Short papers

Short papers on healthcare improvement

• Bailey, J., Page, B., Ndimande, N., Connell, J., & Vincent, C. (2016) Absconding: reducing failure to return in adult mental health wards. BMJ Open Quality https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/5/1/u209837.w5117
• Davidoff, F., Dixon-Woods, M., Leviton, L., & Michie, S. (2015) Demystifying theory and its use in improvement, BMJ Quality & Safety 24:228-238  https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/24/3/228
• Health Foundation (2013). Quality improvement made simple. What everyone should know about healthcare quality improvement. Health Foundation: London. https://www.health.org.uk/sites/health/files/QualityImprovementMadeSimple.pdf
• Leis JA, Shojania KG, (2017) A primer on PDSA: executing plan–do–study–act cycles in practice, not just in name. BMJ Quality & Safety 2017;26:572-577 https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/26/7/572
• Lucas, B., & Nacer, H. (2015) The habits of an improver. Thinking about learning for improvement in healthcare. London: Heath Foundation. https://www.health.org.uk/publication/habits-improver
• Macrae C., (2016) The problem with incident reporting, BMJ Quality & Safety;25:71-75. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/25/2/71
• Marshall M, de Silva D, Cruickshank L, et al (2017) What we know about designing an effective improvement intervention (but too often fail to put into practice) BMJ Quality & Safety 2017;26:578-582. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/26/7/578
• Peerally, MF, Carr S, Waring J, et al (2017) The problem with root cause analysis, BMJ Quality & Safety 26:417-422. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/26/5/417
• Portela MC, Pronovost PJ, Woodcock T, et al (2015) How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types BMJ Quality & Safety 2015;24:325-336. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/24/5/325
• Vincent,C., Batalden, P., & Davidoff, F. (2011). Multidisciplinary centres for safety and quality improvement: learning from climate change science. BMJ Quality Safety 20: 73-78. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i73
• Horton, T., Illingworth, J., & Warburton W (2018) The spread challenge; how to support the successful uptake of innovations and improvements in health care. The Health Foundation https://www.health.org.uk/publication/spread-challenge