Equipped: overcoming barriers to change to improve quality of care (theories of change).

Peter Lachman; Jane Runnacles; Jan Dudley; RCPCH Clinical Standards Committee

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Equipped: overcoming barriers to change to improve quality of care (theories of change).

March 18, 2015

Lachman P, Runnacles J, Dudley J, et al. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2015;100(1):13-8.

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Change management has been promoted as a strategy to implement improvements in clinical settings. This commentary discusses the complexity around introducing change in health care and suggests that change management, systems thinking, and employee engagement are elements of successful quality improvement initiatives.

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