Quality improvement in the time of coronavirus disease 2019 - A change strategy well suited to pandemic response

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University.
⁵ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
⁹ Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Laval, Quebec City, QC.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Review

Shawn Mondoux et al. CJEM. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;22(4):422-425.

doi: 10.1017/cem.2020.386.

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University.
⁵ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
⁹ Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Laval, Quebec City, QC.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

No abstract available

Keywords: Administration; patient safety; quality improvement.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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