Quality improvement and emergency laparotomy care: what have we learnt from recent major QI efforts?
Tim Stephens, Carolyn Johnston and Sarah Hare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019.0251
Clin Med November 2019 Tim Stephens
ABarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Roles: research fellow
Carolyn Johnston
BSt Georges University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK and quality improvement lead, National Emergency Laparotomy Audit, Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK
Roles: anaesthetist
Sarah Hare
CMedway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK and clinical lead, National Emergency Laparotomy Audit, Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK
Roles: anaesthetist
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vol. 19 no. 6 454-457
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- Published online November 15, 2019.
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- ABarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- BSt Georges University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK and quality improvement lead, National Emergency Laparotomy Audit, Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK
- CMedway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK and clinical lead, National Emergency Laparotomy Audit, Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK
- Address for correspondence: Tim Stephens, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Research Group, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, c/o ACCU Research Team, Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK. Email: t.t.stephens{at}qmul.ac.uk
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Quality improvement and emergency laparotomy care: what have we learnt from recent major QI efforts?
Tim Stephens, Carolyn Johnston, Sarah Hare
Clinical Medicine Nov 2019, 19 (6) 454-457; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2019.0251
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- Three major initiatives to improve emergency general surgery
- The main QI methods and their usage to improve emergency laparotomy care
- Model for Improvement and plan, do, study, act cycles
- Beyond QI methods: the influence of context on QI in emergency surgery
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