Systematic review of the effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits

"The review documents publicly available toolkits and their components. Available uptake data are limited but indicate variability. High satisfaction with toolkits can be achieved but the usefulness of individual tools may vary. The existing evidence base on the effectiveness of toolkits remains limited. While emerging evidence indicates positive effects on clinical processes, more research on toolkit value and what affects it is needed, including linking toolkits to objective provider behavior measures and patient outcomes."

Spread tools: a systematic review of components, uptake, and effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits
Hempel S, O’Hanlon C, Lim YW, Danz M, Larkin J, Rubenstein L
Implementation Science. 2019;14(1):83

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Embedding a culture of quality improvement

"This report explores the factors that have helped organisations to launch a quality improvement strategy, and the key enablers for sustaining a focus on continuous quality improvement."

Embedding a culture of quality improvement
J Jabbal
The King's Fund
November 2017

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Leading health care innovation

This is a collaboration of the editors of the Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine, providing an eight-week online forum devoted to helping leaders, managers, and others in health care increase value by improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. Find out more here.

Associations with workload and perceived quality of care

"There is strong evidence to show that lower nurse staffing levels in hospitals are associated with worse patient outcomes."

‘Care left undone’ during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care
JE Ball, T Murrells AM Rafferty, E Morrow, P Griffiths
BMJ Quality and Safety Online First, published on 29 July 2013

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eGEMs (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes)

"eGEMs is an open access journal focused on using electronic clinical data to advance research and quality improvement, with the overall goal of improving patient and community outcomes."

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