Improving the Quality of Reporting Studies of Quality Improvement: The SQUIRE Guidelines

Editorials4 November 2008Improving the Quality of Reporting Studies of Quality Improvement: The SQUIRE GuidelinesHarold C. Sox, MD, EditorHarold C. Sox, MD, EditorSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-149-9-200811040-00012 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In June 2003, Annals of Internal Medicine began a section called Improving Patient Care. In the subsequent 126 issues to date, we'e published 77 Improving Patient Care articles: 9 randomized trials, 35 observational studies, 19 essays, 5 systematic reviews, and 9 articles from the Quality Grand Rounds series. Some of these articles were about the effect of interventions to improve quality of care (for example, reminders about an appointment for colonoscopy). Some of these studies used preexisting data, and some were planned, controlled experiments. In the review and editing process, we treated these interventional studies much as we treat a ...Reference1. Davidoff F, Batalden P, Stevens D, Ogrinc G, Mooney S; SQUIRE Development Group. Publication guidelines for improvement studies in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:670-76. LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Harold C. Sox, MD, EditorCorresponding Author: Harold C. Sox, MD, American College of Physicians, 190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106; e-mail, [email protected]acponline.org. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 4 November 2008Volume 149, Issue 9Page: 683KeywordsDrugsHealth careHealth care qualityInsulinObservational studiesPatientsQuality improvementRandomized trialsResearch reporting guidelinesSystematic reviews ePublished: 4 November 2008 Issue Published: 4 November 2008 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2008 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...