001 Research on the clinical impact of quality improvement programs in hospitals: Intermountain Healthcare (US), Reinier de Graaf (Holland), Jonkoping County Council (Sweden)

Context and goals Scientific literature currently lacks evidence of sustained clinical impacts of quality improvement programs. If one excludes self-reported results and initiatives with no institution-wide perspective, one is left with no evidence at all. Our research program therefore targeted positive outliers. With the help of a panel of international experts, we have chosen three leading healthcare systems in quality improvement, to be the subject of in-depth investigation. Program: Description, Implementation and Follow-up The case-study methodology has been applied to three innovative h... Mehr ...