Context: The mixed results of success among QI initiatives may be due to differences in the
context of these initiatives. Methods: The business and health care literature was …

Background Health systems that deliver prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT)
services in low and middle income countries continue to underperform, resulting in …

The IntegratedEthics model represents a fundamental departure from the traditional
approach to ethics in health care organizations. IntegratedEthics was developed by the …

Background To increase the effectiveness of quality-improvement collaboratives (QICs), it is
important to explore factors that potentially influence their outcomes. For this purpose, we …

To improve communication within surgical teams, Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
implemented a Medical Team Training Program (MTT) based on the principles of crew …

Background: While there is a great deal of discussion about complex adaptive systems in
the field of evaluation, little has been written about the expression of complex adaptive …

Purpose. We describe the perceived usefulness of a learning collaborative for translating
obesity prevention science into practice at YMCA after-school programs. Approach. We …

Background Despite the impact of hypertension and widely accepted target values for blood
pressure (BP), interventions to improve BP control have had limited success. Objectives We …

Abstract Context Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) attempt to improve care in
diverse sets of clinical conditions worldwide, but questions about their effectiveness and …

Introduction Over the past century, the health care sector is being reformed in many
countries. Costs are exploding, attributed to technological advances and an aging society …