Quality Improvement - General Resources

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Resources found: Medical literature = 22, Web resources = 0, Documents = 0.

Medical literature (22)
star Auerbach AD, Landefeld S, Shojania KG. The Tension between Needing to Improve Care and Knowing How to Do It. N Engl J Med 08/09/2007; 357: 608 - 613.
starstar Berwick DM. The science of improvement. JAMA 03/12/2008; 299: 1182-4.
Blumenthal D. Employer-Sponsored Insurance — Riding the Health Care Tiger. N Engl J Med 07/13/2006; 355: 195-202.
Crofts JF, Ellis D, Draycott TJ, Winter C, Hunt LP, Akande VA.. Change in knowledge of midwives and obstetricians following obstetric emergency training: a randomized controlled trial of local hospital, simulation centre and teamwork training. BJOG 12/01/2007; 114: 1534-1541.
Diaz M, Neuhauser D. Pasteur and Parachutes: When Statistical Process Control is Better than a Randomized Controlled Trial. Qual Saf Health Care 01/01/2005; 14: 140-143.
Fung CH, Lim YW, Mattke S, Damberg C, Shekelle PG. Systematic review: the evidence that publishing patient care performance data improves quality of care. Ann Intern Med 01/01/2008; 148: 111-123. Abstract
star Gawande A. Annals of Medicine: The Checklist. The New Yorker 12/10/2007; Abstract Download
Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kriakidou O. Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review and Recommendations. The Milbank Quarterly 01/01/2004; 82: 581 - 629. Abstract
Herbert C, Neuhauser D. Improving Hypertension Care with Patient-generated Run Charts: Physician, Patient, and Management Perspectives. Q Manage Health Care 01/01/2004; 13: 174-177.
Ibarra V, Titler MG, Reiter RC. Issues in the development and implementation of clinical pathways. AACN Clin Issues 08/01/1996; 7: 436-47. Abstract
New! Jamtvedt G, Young JM, Kristoffersen DT, O'Brien MA, Oxman AD. Audit and Feedback: Effects on Professional Practice and Health Care Outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006; 1: Abstract Download
Kinsman L, James E, Ham J. An interdisciplinary, evidence-based process of clinical pathway implementation increases pathway usage. Lippincotts Case Manag 07/01/2004; 9: 184-96. Abstract
Kinsman L, James EL. Evidence-based practice needs evidence-based implementation. Lippincotts Case Manag 09/01/2001; 6: 208-16. Abstract
star Leape LL, Berwick DM. Five Years After To Err Is Human, What Have We Learned?. JAMA 05/18/2005; 293: 2384-2390. Abstract
Lozeau D, Langley A, Denis JL. The Corruption of Managerial Techniques by Organizations. Human Relations 01/01/2002; 55: 537 - 564.
Mello MM, Studdert DM, Kachalia AB, Brennan TA. "Health courts" and accountability for patient safety. Milbank Q 2006; 84: 459-92. Abstract
Mello MM, Studdert DM, Thomas EJ et al. Who Pays for Medical Errors?: An Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 12/01/2007; 4: 835-60.
Neuhauser D, Diaz M. Daniel: Using the Bible to Teach Quality Improvement Methods. Qual Saf Health Care 01/01/2004; 13: 153-155.
star Neuhauser D, Diaz M. Quality Improvement Research: Are Randomised Trials Necessary?. Qual Saf Health Care 01/01/2007; 16: 77-80.
star Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel CA, Needham DM, Sexton JB, Thompson DA, Lubomski LH, Marstellar JA, Makary MA, Hunt E. Creating High Reliability in Health Care Organizations. Health Services Research 08/01/2006; 41: 1599 - 1617. Abstract
The Joint Commission. Behaviors that undermine a culture of safety. The Joint Commission, Sentinel Event 07/09/2008; 40:
Weick KE, Sutcliffe KM. Hospitals as Cultures of Entrapment: A Re-Analysis of the British Royal Infirmary. California Management Review 01/01/2003; 45: 73 - 84.