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

Short report:

Novel pathways for headache via neurology same day emergency care: admission avoidance, prevention of lumbar punctures and reduced length of stay in hospital

31 December 2024

Original research:

Value-based healthcare for social insurance medicine: key enablers for adoption in practice

30 December 2024

Quality improvement report:

Releasing time to care: a quality improvement project aimed to increase direct rehabilitation time in a Stroke Rehabilitation Centre

30 December 2024

Original research:

Using the communication technique of Clean Language in healthcare: an exploratory survey

30 December 2024

Original research:

Barriers to medication administration error reporting in a tertiary hospital in Lebanon

30 December 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 [email protected].
Find out more about all our resources to support residency programmes.

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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