A neuropsychological study of personality: trait openness in relation to intelligence, fluency, and executive functioning
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
primary goal quality improvement enhance patient outcomes particularly emergency department ed timely effective care crucial situations comprehending challenges evaluating current performance implementing quality improvement projects areas need enhancement pinpointed addressed resulting better outcomes interventional study explores implementation quality improvement ed quaternary care teaching hospital south india follows plandocheckact pdca cycle guided donabedian model descriptive statistics employed measure changes outcomes implementation improve processes donabedian principles applied performance audit conducted based patient feedback stakeholder input various ed indicators measured address identified issues formal root cause analysis performed leading generation pdca rapid change cycles cycles implemented 6 months two cycles executed followed postimplementation evaluation post implementation improvements observed several aspects ed operations included reduced ed average length stay decreased time analgesia shorter crossconsultation time faster transfer time ed improved investigation turnaround time tat additionally reduction revisits ed within 72 hours decrease patients left without seen positive changes demonstrate effectiveness quality improvement intervention using pdca cycle comprehensive understanding patient profile ed factors influencing care essential hospital ensure sufficient resources skilled emergency medicine physicians available 247 enhancing services ed reducing patient waiting times improving tat overall efficiency services improved leads provision timely quality care patients ultimately improves outcomes