Importance of existing quality improvement capacity in the implementation of Releasing Time to Care: the Productive Ward™

"One size does not fit all and administrative bodies must consider the unique context of each environment prior to implementing large-scale QI projects."

One size does not fit all: a qualitative content analysis of the importance of existing quality improvement capacity in the implementation of Releasing Time to Care: the Productive Ward™ in Saskatchewan, Canada
J Hamilton, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:642

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Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals

"This 'how to' guide aims to help clinicians, managers and directors implement The route to success in end of life care more effectively, drawing on valuable learning from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's Productive Ward: Releasing time to care (TM) series."

Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals: the route to success 'how to' guide
National End of Life Care Programme
February 2012

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Lessons from the Productive Ward

"Given the quality and cost challenge currently facing the NHS, it is critical that improvement programmes are implemented quickly, on a large-scale and assimilated and sustained in routine practice."

Implementing and sustaining change in the contemporary NHS: lessons from the Productive Ward
National Nursing Research Unit
March 2011

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