Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Quality improvement projects targeting health care-associated infections: comparing Virtual Collaborative and Toolkit approaches.
Collaborative and toolkit approaches have gained traction for improving quality in health care. ⋯ The intensive collaborative approach outpaced the simpler toolkit approach in changing processes of care, but neither approach improved outcomes. Incorporating quality improvement methods, such as ICU checklists, into routine care processes is complex, highly context-dependent, and may take longer than 18 months to achieve.