title: Using evidence-based performance improvement in the community hospital setting.
abstract: Lack of research expertise and participation in the nonacademic setting hinders evidence-based performance improvement in community hospitals. Research opportunities are limited in small hospitals, and staff nurses often are unfamiliar with research terminology and practice. This article explores one community hospitals success in bringing a research focus into its performance improvement initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA. janice.mccoy@health-first.org
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: Jacqueline Fowler
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Byers
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005431:Florida; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*