Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
Guyatt G, Rennie D, Meade MO, Cook DJ
Part G Moving from Evidence to Action
Chapter e23. How to Use an Article About Quality Improvement
Eddy Fan, MD, Andreas Laupacis, MD, MSc, Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, Gordon H. Guyatt, MD, MSc, Dale M. Needham, MD, PhD
Sections:
Clinical Scenario, The Search, Quality Improvement—An Overview, Are the Results Valid?, What Were the Results?, How Can I Apply the Results?, Resolution of the Clinical Scenario, Conclusions, References
Topics Discussed:
care tenor, quality improvement
Excerpt:
"You, the medical director of an intensive care unit (ICU), discover
that mortality has increased for patients with sepsis. You are considering
a quality improvement (QI) initiative to improve the care and outcomes
of your patients. However, you are concerned that many QI studies
have weak designs and poor data quality and often overestimate potential
benefits. Before beginning, you decide to identify and evaluate
existing QI interventions...."
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