Project BOOST implementation: lessons learned.

Mark Williams V; Jing Li; Luke O. Hansen; Victoria Forth; Tina Budnitz; Jeffrey L. Greenwald; Eric Howell; Lakshmi Halasyamani; Arpana Vidyarthi; Eric A. Coleman

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Project BOOST implementation: lessons learned.

September 10, 2014

Williams M, Li J, Hansen LO, et al. South Med J. 2014;107(7):455-65.

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This qualitative study of a large-scale quality improvement effort to reduce readmissions and adverse events after discharge identified numerous barriers to implementing the project as well as several facilitators of success. Intensive mentoring by project champions appeared to be a key factor in success of the program.

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