Evidence for evidence-based quality improvement (Re: Int J Evid Based Healthc 2010; 8(3): 109).
Evidence for evidence-based quality improvement (Re: Int J Evid Based Healthc 2010; 8(3): 109).
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基于证据的质量改进证据(回复:Int J Evid Based Healthc 2010;8(3): 109)。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1744-1609.2010.00202.x
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2011
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Willard,Grace
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Stevens,KathleenR;Willard,Grace
Dear Editor: Professor Alan Pearson’s editorial1 is embraced by the community of improvement science researchers. Professor Pearson accurately describes the focus of improvement science as the identification measurement of improvement strategies within health systems. The Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) is the only National Institutes of Health supported improvement research network. I would like to elaborate on his statements to further inform the readers about the ISRN, how it came about and the primary focus of the work ahead.Although improving the quality and safety of patient care rose to a top level priority more than a decade ago, too little progress has been made in building the scientific basis for improvement, particularly in acute care settings. While some groundbreaking research has been done, such efforts often have been confined to localised sites or are of insufficient scientific rigor. The nature of the research affords few opportunities to broadly test findings, collect data from multiple populations or share what has been learned across multiple sites. People who work in healthcare tend to work in silos, says Suzanne Beyea, associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and ISRN Steering Council member. She further states,‘We tend to just stay within our organizations, within our fields, within our perspectives. This makes it challenging to offer the best quality of care to patients or even to know what constitutes the best quality of care.’2 Partnerships have not always come easily. The ISRN will forge research collaboratives among academic and clinical researchers with the goal of conducting multisite, interprofessional, rigorous improvement research. The research collaboratives make it possible to build on evidence-based practice, focus on testing improvement strategies and ultimately improve care processes and patient outcomes. To facilitate these ambitions, the ISRN’s collaborative will be supported by a coordinating centre hub which will include a web environment for the conduct of research and capacity-building, a technical support line, a collection of resources to use in creating a strong cadre of scientists in the field (eg a compendium of research instruments and bibliographies organised around key concepts in improvement science) and communication venues such as newsletters, online interaction and web casts. The ISRN fills a national gap in improvement science by creating a central structure upon which to build a sustainable, comprehensive network for testing improvement approaches in acute care settings. The infrastructure is rapidly expanding globally and across ambulatory and wellness settings. The technological infrastructure will make it