title: Pediatric Quality Improvement: Practical and Scholarly Considerations.
abstract: This article describes important aspects of health-care quality, quality improvement (QI), patient safety (PS), and approaches to research on QI/PS efforts. Common terminology to facilitate an understanding of QI and PS research is reviewed. Models for understanding system and process performance are discussed. Introductory considerations to QI data and QI research analytical considerations are provided.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, F-6894 Mott #0243, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0243, USA. Electronic address: mniedner@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Niedner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Implementation science; Medical errors; Patient safety; Quality improvement; Translational research