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. 2019 Jan 17:364:k5408.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5437.

How to get started in quality improvement

Bryan Jones  1 , Emma Vaux  2 , Anna Olsson-Brown  3
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How to get started in quality improvement

Bryan Jones et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none. Further details of The BMJ policy on financial interests is here: https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/forms-policies-and-checklists/declaration-competing-interests

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  • Quality improvement into practice.
    Backhouse A, Ogunlayi F. Backhouse A, et al. BMJ. 2020 Mar 31;368:m865. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m865. BMJ. 2020. PMID: 32234777 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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