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Quality improvement into practice

Adam Backhouse, Fatai Ogunlayi

2020BMJ186 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Thinking of quality improvement (QI) as a principle-based approach to change provides greater clarity about (a) the contribution QI offers to staff and patients, (b) how to differentiate it from other approaches, (c) the benefits of using QI together with other change approaches

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