Research Projects: Quality of Medical Care and Patient Safety

The IECS works to improve the quality of medical care and patient safety in Latin America and the Caribbean. IECS research projects focus on understanding the causes of quality and safety problems, and developing solutions to address them.

  • All projects
  • Development projects
  • Completed Projects

Collaborative strategy to improve the counter-referral system for patients with cardiovascular disease in the public health care sector in Argentina

2018 - 2019

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a collaborative strategy to increase colorectal cancer screening in the public health care sector in Argentina

2018-2019

Collaborative initiative to improve security in medical transfers

2018

Improvement program to reduce surgical site infections in obstetrics at the Dr. Florencio Escardó Municipal Maternal and Child Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2016 - May 2018

Consulting in the development of project monitoring and evaluation plans for the Ministry of Health of Peru

2008

Improvement of adherence to Hand Hygiene of health personnel in Intensive Care in the province of Corrientes

Implementation of clinical effectiveness initiatives in the Municipality of Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego

2012

Development of interventions to improve pregnancy care in Ethiopia and India

2012

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation of a multifaceted intervention to increase the use of essential interventions in the postnatal care of mothers and newborns in selected hospitals in Nepal and Uganda

2016

Improving the quality of maternal care in Ghana

2009

Adaptation of the EC-17 Survey to the population of the city of Buenos Aires

2009-2010

Evaluation of the care system of the Ecuadorian Cancer Society – SOLCA

2010

Implementation of a patient safety program at the Otamendi Miroli Sanatorium

2009-2011

Introductory training in quality and safety for officials of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Chile

2010-2011

Knowledge about Patient Safety in Medicine and Nursing students at the CEMIC University Institute

2011-2012

Implementation of a patient safety program at the Medicus Center

2011-2012

Adaptation of the HCAHPS survey

2007-2012

Improving the quality of marten care in Nicaragua

2010-2012

Baseline evaluation of quality initiatives in sanatoriums of the OMINT group

Quality of transitions during health care in Hospitals

Improvement of patient flow in the ward of the Institute of Argentine Diagnosis and Treatment (IADT)

2012

Evaluation of cost-effectiveness of the reuse of selected materials designed for single use (Johnson & Johnson Argentina)

2012

Collaborative Project, CLICCS initiative, to reduce bacteremia associated with catheters in Critical Care Units in Hospitals in Latin America

2012-2015

Clinical risk management in pediatrics: adaptation and validation of the H-CAHPS to the pediatric population of two hospitals in the City of Buenos Aires.

2011-2012

Development of a set of indicators to evaluate the quality of preventive care in Cardiovascular disease

2011

Formative Evaluation on the use of cesarean sections in Nicaragua

2011-2012

Clinical Trial to improve adherence to Hand Hygiene Intensive Therapies of the City of Buenos Aires

2010-2012