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Data-driven quality improvement in low-and middle-income country health syste...
Background Well-functioning health systems need to utilize data at all levels, from the provider, to local and national-level decision makers, in order to make evidence-based... -
The sustainability of Lean in pediatric healthcare: a realist review
Background Lean is a quality improvement management system from the Toyota manufacturing industry. Since the early 2000’s, Lean has been used as an intervention for healthcare... -
Data for Improvement and Clinical Excellence: a report of an interrupted time...
Background There is substantial evidence about the effectiveness of audit with feedback, but none that we know have been conducted in home care settings. The primary purpose of... -
Oral/dental items in the resident assessment instrument – minimum Data Set 2....
Background Oral health in nursing home residents is poor. Robust, mandated assessment tools such as the Resident Assessment Instrument – Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 are key... -
Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-...
Background Knowledge translation (KT, also known as research utilization, and sometimes referring to implementation science) is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the... -
Assessing citation networks for dissemination and implementation research fra...
Background A recent review of frameworks used in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science described 61 judged to be related either to dissemination, implementation, or... -
A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization...
Background To improve management of severely ill hospitalized patients in low-income settings, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a triage tool called “Quick Check”... -
Does Value Stream Mapping affect the structure, process, and outcome quality ...
Background Quality improvement within health and social care facilities is needed and has to be evidence-based and patient-centered. Value Stream Mapping, a method of Lean... -
What drives adoption of a computerised, multifaceted quality improvement inte...
Background A computerised, multifaceted quality improvement (QI) intervention for cardiovascular disease (CVD) management in Australian primary healthcare was evaluated in a... -
Improved empirical antibiotic treatment of sepsis after an educational interv...
Background Early appropriate antibiotic treatment is essential in sepsis. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a multifaceted educational intervention to improve antibiotic... -
Behaviour change interventions to influence antimicrobial prescribing: a cros...
Background To improve the quality of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions the application of behavioural sciences supported by multidisciplinary collaboration has been... -
Evaluation of a guided continuous quality improvement program in community ph...
Background The importance of creating and sustaining a strong culture of patient safety has been recognized as a critical component of safe medication use. This study aims to... -
Activating clinical trials: a process improvement approach
Background The administrative process associated with clinical trial activation has been criticized as costly, complex, and time-consuming. Prior research has concentrated on...
