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. 2018 May 17:361:k2014.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2014.

Changing how we think about healthcare improvement

Jeffrey Braithwaite  1
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Changing how we think about healthcare improvement

Jeffrey Braithwaite. BMJ. .

Abstract

Complexity science offers ways to change our collective mindset about healthcare systems, enabling us to improve performance that is otherwise stagnant, argues Jeffrey Braithwaite

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: I have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare there are no competing interests in association with this manuscript. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed. This article is one of a series commissioned by The BMJ based on ideas generated by a joint editorial group with members from the Health Foundation and The BMJ, including a patient/carer. The BMJ retained full editorial control over external peer review, editing, and publication. Open access fees and The BMJ’s quality improvement editor post are funded by the Health Foundation.

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