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This chapter provides a sample case of developing a quality improvement project to encourage mobility in hospitalized patients. This chapter is unique in that it provides a perspective from both a resident and an attending in order to help delineate differences in commitment between these two roles. This chapter also explains the basic structure utilized in the book for other sample projects. SBAR template (see below) will be used to provide the motivation for the project and DMAIC template (see below) will be used to communicate the project implementation. SBAR will provide the context for the quality improvement opportunity, which often can be identified as a gap between current scientific evidence and present-day clinical practice. Each of the subsections below will be subdivided into What and How sections. What section describes goals and conclusions. How section illustrates how these were reached/accomplished.
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Atanelov, L.(., Hoyer, E. (2016). Promoting Early Mobility for Hospitalized Patients: A Quality Improvement (QI) Project. In: Atanelov, L. (eds) Resident’s Handbook of Medical Quality and Safety. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24190-6_9
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