Complex adaptive systems
This evidence scan collates more than 100 articles about complex adaptive systems thinking in hea...
Improvement science
Improvement science is about finding out how to improve and make changes in the most effective wa...
Evaluating healthcare quality improvement
Conducting detailed evaluation of improvement activity is key to our understanding of which meth...
Perspectives on context
The importance of context in the health sector has been recognised by social scientists for some ...
Skilled for improvement?
This report tells the story of the Learning Communities Initiative, in which an experienced resea...
Using communications approaches to spread improvement
Spreading successful improvement work across the NHS is an essential part of improving health car...
Evaluation: what to consider
Evaluation is an essential part of quality improvement and when done well it can help solve probl...
Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care
This report summarises the theory and evidence behind asset-based approaches in health care and w...
Context for successful quality improvement
Research and evaluation of quality improvement in health care repeatedly shows that results fall ...
The habits of an improver
Improving the quality of care services is an imperative for the NHS. For this to happen systemati...
