SQUIRE 2.0 (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence): revised publication guidelines from a detailed consensus process.
In the past several years, the science of health care improvement has advanced considerably. In this article, we describe the development of SQUIRE 2.0 and its key components. We undertook the revision between 2012 and 2015 using (1) interviews and focus groups to evaluate SQUIRE 1.0 plus feedback from an international steering group, (2) face-to-face consensus meetings to develop interim drafts, and (3) pilot testing with authors and a public comment period. SQUIRE 2.0 emphasizes 3 key components of systematic efforts to improve the quality, value, and safety of health care: formal and informal theory in planning, implementing, and evaluating improvement work; the context in which the work is done; and the study of the intervention(s). SQUIRE 2.0 is intended for reporting the range of methods used to improve health care, recognizing that they can be complex and multidimensional. It provides common ground to share these discoveries in the scholarly literature (www.squire-statement.org).
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH White River Junction VA, White River Junction, VT The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH Greg.ogrinc@va.gov.
Greg
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Ogrinc
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH White River Junction VA, White River Junction, VT The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH.
Louise
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Davies
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Program, Hanover, NH.
Daisy
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Goodman
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH.
Paul
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Batalden
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH.
Frank
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Davidoff
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA.
David
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Stevens
D032921:Consensus; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D009626:Terminology as Topic
health care systems; quality improvement; scholarship; writing