BMJ Open Quality

is a peer reviewed, Open Access journal covering all content in healthcare improvement work.

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BMJ Open Quality adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics. To read the journal's detailed guidelines please see our policies.

Our website provides resources to support you in your quality improvement work such as templates to help you run and write up quality improvement projects.

BMJ Open Quality uses continuous publication online to ensure timely, up-to-date knowledge is available worldwide. The journal adheres to a rigorous and transparent peer review process and papers are considered on the basis of methodological soundness rather than priority or novelty.

BMJ Open Quality is the open access companion journal to BMJ Quality & Safety. The journal adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics

Current Issue

Latest Articles

Quality improvement report:

Achieving and sustaining reduction in hospital-acquired complications in an Australian local health service

4 November 2024

Quality improvement report:

Increasing the uptake of advance care directives through staff education and one-on-one support for people facing end-of-life

3 November 2024

Quality education report:

Click and learn: a longitudinal interprofessional case-based sepsis education curriculum

3 November 2024

Original research:

Interactive hygiene training using free open source software

30 October 2024

Quality improvement report:

Community breast pain clinics can provide safe, quality care for women presenting with breast pain

30 October 2024

US Institutions

If you're based in the US, and interested in discussing an institutional Open Quality subscription to support your residency programme, please contact us to discuss these resources by emailing ussales@bmj.com.
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South Asia Edition

The South Asia Editions, in partnership with NQOCN, highlights research related to Healthcare Quality Improvement in the South Asia region. All content is free to read and features original research, quality improvement reports and editorials.
All the content can be accessed here: First edition , Second edition, Third edition

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