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. 2023 Mar 13:380:e073412.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-073412.

Regular measurement is essential but insufficient to improve quality of healthcare

Ambrose Agweyu  1   2 , Kathleen Hill  3 , Theresa Diaz  4 , Debra Jackson  2   5   6 , Binyam G Hailu  7 , Moise Muzigaba  8
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Regular measurement is essential but insufficient to improve quality of healthcare

Ambrose Agweyu et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Ambrose Agweyu and colleagues argue that large scale improvements in quality of healthcare require strong change management as well as health information systems that can provide continuous and rapid feedback

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no conflict of interests to declare. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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