The Collaborative program is a ‘complex intervention’ that has been shown to be effective. Which parts are the most important? The recent TRANSLATE trial tested the effectiveness of a ‘multi-component organisational intervention’ for diabetes patients in primary care practices. All practices in the study were provided with a report of their baseline measures and were […]
‘Translate’ diabetes evidence into practiceFebruary 26, 2009
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The Institute of Healthcare ImprovementFebruary 1, 2009
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI Retin-A online ) is a champion of practice improvement. The IHI developed the original ‘breakthrough collaborative’ model from which the APCC has been developed. About 10,000 delegates (including Dale Ford) attended the recent 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Nashville. How was it, Dale? […]
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Putting Guidelines into PracticeFebruary 1, 2009
How can we bridge the ‘chasm’ between what the evidence tells us we should achieve in chronic disease, and what we manage to achieve in practice? (Cf NICS Gap Report) This is perhaps the key question that we are collaborating to answer. Ralph Audehm has directed us to a few recent articles that aim to […] |
