Key Strategies to Publishing Your Quality Improvement Work.
Journal
Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety
ISSN: 1938-131X
Titre abrégé: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101238023
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
11
04
2023
revised:
18
08
2023
accepted:
21
08
2023
medline:
4
12
2023
pubmed:
6
10
2023
entrez:
5
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Improving quality and safety is a goal in health care, and sharing quality improvement (QI) work with internal and external audiences is key to spreading knowledge and ideas for change. Peer-reviewed journals are interested in manuscripts reporting QI work. Although QI work is methodologically different from traditionally published research articles, it can be publishable if conducted in a way that is scholarly and well-planned. The authors suggest that key strategies to producing publishable, scholarly improvement work exist within two broad categories: rigorous work and compelling writing. Rigorous improvement work includes the following four key components: (1) understanding baseline processes, (2) developing a solid methodology and measurement plan, (3) analyzing and describing context, and (4) clearly explaining the intervention. Creating compelling writing includes clear team expectations that are defined early in the process, including authorship and division of the work. The team should identify a journal early in the process and follow a clear plan for team writing that includes an outline and frequent feedback. Elements of rigorous QI work and compelling writing align to develop strong material for publishing scholarly QI work.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Improving quality and safety is a goal in health care, and sharing quality improvement (QI) work with internal and external audiences is key to spreading knowledge and ideas for change. Peer-reviewed journals are interested in manuscripts reporting QI work.
METHODOLOGY
METHODS
Although QI work is methodologically different from traditionally published research articles, it can be publishable if conducted in a way that is scholarly and well-planned. The authors suggest that key strategies to producing publishable, scholarly improvement work exist within two broad categories: rigorous work and compelling writing. Rigorous improvement work includes the following four key components: (1) understanding baseline processes, (2) developing a solid methodology and measurement plan, (3) analyzing and describing context, and (4) clearly explaining the intervention. Creating compelling writing includes clear team expectations that are defined early in the process, including authorship and division of the work. The team should identify a journal early in the process and follow a clear plan for team writing that includes an outline and frequent feedback.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Elements of rigorous QI work and compelling writing align to develop strong material for publishing scholarly QI work.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37798212
pii: S1553-7250(23)00203-9
doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.08.002
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
706-711Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier Inc.