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How and under what circumstances do quality improvement collaboratives lead to better outcomes? A systematic review

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2020
Background Quality improvement collaboratives are widely used to improve health care in both high-income and low and middle-income settings. Teams from multiple health facilities share learning on a given topic and apply a structured cycle of change ...
Karen Zamboni   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Challenges of quality improvement in the healthcare of South Africa post-apartheid: A critical review

open access: yesCurationis, 2019
Background There is overwhelming evidence that the quality of health care in South Africa has been compromised by various challenges that impact negatively on healthcare quality.
W. T. Maphumulo, B. Bhengu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality improvement into practice

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2020
### What you need to know The benefits to front line clinicians of participating in quality improvement (QI) activity are promoted in many health systems.
A. Backhouse, Fatai Ogunlayi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality Improvement in Critical Care: Selection and Development of Quality Indicators

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 2016
Background. Caring for critically ill patients is complex and resource intensive. An approach to monitor and compare the function of different intensive care units (ICUs) is needed to optimize outcomes for patients and the health system as a whole ...
Carla A. Chrusch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing large-scale data quality validation in a national arthroplasty registry to improve compliance the National Joint Registry data quality audit programme

open access: yesBone & Joint Open, 2022
Data of high quality are critical for the meaningful interpretation of registry information. The National Joint Registry (NJR) was established in 2002 as the result of an unexpectedly high failure rate of a cemented total hip arthroplasty.
Christopher Boulton   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of contextual factors on healthcare quality improvement initiatives: a realist review

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2020
Background Recognising the influence of context and the context-sensitive nature of quality improvement (QI) interventions is crucial to implementing effective improvements and successfully replicating them in new settings, yet context is still poorly ...
Emma Coles   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improving the quality of maternal and neonatal care: the role of standard based participatory assessments. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND:Gaps in quality of care are seriously affecting maternal and neonatal health globally but reports of successful quality improvement cycles implemented at large scale are scanty. We report the results of a nation-wide program to improve quality
Giorgio Tamburlini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving access to services through a collaborative learning system at East London NHS Foundation Trust

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2018
Early intervention following initial referral into healthcare services can have a significant impact on the prognosis and outcomes of patients. Long waiting times and non-attendance can have an immediate and enduring negative impact on patients and ...
Amar Shah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Membrane lipid raft organization during cotton fiber development

open access: yesJournal of Cotton Research, 2020
Background Cotton fiber is a single-celled seed trichome that originates from the ovule epidermis. It is an excellent model for studying cell elongation.
Fan XU   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measurement and outcomes of co-production in health and social care: a systematic review of empirical studies

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Background Co-production is promoted as an effective way of improving the quality of health and social care but the diversity of measures used in individual studies makes their outcomes difficult to interpret.Objective The objective is to explore how ...
Glenn Robert   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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