Table of contents

BMJ Quality Improvement report

• Introduction of a modified obstetric early warning system ­(­MOEWS­)­ at an Ethiopian referral hospital: a feasibility assessment (30 March, 2019)

  Jolene Moore, Duncan Thomson, Iona Pimentil, Bazezew Fekad, Wendy Graham
• Optimising laboratory monitoring of chronic conditions in primary care: a quality improvement framework (29 March, 2019)

  Darunee Whiting, Richard Croker, Jessica Watson, Andy Brogan, Alex J Walker, Tom Lewis
• Introducing an AKI predictive tool for patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery (29 March, 2019)

  David Paul Baird, Fraser Rae, Christina Beecroft, Katherine Gallagher, Stephanie Sim, Robert Vaessen, Emily Wright, Samira Bell
• Demonstrating value: association of cost and quality outcomes with implementation of a value-driven oncology-hospitalist inpatient collaboration for patients with lung cancer (17 March, 2019)

  Joanna-Grace Manzano, Anne Park, Heather Lin, Suyu Liu, Josiah Halm
• Reducing red blood cell folate testing: a case study in utilisation management (7 March, 2019)

  Ola Ismail, Ian Chin-Yee, Alan Gob, Vipin Bhayana, Angela Rutledge
• A provider feedback intervention to increase uptake of colorectal cancer screening in a Swiss academic general practice (3 March, 2019)

  Pau Mota, Reto Auer, Alexandre Gouveia, Kevin Selby
• Reducing inappropriately suspended VTE prophylaxis through a multidisciplinary shared learning programme and electronic prompting (1 March, 2019)

  Christopher Felix Brewer, Dorothy Ip, Emma Drasar, Poureya Aghakhani
• Implementing a quality improvement initiative for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural Nepal (1 March, 2019)

  Stephen Mehanni, Dhiraj Jha, Anirudh Kumar, Nandini Choudhury, Binod Dangal, Grace Deukmedjian, Santosh Kumar Dhungana, Bikash Gauchan, Tula Krishna Gupta, Scott Halliday, S P Kalaunee, Ramesh Mahar, Sanjaya Poudel, Anant Raut, Ryan Schwarz, Dipendra Raman Singh, Aradhana Thapa, Roshan Thapa, Lena Wong, Duncan Maru, Dan Schwarz
• Improving TB infection control in a regional hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa (1 March, 2019)

  Ilsa Louisa Haeusler, Felicity Knights, Vishaal George, Andy Parrish
• Increasing the use of home medication lists in an outpatient neurorehabilitation clinic (1 March, 2019)

  Meiqi Guo, Alan Tam, Ayan Dey, Beth Fraser, Margaret Podalak, Mark Bayley, Christine Soong, Alexander Lo
• ‘Golden Patient’: A quality improvement project aiming to improve trauma theatre efficiency in the Royal Gwent Hospital (18 February, 2019)

  Thomas Key, Gavin Reid, Nicola Vannet, John Lloyd, David Burckett-St. Laurent
• Reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries (13 February, 2019)

  Yasser K Al-Otaibi, Noura Al-Nowaiser, Arshur Rahman
• All change: a stroke inpatient service’s experience of a new clinical neuropsychology delivery model (30 January, 2019)

  Ndidi T Boakye, Richard Scott, Aisling Parsons, Shai Betteridge, Melody A Smith, Gill Cluckie
• Putting veterans with heart failure FIRST improves follow-up and reduces readmissions (14 January, 2019)

  Serena Michelle Ogunwole, Jason Phillips, Amber Gossett, John Richard Downs