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The explicit application of theory could shorten the time needed to develop improvement interventions.
“In this article, we join others in arguing that the explicit application of theory could shorten the time needed to develop improvement interventions, optimise their design, identify conditions of context necessary for their success, and enhance learning from those efforts.4–9”
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The explicit application of theory could optimise the design of improvement interventions.
“In this article, we join others in arguing that the explicit application of theory could shorten the time needed to develop improvement interventions, optimise their design, identify conditions of context necessary for their success, and enhance learning from those efforts.4–9”
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The explicit application of theory could enhance learning from improvement efforts.
“In this article, we join others in arguing that the explicit application of theory could shorten the time needed to develop improvement interventions, optimise their design, identify conditions of context necessary for their success, and enhance learning from those efforts.4–9”
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The explicit application of theory could identify conditions of context necessary for the success of improvement interventions.
“In this article, we join others in arguing that the explicit application of theory could shorten the time needed to develop improvement interventions, optimise their design, identify conditions of context necessary for their success, and enhance learning from those efforts.4–9”
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- Authors
- Marshall, M., Pronovost, P., & Dixon-Woods, M.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Marshall, Martin
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 381
- Issue
- 9864
- Pages
- 419-421
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2038968272
- Cited by
- 189
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 40.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (097899, 097899/A/11/Z)
- National Institutes of Health (WT097899MF)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Healthcare Quality and Management
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Keywords
- quality improvement, quality of care, patient safety, avoidable harm, quality variation, resource utilization (health care), health care equity, health care governance
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Quality of Health Care, Quality Improvement
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