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Content: This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice.

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Note: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What Is Improvement? -- How Has the Field Evolved in the Last 30 Years? -- Improvement Methods -- About This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Improving Quality of Care for Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: The Role of Capacity Building and Coaching in Supporting One Multifacility Improvement Team in Samtredia District, Georgia -- Background -- Designing the Improvement Effort -- Background on Georgia's Health System -- Site Selection and Formation of the QI Team -- Choosing Improvement Priorities -- Carrying Out the Improvement Intervention -- Problem Analysis -- Development of Aims and Measures of Improvement -- Testing and Implementing Changes -- Support for Improvement -- Results -- Spreading the Knowledge -- Reflection -- Snapshot of a Changed Practice -- References -- Chapter 3: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala -- Background -- Designing the Improvement Effort -- Formation of Collaborative Teams -- Understanding SBCC Processes -- Example of Carrying Out the SBCC Improvement Effort in Chichicastenango, Quiché -- Documentation and Job Aids -- Measurement and Results -- Support for Improvement -- Coaching Visits -- Institutionalization -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 4: Haiti's National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care -- Introduction -- Designing the Improvement Effort -- Haiti's Quality Management Program -- Implementing the Quality Management Program at the Facility Level -- Developing an Electronic Medical Record System in Haiti -- Using Electronic Medical Record Data for Improvement. , Measuring Improvement and Results -- Use of the EMR at National and Clinic Levels to Improve Quality -- Improvement Snapshot: iSanté and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV -- Health Facility Improvement Snapshot: Addressing Lost-to-Follow-Up at Bernard Mevs Hospital -- Reflection -- Appendix 1. iSanté Indicators -- References -- Chapter 5: Bridging the Gap Between Emergency Response and Health Systems Strengthening: The Role of Improvement Teams in Integrating Zika Counseling in Family Planning Services in Honduras -- Background -- The Zika Response -- Designing the Improvement Effort at the National Level -- Overview of the Honduran Health System -- Site Selection -- Baseline Assessment -- Development of and Training in Standards of Zika Care -- Formation of QI Teams -- MOH Support for Improvement Teams -- Coaching -- Shared Learning -- Improving Zika Counseling and Care Within Family Planning Services at Catacamas Polyclinic in Olancho -- Setting Improvement Aims -- Analysis of the Current Care Process to Identify Gaps -- Measuring Improvement -- Testing and Implementing Changes -- Other Activities That Contributed to Improvement -- Results -- National-Level Monitoring of Zika Indicators -- Spreading the Knowledge -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 6: Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India -- Background and Setting -- Getting Started -- Initial Organization of the Improvement Work -- Measurement and Results -- Institutionalizing and Spreading QI from 5 to 43 Facilities -- Sustainability -- Reflection -- Chapter 7: The Business Case for Quality in Health Care -- Background and Regulatory Framework -- Designing and Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Inception of the Collaboration -- Capacity Building at the National Hospital Insurance Fund. , Improving Care at a Nairobi Health-Care Provider -- Assessment Standards, Scoring, and Certification -- Initiating the Improvement Process at St. Patrick -- Technical Support for Improvement -- Results -- Achieving National Hospital Insurance Fund Contracting -- Scaling Up and Sustaining the Certification Program -- Reflection -- Author's Reflection -- References -- Chapter 8: Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic -- Background -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Foundational Work with Implementing Partners -- Choosing Improvement Priorities: Selecting Index Conditions -- Developing Audit Instruments -- Selecting Quality Indicators -- Developing a Database to Track and Analyze Quality Data -- Selection of Study Sites -- Developing Training Materials -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Training -- Job Aids -- Audit and Feedback -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Support for Improvement Coaching -- Financial Support -- Results -- Sustaining and Scaling Up the Improvement Effort -- Clinical Protocols -- Institutionalization and Scale-Up of Training -- Institutionalization of Audit and Feedback Mechanisms -- Reflection -- Specific to the RUA QI Initiative -- Introducing and Institutionalizing QI Methodologies -- Chapter 9: