title: Promoting quality improvement research.
abstract: The authors show how an internal grant program can stimulate quality improvement research by providing technical and financial support to clinicians and employees.
authors.affiliation: Quality Research Grant Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), Hitchcock, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Judith E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Tricia Mitchell
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eugene C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009513:New Hampshire; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000191:economics*