title: Proposed standards for quality improvement research and publication: one step forward and two steps back.
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Surgery, and Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, MD, USA. ppronovo@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pronovost
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wachter
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States