Applying a Standards-Based Approach to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Improve Maternal and Neonatal Services in Mozambique -- Background and Setting -- Designing and Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Approach and Strategy -- Development of the Performance Standards -- The Provider Training -- Strengthening the Health Management Information System -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- The Formation of the QI Teams -- Implementing the Standards Through Facility Assessments, Action Plans, and Change Management -- Improvement Efforts at Xai-Xai Provincial Hospital, Mozambique. , The Role of Mid-level Managers in the Health System -- The Power of Recognition -- The Implementation Challenges -- The Measurement and Results -- The Provider and Facility Performance -- The Clinical Practice Indicators -- The Maternal Mortality -- The Status of the QI Program -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 10: Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children Through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania -- Background and Setting -- Developing and Communicating Standards for MVC Care and Support -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Actors at the Village Level -- District Selection -- Collaborative Improvement -- Initial Introductory Visits -- Ward Selection -- District and Ward Start-Up -- Baseline Assessment -- Team Formation -- Capacity Building -- First Learning Session at District Level -- First Learning Session for Community Level -- Carrying Out the Improvement Work -- Organization of MVC Committee Meetings -- Documentation -- Data Collection -- Support for Improvement Teams -- Second Learning Sessions for MVC Committees -- Results -- Sustaining Improvements and Spread -- Challenges -- Reflection -- Reflection from Team Members -- Reflection from the Author -- Chapter 11: Improving the Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Case Study from Uganda -- Background and Setting -- Developing and Applying a Locally Adapted VMMC Quality Assessment Tool -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Formation of Quality Improvement Teams -- Choosing Improvement Priorities -- Development of Aims and Measures of Improvement -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Development, Implementation, and Testing of Change Ideas -- Support for Improvement -- Results -- Sustaining and Scaling Up the Improvement Effort -- Scaling Up VMMC QI Activities -- Spreading the Knowledge. , Reflection -- Author's Perspective -- Implementing Partner Perspective -- Site Perspective -- References -- Chapter 12: Integrating Gender to Improve HIV Services in Uganda -- Background -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Beginning the PHFS Pilot Effort -- Obtaining Local Buy-in -- Formation of the QI Team -- Training Heightens Staff Awareness of Gender Norms -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Problem Analysis -- Support for the QI Team -- Gender Interventions -- Results -- Ivukula Health Center -- All Pilot Sites -- Team Motivation Grows as They Begin to See Results -- Institutionalization -- Reflection -- Chapter 13: Improving HIV Counseling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale-Up Journey -- Background -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Choosing Improvement Priorities -- Health System Culture in Ukraine -- QI Team Formation -- Quality Management Team -- Analyzing the Problem -- Challenges to the Provision of Quality HCT Services -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Problem Statement -- Aim -- Improvement Objectives -- Development, Implementation, and Testing of Change Ideas -- Proposed Changes -- Measuring Improvement -- Indicators -- Moving Toward a Culture of Data Analysis -- Use of Time Series Charts -- Support for Improvement -- QI Team Dynamics -- Results -- Scaling Up the Improvement Effort -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 14: Conclusion -- What Do These Cases Tell Us About QI in Low- 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Content: This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haitis National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale-Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development. ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). DISCLAIMER: The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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Content: This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haiti's National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale‐Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development. ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). DISCLAIMER: The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Note: Part 1. Facility-level improvement -- Part 2. Community-level improvement -- Part 3. District/regional-level improvement -- Part 4. National-level improvement -- Part 5. Discussion.

