What is “quality improvement” and how can it transform healthcare?

By P. Batalden, Frank Davidoff. BMJ Quality & Safety, 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics

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• Implementing patient-reported outcomes assessment in clinical practice: a review of the options and considerations (2012, background): “For example, plan-do-study-act (PDSA) requires minimal training and involves making small changes incrementally and learning from experience while doing so [75, 80].”
• Lean thinking in healthcare: a realist review of the literature (2010, background): “In other words, avoid commissioning ad hoc ‘lean teams’ to address specific problems as these will hardly yield a culture where quality improvement becomes everyone's responsibility.”