Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QIC) have proliferated internationally, but
there is little empirical evidence for their effectiveness. Method We searched Medline …

This article summarizes an extensive literature review addressing the question, How can we
spread and sustain innovations in health service delivery and organization? It considers …

1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review Whenever possible, the recommendations listed in
this document are evidence based. Articles reviewed in this guideline revision covered …

Background There were numerous efforts in the United States during the previous decade to
concentrate selected surgical procedures in high-volume hospitals. It remains unknown …

Objective: To empirically derive the optimal measure of pharmacologic cardiovascular
support in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with bypass and to assess the association …

Importance Quality assessment is an important instrument to ensure optimal surgical
outcomes, particularly during the adoption of new surgical technology. The use of the robotic …

Background Audit and feedback is widely used as a strategy to improve professional
practice either on its own or as a component of multifaceted quality improvement …

This paper reports on a qualitative field study of 16 hospitals implementing an innovative
technology for cardiac surgery. We examine how new routines are developed in …

The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an
interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to …

Objective.—To identify issues related to the quality of health care in the United States,
including its measurement, assessment, and improvement, requiring action by health care …