Do quality and safe care champions in community nursing teams positively impact on patients?

Sally Ann Coope; Shamiso Augustin

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Do quality and safe care champions in community nursing teams positively impact on patients?

February 14, 2024

Coope SA, Augustin S. Br J Community Nurs. 2023;28(12):604-610.

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Interventions to improve quality and safety benefit from local champions to implement and sustain the project. This study evaluated the impact of quality and safe care champions (QSCCs) on improving the quality of care in a community setting. Results indicate that QSCCs can play a role in improving patient care quality and safety, but they require stable leadership, dedicated time and resources, and professional support from QA leads.

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