The Tension between Needing to Improve Care and Knowing How to Do It
Authors:
- Andrew D. AuerbachAAAndrew D. Auerbach
- C. Seth LandefeldCLC. Seth Landefeld
- Kaveh G. ShojaniaKSKaveh G. Shojania
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- 9 August 2007
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 357 (6) , 608-613
Abstract
The authors argue that interventions to improve health care quality should be held to the same standards that we apply to medical treatments. They believe quality-improvement initiatives should not be widely disseminated unless studies have demonstrated that they are safe and effective.Keywords
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