TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 13. Quality Improvement and Safety Research A1 - Schnipper, Jeffrey L. A2 - McKean, Sylvia C. A2 - Ross, John J. A2 - Dressler, Daniel D. A2 - Brotman, Daniel J. A2 - Ginsberg, Jeffrey S. PY - 2012 T2 - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine AB - Hospitalists are often asked to participate in or lead quality improvement (QI) initiatives, locally and nationally. Because data collection and feedback are part of any QI effort (see Chapter 12), and because the results of these efforts are often published, the hospitalists who lead these efforts often ask (or are asked by others) the question: “Is this research?” The short answer is that QI research is different from standard QI efforts in many respects. In this chapter, we will address the differences between standard QI efforts and QI research, some reasons to do QI research, the appropriate time to do QI research (for you and for the scientific question at hand), how “rigorously” to conduct QI research, getting started with the process, the ingredients for a successful project, and issues related to study design and methods that are either unique to or are particularly relevant to QI research. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56191865 ER -