If You've Seen One Quality Improvement Collaborative ...
The Annals of Family MedicinePublished 1 May 2005Open access
Leif I. Solberg
Citations45
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The results of a RAND study of a national quality improvement collaborative (QIC) formed to improve asthma care using the Breakthrough Series (BTS) approach of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement are described.
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In this issue, Schonlau et al describe the results of a RAND study of a national quality improvement collaborative (QIC) formed to improve asthma care using the Breakthrough Series (BTS) approach of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.[1][1] Although the study was well designed, and they found
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