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. 2021 May 11:373:n928.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.n928.

Quality improvement at times of crisis

Amar Shah  1   2 , Penny Pereira  3 , Paula Tuma  4
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Quality improvement at times of crisis

Amar Shah et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Making rapid change during covid-19 has lessons for how to improve healthcare, argue Amar Shah and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

Figures

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Fig 1
Example of a driver diagram developed and used at the East London NHS Foundation Trust during the pandemic
Fig 2
Fig 2
Driver diagram created by the Albert Einstein Hospital, Brazil, to create a theory of change relevant to the covid-19 pandemic. SBIBAE=Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein
Fig 3
Fig 3
Flow chart to show the procurement and delivery process for personal protective equipment at the East London NHS Foundation Trust
Fig 4
Fig 4
Data tracked daily during the covid crisis using an annotated statistical process control chart at Albert Einstein Hospital. PPE=personal protective equipment; UCL=upper control limit
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