Quality improvement into practice
Adam Backhouse, Fatai Ogunlayi
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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