Context The apparent inconsistency between the widespread use of quality improvement
collaboratives and the available evidence heightens the importance of thoroughly …

Background Measuring team factors in evaluations of Continuous Quality Improvement
(CQI) may provide important information for enhancing CQI processes and outcomes; …

Background: Experience suggests that differences in context produce variability in the
effectiveness of quality improvement (QI) interventions. However, little is known about which …

Multiple gaps exist in health care quality and outcomes for children, who receive< 50% of
recommended care. The American Board of Pediatrics has worked to develop an …

Primary care providers frequently recommend, administer, or prescribe health care services
that are unlikely to benefit their patients. Yet little is known about how to reduce provider …

OBJECTIVE: to explore midwives' reasons for performing or avoiding episiotomies and
motivation to change episiotomy practice in a large tertiary maternity hospital. DESIGN …

Aims and objectives. Explore effectiveness of 11 collaboratives focusing on 11 different
topics, as perceived by local improvement teams and to explore associations with …

In this 2 part series, analysis of the risk stratification tools that are available and definition of
the scope of the problem and potential solutions through a review of the literature is …

Variation in how hospitals perform on similar quality improvement (QI) efforts argues for a
need to understand how different organizational characteristics affect QI performance. The …

This thesis explored healthcare quality improvement, considering the general question of
why the last decade's worth of quality improvement (QI) had not significantly improved …