Embracing multiple aims in healthcare improvement and innovation.

Rene Amalberti; Anthony Staines; Charles A. Vincent

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Embracing multiple aims in healthcare improvement and innovation.

March 23, 2022

Amalberti R, Staines A, Vincent CA. Int J Qual Health Care. 2022;34(1):mzac006.

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Leadership engagement is key to achieving patient safety goals. When it comes to improvement and innovation, healthcare organizations must balance multiple, sometimes conflicting, aims, such as cost, clinician wellbeing, and patient safety. This commentary outlines how healthcare organizations can manage multiple complex aims in relation to improvement and innovation projects. Four principles of managing multiple aims and five key strategies for practical action are described.

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