Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

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Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

October 26, 2022

Dixon-Woods M, Martin G, eds. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2022-2023.

Improvement activities are complex initiatives that require synergistic actions by organizations to be sustained. This evolving series provides background, evidence, and discussion on interdisciplinary strategies known to affect quality and safety such as implementation science, collaboration, positive deviance, and culture change.

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