title: Motivation to change chronic illness care: results from a national evaluation of quality improvement collaboratives.
abstract: This article examines the motivation of health care professionals to improve quality of chronic illness care using the Chronic Care Model and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. The findings suggest that organizational attempts to redesign care require support of activities initiated by practitioners and managers and an organizational commitment to quality improvement.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, USA. Lin_Mike@uclink.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marsteller
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shortell
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mendel
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Mayde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Shin-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D019468:Disease Management; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009042:Motivation; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*