Evolving quality improvement support strategies to improve Plan Do Study Act cycle fidelity: a retrospective mixed-methods study. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Evolving quality improvement support strategies to improve Plan Do Study Act cycle fidelity: a retrospective mixed-methods study. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published March 2019

Evolving quality improvement support strategies to improve Plan–Do–Study–Act cycle fidelity: a retrospective mixed-methods study.

McNicholas C, Lennox L, Woodcock T, Bell D, Reed JE. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28:356-365.

This mixed-methods study used direct observation and interviews to determine whether plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles were implemented as planned in a series of quality improvement efforts. The authors found that initial training efforts did not support PDSA implementation and that careful project selection, redesigned training, and hands-on support were all required to support frontline teams in using the PDSA method.

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