TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - How to Use an Article About Quality Improvement A1 - Fan, Eddy A1 - Laupacis, Andreas A1 - Pronovost, Peter J. A1 - Guyatt, Gordon A1 - Needham, Dale M. A2 - Guyatt, Gordon A2 - Rennie, Drummond A2 - Meade, Maureen O. A2 - Cook, Deborah J. PY - 2015 T2 - Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd ed AB - CLINICAL SCENARIOYou, 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, poor data quality, and often overestimate potential benefits. Before beginning, you decide to identify and evaluate existing QI interventions. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/06 UR - jamaevidence.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1188253306 ER -