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What is a quality improvement project?

What is a quality improvement project?
What is a quality improvement project?

This article outlines the why, what and how of quality improvement with the aim of encouraging readers to move 'beyond audit' to undertake high calibre quality improvement projects within their daily work. It also provides a framework for presenting, publishing and disseminating quality improvement findings.

Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Humans, Medical Audit/organization & administration, Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Quality Improvement/organization & administration
1750-8460
252-6
Gill, Deborah
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Mountford, James
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Gill, Deborah
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Mountford, James
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Gill, Deborah and Mountford, James (2012) What is a quality improvement project? British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 73 (5), 252-6. (doi:10.12968/hmed.2012.73.5.252).

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This article outlines the why, what and how of quality improvement with the aim of encouraging readers to move 'beyond audit' to undertake high calibre quality improvement projects within their daily work. It also provides a framework for presenting, publishing and disseminating quality improvement findings.

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Published date: 1 May 2012
Keywords: Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Humans, Medical Audit/organization & administration, Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Quality Improvement/organization & administration

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Local EPrints ID: 502802
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/502802
ISSN: 1750-8460
PURE UUID: 40b29047-ec59-4c05-b51c-53b9753cd785
ORCID for Deborah Gill: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0005-8371-2496

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Date deposited: 08 Jul 2025 16:53
Last modified: 09 Jul 2025 02:04

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Author: Deborah Gill ORCID iD
Author: James Mountford

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