Nursing & Health Innovations

Typical attributes of a Quality Improvement  / Quality Assurance study:

• The authors made a change in practice and looked for a measurable, clinical outcome
• Small study
• Took place in a single hospital / unit within a hospital
• Study might not be research-based -- probably not randomized, for example

In CINAHL and MEDLINE, to find Quality Improvement articles, add the following subject terms to your search:

"quality improvement" or "quality assurance" or "program evaluation"

Change the drop-down menu to SU Subject Terms

Here's an example of an article that has Quality Improvement as a Minor Subject in the CINAHL database.