Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Over the last decade, extensive scientific and policy innovations have begun to reduce the “quality chasm” - the gulf between best practices and actual implementation that exists in resource-rich medical settings. While limited data exist, this chasm is likely to...
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| author | Maru Duncan Andrews Jason Schwarz Dan Schwarz Ryan Acharya Bibhav Ramaiya Astha Karelas Gregory Rajbhandari Ruma Mate Kedar Shilpakar Sona |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Over the last decade, extensive scientific and policy innovations have begun to reduce the “quality chasm” - the gulf between best practices and actual implementation that exists in resource-rich medical settings. While limited data exist, this chasm is likely to be equally acute and deadly in resource-limited areas. While health systems have begun to be scaled up in impoverished areas, scale-up is just the foundation necessary to deliver effective healthcare to the poor. This perspective piece describes a vision for a global quality improvement movement in resource-limited areas. The following action items are a first step toward achieving this vision: 1) revise global health investment mechanisms to value quality; 2) enhance human resources for improving health systems quality; 3) scale up data capacity; 4) deepen community accountability and engagement initiatives; 5) implement evidence-based quality improvement programs; 6) develop an implementation science research agenda.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99cf41ad3810444286c6970ecb5581d52022-12-21T21:21:07ZengBMCGlobalization and Health1744-86032012-11-01814110.1186/1744-8603-8-41Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settingsMaru DuncanAndrews JasonSchwarz DanSchwarz RyanAcharya BibhavRamaiya AsthaKarelas GregoryRajbhandari RumaMate KedarShilpakar Sona<p>Abstract</p> <p>Over the last decade, extensive scientific and policy innovations have begun to reduce the “quality chasm” - the gulf between best practices and actual implementation that exists in resource-rich medical settings. While limited data exist, this chasm is likely to be equally acute and deadly in resource-limited areas. While health systems have begun to be scaled up in impoverished areas, scale-up is just the foundation necessary to deliver effective healthcare to the poor. This perspective piece describes a vision for a global quality improvement movement in resource-limited areas. The following action items are a first step toward achieving this vision: 1) revise global health investment mechanisms to value quality; 2) enhance human resources for improving health systems quality; 3) scale up data capacity; 4) deepen community accountability and engagement initiatives; 5) implement evidence-based quality improvement programs; 6) develop an implementation science research agenda.</p>http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/8/1/41Resource-limitedHealth systemGlobal healthQuality improvement |
| spellingShingle | Maru Duncan Andrews Jason Schwarz Dan Schwarz Ryan Acharya Bibhav Ramaiya Astha Karelas Gregory Rajbhandari Ruma Mate Kedar Shilpakar Sona Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings Globalization and Health Resource-limited Health system Global health Quality improvement |
| title | Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings |
| title_full | Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings |
| title_fullStr | Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings |
| title_short | Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings |
| title_sort | crossing the quality chasm in resource limited settings |
| topic | Resource-limited Health system Global health Quality improvement |
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