Using behavioral insights to strengthen strategies for change. Practical applications for quality improvement in healthcare. August 21, 2024

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-behavioral-insights-strengthen-strategies-change-practical-applications-quality Using behavioral insights to strengthen strategies for change. Practical applications for quality improvement in healthcare. Johansen RLR, Tulloch S. J Patient Saf. 2024;20(5):e78-e84. Quality improvement (QI) and patient safety initiatives can be challenging to implement and sustain. The article proposes incorporating behavioral insights (BI) into QI to enhance and reinforce behaviors to support positive change. The authors describe using BI in a QI program to increase actions and behaviors more aligned with safe use of intravenous antibiotics at one hospital in Denmark.