ReviewFuture hospital journal2016
The foundations of quality improvement science.
Review in Future hospital journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed.
- A cluster randomized stepped-wedge trial to de-implement unnecessary post-operative antibiotics in children: the optimizing perioperative antibiotic in children (OPerAtiC) trial.Implementation science : IS · 2021Trial
- Why is there no regulation despite evidence that ultra-processed foods are hazardous to long-term health?Future healthcare journal · 2026Review
- Bayesian adaptive trial designs for evaluating low-risk programmatic changes for quality improvement in health services: a simulation study.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
- Implementing a Protocol for Incremental Hemodialysis in Incident Patients With Kidney Failure: A Quality Improvement Initiative.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2026Article
- Data-driven closed-loop health education: constructing an integrated assessment-intervention-feedback pathway for digital COPD management-a perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Identifying and Prioritising BSACI Service Standards for Paediatric Allergy in the United Kingdom.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026Article
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- Supported implementation of tailored multicomponent fall prevention interventions in hospital: a feasibility study.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Enhancing General Practitioners' Compliance with Antenatal Care Standards and Pregnant Women's Satisfaction Through Point-of-Care Quality Improvement in Indonesian Community Health Centers.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Building Capacity of Community Health Centers to Improve the Provision of Postpartum Care Services Through Data-Driven Health Information Technology and Innovation.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2024Article
- Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in paediatric post-discharge care.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- "If we work as a team, there are success stories." Unpacking team members' perceptions and experiences of what impacts team performance in a maternal and neonatal quality improvement programme in South Africa, before, and during COVID-19.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The current state of intensive care unit discharge practices - Results of an international survey study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Enhancing infection prevention and control through hand hygiene compliance in six Ugandan hospitals using quality improvement approaches.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- HEEADSSS Up: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Blank Proforma in the Use and Documentation of an Adolescent Psychosocial Risk Assessment Tool.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2024Article
- Caring for the whole person: transgender-competent HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis as part of integrated primary healthcare services in Vietnam.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- Managing dental unit waterlines: a quality improvement programme.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Teledermatology to reduce face-to-face appointments in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Continuous quality improvement (CQI) Institutionalization to reach 95:95:95 HIV targets: a multicountry experience from the Global South.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
As an alternative to 'big bang' initiatives, plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles are an increasingly popular approach to conducting tests of change to support quality improvement in healthcare. Using PDSA cycles can help clinicians deliver improvements in patient care through a structured experimental approach to learning and tests of change. The PDSA approach facilitates individual, team and organisational learning, making it an essential tool for the future hospital. This paper provides an example of the benefits of using PDSA in practice to test and develop a change idea to ensure it is fit for purpose. As with any new skill or competency, learning to use PDSA cycles takes time and practice and is necessary to ensure that the method is being used to its full effect. This paper explores some of the challenges encountered by clinicians in learning to use PDSA cycles well, and provides advice on how they can be overcome to help practitioners get more out of using the method.
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