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The Long-Term Effect of a Quality Improvement Intervention in the Management of Bronchiolitis

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Quality improvement interventions have been shown to improve adherence with bronchiolitis treatment guidelines; however, the long-term effect of these interventions is unclear. We show that while such an intervention led to a long-lasting change, this was attenuated with time. Repeated interventions are required to maintain guideline adherence.

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  1. Joel Reiter and Adi Berkovits contributed equally to the work.

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  1. Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    J. Reiter & M. Cohen-Cymberknoh

  2. School of Medicine, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    A. Berkovits

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    A. Breuer

  4. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, EinKerem, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    S. Hashavya

  5. Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Mount-Scopus, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    D. Rekhtman

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JR, MCC: conceptualized and designed the study, analyzed and interpreted the data, reviewed and revised the manuscript; AB, AB: designed the data collection instruments, collected data, carried out the initial analyses, and drafted the initial manuscript; SH, DR: participated in the study design, data interpretation, reviewed and revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to J. Reiter.

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Funding: None; Competing interest: None stated.

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Reiter, J., Berkovits, A., Breuer, A. et al. The Long-Term Effect of a Quality Improvement Intervention in the Management of Bronchiolitis. Indian Pediatr 58, 1093–1094 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-021-2380-6

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