Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives in improving
the quality of care. Data sources Relevant studies through Medline, Embase, PsycINFO …

Context In response to national efforts to improve quality of care, policymakers and health
care leaders have increasingly turned to quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) as an …

This paper traces the main lines of evolution of the organization of professional work. The
argument is illustrated with material on the case of doctors and hospitals. While market and …

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

Objective. To understand participants' views on the relative helpfulness of various features of
collaboratives, why each feature was helpful and which features the most successful …

Through a unique interdisciplinary perspective on quality management in health care, this
text covers the subjects of operations management, organizational behavior, and health …

Objective Policy makers have increasingly turned to learning collaboratives (LCs) as a
strategy for improving usual care through the dissemination of evidence-based practices …

PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to produce a relatively simple conceptual framework
for guiding and studying practice improvement. METHODS I summarize the lessons from my …

Large-scale national and multi-institutional patient safety improvement programmes are
being developed in the health care systems of several countries to address problems in the …

Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) have long been used to facilitate group learning
and implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) in healthcare. However, few …