Improving care through collaboration

The opportunity to improve health care using existing scientific knowledge is immense. Much is known that is not being used in routine care, leading to a large gap between knowledge and practice. Collaborative improvement models bring health care professionals together to focus on this gap and to ac...

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Published inPediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 103; no. 1 Suppl E; p. 384
Main Author Kilo, C M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1999
Subjects
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics
Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data
Cesarean Section - trends
Child
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Clinical Medicine - organization & administration
Cooperative Behavior
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - standards
Diffusion of Innovation
Humans
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - organization & administration
Models, Organizational
Organizational Innovation
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Total Quality Management
United States
United States
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Summary:The opportunity to improve health care using existing scientific knowledge is immense. Much is known that is not being used in routine care, leading to a large gap between knowledge and practice. Collaborative improvement models bring health care professionals together to focus on this gap and to accelerate the pace of improvement in their organizations. This article describes one such model, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Series Collaborative model. Lessons are drawn to help inform future collaborative efforts that focus on the improvement of care.
ISSN:1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.103.SE1.384