Canadian Quality Circle pilot project in osteoporosis: Rationale, methods, and feasibility

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1694-1700

  Ioannidis, George ^a,i   Papaioannou, Alexandra ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b   Gafni, Amiram ^a   Hodsman, Anthony ^c   Kvern, Brent ^d   Johnstone, Dan ^e   Plumley, Nathalie ^f   Baldwin, Alanna ⁱ   Doupe, M ⁱ   Katz, Alan ^g   Salach, Lena ^h   Adachi, Jonathan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc   (Canada)

^f Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals

^g Primary Health Care Research Unit

^h Ontario College of Family Physicians ^*  (Canada)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CIRCLE; REVIEW; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

AGED; CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38449119514     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. Osteoporosis Society of Canada. Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. CMAJ 1996;155:1113-33.
2. Brown JP, Josse RG; Scientific Advisory Council of the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2002 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada. CMAJ 2002;167(10 Suppl):S1-34.
3. Papaioannou A, Wiktorowicz M, Adachi JD, Goeree R, Papadimitropoulos E, Bedard M, et al. Mortality, independence, in living and re-fracture, one year following hip fracture in Canadians. J SOGC 2000;22:591-7.
4. Khan SA, de Geus C, Holroyd B, Russell AS. Osteoporosis follow-up after wrist fractures following minor trauma. Arch Intern Med 2001;161(10):1309-12.
5. Juby AG, De Geus-Wenceslau CM. Evaluation of osteoporosis treatment in seniors after hip fracture. Osteoporosis Int 2002;13:205-10.
6. Freedman KB, Kaplan FS, Bilker WB, Strom BL, Lowe RA. Treatment of osteoporosis: are physicians missing an opportunity? J Bone Joint Surg 2000;82:1063-70.
7. Gehlbach SH, Fournier M, Bigelow C. Recognition of osteoporosis by primary care physicians. Am J Public Health 2002;92:271-3.
8. Jensen A, Mikkelsen GJ, Vestergaard M, Lynge E, Vejborg I. Compliance with European guidelines for diagnostic mammography in a decentralized healthcare setting. Acta Radiol 2005;46:140-7.
9. Akoglu S, Topacoglu H, Karcioglu O, Cimrin AH. Do the residents in the emergency department appropriately manage patients with acute asthma attack? A study of self-criticism. Adv Ther 2004;21:348-56.
10. Gul YA, Hong LC, Prasannan S. Appropriate antibiotic administration in elective surgical procedures: still missing the message. Asian J Surg 2005;28:104-8.
11. Papaioannou A, Giangregorio L, Kvern B, Boulos P, Ioannidis G, Adachi JD. The osteoporosis care gap in Canada. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2004;5:11.
12. Leman ME. Quality circles: their place in health care. Hosp Top 1986;64:15-9.
13. Verstappen WH, van der Weijden T, Dubois WI, Hermsen J, Tan FE, Grol RP. Improving test ordering in primary care: the added value of a small-group quality improvement strategy compared with classic feedback only. Ann Fam Med 2004;2(6):569-75.
14. Grol R, Grimshaw J. From best evidence to best practice: effective implementation of change in patients' care. Lancet 2003;362:1225-30.
15. Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB. Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work. CMAJ 2003;169:30-1.
16. Grimshaw JM, Shirran L, Thomas R, Mowatt G, Fraser C, Bero L, et al. Changing provider behavior: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions. Med Care 2001;39:112-45.
17. Hulscher MEJL, Wensing M, Grol RP, van der Weijden T, van Weel C. Interventions to improve the delivery of preventive services in primary care. Am J Public Health 1999;89:37-46.
18. Solomon DH, Hashimoto H, Daltroy L, Liang MH. Techniques to improve physicians' use of diagnostic tests. JAMA 1998;280:2020-7.
19. Kelly CA, Brown MB. Quality circles in the hospital setting: their current status and potential for the future. Health Care Manage Rev 1987;12:55-9.
20. Akturk Z, Dagdeviren N, Sahin EM, Ozer C. Use of quality circles among first year medical students and impact on student satisfaction. Swiss Med Wkly 2002;132(11-12):143-7.
21. Spooner A, Chapple A, Roland M. What makes British general practitioners take part in a quality improvement scheme? J Health Serv Res Policy 2001;6:145-50.
22. Burton GE. Quality circles in a hospital environment. Hosp Top 1986;64:11-7.
23. Tausch BD, Harter MC. Perceived effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines in primary care quality circles. Int J Qual Health Care 2001;13:239-46.
24. Abendroth K, Dambacher MA, Defer A, Bitzer E, Birkner B, Wawra K. Standardized documentation of osteoporosis patients in Germany. J Bone Min Res 2002;17(Suppl 1):S466.
25. Abendroth K, Dambacher MA, Defer A, Bitzer E, Birkner B, Wawra K. Quality circles increase the quality of treatment of osteoporosis patients. J Bone Min Res 2003;18 (Suppl 2):S380.