Validity of Medical Staff Judgments in Establishing Quality Assurance Priorities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9103291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Williamson (0000-0001-8085-7853, Johns Hopkins University), John W Williamson, Harriet R Braswell (Johns Hopkins University), Susan D Horn (0000-0003-0199-4513, Johns Hopkins University) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 331-346 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197904000-00002 |
| PMID | 431145 |
| OpenAlex | W1998386933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The validation of a structured group judgment procedure to establish priorities for quality assurance activities was undertaken in six medical institutions in the United States. Validation focused on the extent to which health improvement could be documented by outcome-based projects focusing on priority topics. Predictive (criterion-related) validity was sought by analyzing five successively more stringent levels of evidence: 1) feasibility of implementing a quality assessment project within the topic areas selected by the prioity procedure; 2) accuracy of identifying health deficiencies or strengths; 3) verification of establishing correctable causes of health deficiencies; 4) capability of effecting significant improvement of health deficiencies; and 5) credibility of evidence that improvement achieved is directly attributable to corrective actions taken. Within the limits of generalizability, predictive validity was documented at every level of analysis. It is recommended that the structured group judgment process used in this study be more thoroughly evaluated and considered for quality assurance planning purposes
Business · MEDLINE · Political science · Quality (philosophy) · Quality assurance · Clinical practice guidelines implementation · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Quality and Management · Marketing · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 1981 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |