Improving care through collaboration

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 103; no. 1 Suppl E; p. 384
• Main Author: Kilo, C M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...