Moving the needle: using quality improvement to address gaps in sickle cell care

Seethal A Jacob^{1

2}, Jennifer C Yui³

Affiliations

¹ Section of Hematology/Oncology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
² Children's Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
³ Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA jyui1@jhmi.edu.

Editorial

Seethal A Jacob et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;32(10):570-572.

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016385. Epub 2023 Jul 27.

Seethal A Jacob^{1

2}, Jennifer C Yui³

¹ Section of Hematology/Oncology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
² Children's Health Services Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
³ Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA jyui1@jhmi.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic disease management; evidence-based medicine; quality improvement.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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