How quality improvement practice evidence can advance the knowledge base

Journal for Healthcare Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 264-274

  O'Rourke, Hannah M ^a   Fraser, Kimberly D ^b  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Evidence based; Feasibility; Practice; quality improvement; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH PRIORITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84992161954     PISSN: 10622551     EISSN: 19451474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000067     Document Type: Article

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