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What is improvement science, and what makes it different? An outline of the field and its frontiers [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
Improvement science has emerged as an interdisciplinary field of enquiry to provide methodological and scientific rigour to the practice and study of improvements in healthcare, and with contributions from a wide range of stakeholders and perspectives ...
Julie E. Reed, Julie E. Reed, Grazia Antonacci, Natalie Armstrong, G. Ross Baker, Sonya Crowe, Karin Pukk Harenstam, Dougal Hargreaves, Yogini H. Jani, Yogini H. Jani, Lloyd Provost, Martin Rejler, Martin Rejler, Carl Savage, Johan Thor, Johan Thor, Sharon Williams, Thomas Woodcock   +17 more
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Navigating paradox in child welfare: implications for improvement science in complex human service systems [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
IntroductionImprovement science emphasizes the need to understand and enhance quality in complex service systems. While the field primarily has developed within healthcare, its expansion into social care requires deeper engagement with how quality is ...
Christina Evaldsson, Christina Evaldsson, Sofia Kjellström   +2 more
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Improvement science as the engine for the next generation of learning health networks [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
While the evidence-based care movement has traditionally relied on randomized controlled trials (RCTs), these methods often lack the flexibility and external validity required for complex, real-world clinical settings.
Gareth J. Parry, Gareth J. Parry, Lloyd Provost, Peter Margolis   +3 more
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Working to enhance HIV care: integrating implementation science and improvement science for effective quality improvement – a scoping review [PDF]

BMJ Open Quality
Objective Healthcare systems struggle to balance the need for frontline problem-solving with the requirement for theory-driven strategies that ensure sustainable system-wide improvement. Implementation science, improvement science and quality improvement
Thomas O’Grady, Michelle Pendill, Clemens Steinbock, Megan Urry, Tarik Itum, Riahana Rahman   +5 more
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Supporting a state in developing a working theory of improvement for promoting equity in science education

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionThis study was undertaken to explore the potential of developing a working theory of improvement for creating a more equitable system of science education at the level of a US state.
William R. Penuel, Tiffany N. Neill, Todd Campbell   +2 more
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Developing mindsets for equity-focused continuous improvement: tracing shifts in an Ed.D. program using critical improvement science

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionTwo rising innovations in educational leadership development—using an equity lens and facilitating continuous improvement (CI)—depend upon leaders developing conducive mindsets for the work.
Elizabeth Zumpe, Phitsamay S. Uy, Abeer Hakouz, Stacy Agee Szczesiul   +3 more
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Improvement science and school leadership: the precarious path to dynamic school improvement

Frontiers in Education
School systems have increasingly turned to continuous improvement (CI) processes because traditional school improvement plans (SIPs) have resulted in neither reaching set goals nor maintaining performance in challenging times.
Samantha Viano, Farnoosh Shahrokhi, Seth B. Hunter   +2 more
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Framework for Implementing Improvement Science in a School District to Support Institutionalized Improvement

Education Sciences
This paper presents a framework for implementing improvement science in a district or educational organization. Findings from interviews with 17 experienced educational improvers indicate critical elements for a school district to effectively support and
Erin Anderson, Katheleen M. W. Cunningham, Jayson W. Richardson   +2 more
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Quality as an organizational strategy: building a system of improvement [PDF]

Frontiers in Health Services
Improvement science offers proven theories and methods that can be applied to specific projects, but they have rarely been applied to the leadership systems of healthcare organizations.
David M. Williams, Clifford L. Norman, Lloyd P. Provost   +2 more
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Developing Leadership for Improvement

Impacting Education, 2023
Improvement and action-oriented research approaches make iterative testing to learn about systems and adaptive change a central practice. As the need to develop the field’s capacity to improve grows, so does the need to develop leaders’ capacity for ...
Maritza Lozano, Leyda W. Garcia, Carlos Sandoval   +2 more
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