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Background Collaborative quality initiatives (CQIs), such as the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC), have invested significant resources to improve surgical outcomes over time. This study ...

Footnotes This research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Physicians of Ontario through the PSI Foundation. L Lingard is supported by a CIHR New Investigator ...

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Background Health systems worldwide are increasingly holding boards of healthcare organisations accountable for the quality of care that they provide. Previous empirical research has found ...

Background Inpatient falls are adverse events that often result in injury due to complex interactions between the hospital environment and patient risk factors and remain a significant problem in ...

Objective—To review the literature on the benefits and disadvantages of clinical and medical audit, and to assess the main facilitators and barriers to conducting the audit process. Design—A ...

2 VA Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA 3 Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ...