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Chinese Journal of Critical Care & Intensive Care Medicine(Electronic Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (01): 46-51. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.2096-1537.2026.01.009

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Quality registries, benchmarking and homogenization: core pathways to quality improvement in intensive care medicine

Yu Qiu1, Xiuming Xi2,()   

  1. 1 Department of Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
    2 Department of Intensive Care Unit, Fuxing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China
  • Received:2025-04-21 Online:2026-02-28 Published:2026-04-29
  • Contact: Xiuming Xi

Abstract:

Quality improvement in intensive care medicine relies on a synergistic framework composed of quality registries, benchmarking, and homogenization. Quality registries establish real-world databases through systematic data collection, providing the foundation for continuous quality surveillance. Benchmarking compares performance across institutions to identify gaps and optimize clinical practice. Homogenization standardizes diagnostic and therapeutic protocols to ensure broad applicability of improvement measures. Together, these elements form a closed-loop management cycle of "data collection – gap identification – standard implementation." This synergistic pathway preserves the economies of scale inherent in standardization while supporting individualized, precise interventions. By translating real-world research into clinical practice innovation, it narrows quality disparities among healthcare facilities and ultimately advances high-quality, outcome-oriented intensive care medicine, continually optimizing clinical processes and improving patient prognosis. This article systematically elaborates on the theoretical basis, technical approach and practical cases of this framework, and also explores its future development direction.

Key words: Intensive care medicine, Quality improvement, Quality registry, Benchmarking, Homogenization

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