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Note: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What Is Improvement? -- How Has the Field Evolved in the Last 30 Years? -- Improvement Methods -- About This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Improving Quality of Care for Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: The Role of Capacity Building and Coaching in Supporting One Multifacility Improvement Team in Samtredia District, Georgia -- Background -- Designing the Improvement Effort -- Background on Georgia's Health System -- Site Selection and Formation of the QI Team -- Choosing Improvement Priorities -- Carrying Out the Improvement Intervention -- Problem Analysis -- Development of Aims and Measures of Improvement -- Testing and Implementing Changes -- Support for Improvement -- Results -- Spreading the Knowledge -- Reflection -- Snapshot of a Changed Practice -- References -- Chapter 3: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala -- Background -- Designing the Improvement Effort -- Formation of Collaborative Teams -- Understanding SBCC Processes -- Example of Carrying Out the SBCC Improvement Effort in Chichicastenango, Quiché -- Documentation and Job Aids -- Measurement and Results -- Support for Improvement -- Coaching Visits -- Institutionalization -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 4: Haiti's National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care -- Introduction -- Designing the Improvement Effort -- Haiti's Quality Management Program -- Implementing the Quality Management Program at the Facility Level -- Developing an Electronic Medical Record System in Haiti -- Using Electronic Medical Record Data for Improvement , Measuring Improvement and Results -- Use of the EMR at National and Clinic Levels to Improve Quality -- Improvement Snapshot: iSanté and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV -- Health Facility Improvement Snapshot: Addressing Lost-to-Follow-Up at Bernard Mevs Hospital -- Reflection -- Appendix 1. iSanté Indicators -- References -- Chapter 5: Bridging the Gap Between Emergency Response and Health Systems Strengthening: The Role of Improvement Teams in Integrating Zika Counseling in Family Planning Services in Honduras -- Background -- The Zika Response -- Designing the Improvement Effort at the National Level -- Overview of the Honduran Health System -- Site Selection -- Baseline Assessment -- Development of and Training in Standards of Zika Care -- Formation of QI Teams -- MOH Support for Improvement Teams -- Coaching -- Shared Learning -- Improving Zika Counseling and Care Within Family Planning Services at Catacamas Polyclinic in Olancho -- Setting Improvement Aims -- Analysis of the Current Care Process to Identify Gaps -- Measuring Improvement -- Testing and Implementing Changes -- Other Activities That Contributed to Improvement -- Results -- National-Level Monitoring of Zika Indicators -- Spreading the Knowledge -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 6: Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India -- Background and Setting -- Getting Started -- Initial Organization of the Improvement Work -- Measurement and Results -- Institutionalizing and Spreading QI from 5 to 43 Facilities -- Sustainability -- Reflection -- Chapter 7: The Business Case for Quality in Health Care -- Background and Regulatory Framework -- Designing and Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Inception of the Collaboration -- Capacity Building at the National Hospital Insurance Fund , Improving Care at a Nairobi Health-Care Provider -- Assessment Standards, Scoring, and Certification -- Initiating the Improvement Process at St. Patrick -- Technical Support for Improvement -- Results -- Achieving National Hospital Insurance Fund Contracting -- Scaling Up and Sustaining the Certification Program -- Reflection -- Author's Reflection -- References -- Chapter 8: Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic -- Background -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Foundational Work with Implementing Partners -- Choosing Improvement Priorities: Selecting Index Conditions -- Developing Audit Instruments -- Selecting Quality Indicators -- Developing a Database to Track and Analyze Quality Data -- Selection of Study Sites -- Developing Training Materials -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Training -- Job Aids -- Audit and Feedback -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Support for Improvement Coaching -- Financial Support -- Results -- Sustaining and Scaling Up the Improvement Effort -- Clinical Protocols -- Institutionalization and Scale-Up of Training -- Institutionalization of Audit and Feedback Mechanisms -- Reflection -- Specific to the RUA QI Initiative -- Introducing and Institutionalizing QI Methodologies -- Chapter 9: Applying a Standards-Based Approach to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Improve Maternal and Neonatal Services in Mozambique -- Background and Setting -- Designing and Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Approach and Strategy -- Development of the Performance Standards -- The Provider Training -- Strengthening the Health Management Information System -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- The Formation of the QI Teams -- Implementing the Standards Through Facility Assessments, Action Plans, and Change Management -- Improvement Efforts at Xai-Xai Provincial Hospital, Mozambique , The Role of Mid-level Managers in the Health System -- The Power of Recognition -- The Implementation Challenges -- The Measurement and Results -- The Provider and Facility Performance -- The Clinical Practice Indicators -- The Maternal Mortality -- The Status of the QI Program -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 10: Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children Through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania -- Background and Setting -- Developing and Communicating Standards for MVC Care and Support -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Actors at the Village Level -- District Selection -- Collaborative Improvement -- Initial Introductory Visits -- Ward Selection -- District and Ward Start-Up -- Baseline Assessment -- Team Formation -- Capacity Building -- First Learning Session at District Level -- First Learning Session for Community Level -- Carrying Out the Improvement Work -- Organization of MVC Committee Meetings -- Documentation -- Data Collection -- Support for Improvement Teams -- Second Learning Sessions for MVC Committees -- Results -- Sustaining Improvements and Spread -- Challenges -- Reflection -- Reflection from Team Members -- Reflection from the Author -- Chapter 11: Improving the Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Case Study from Uganda -- Background and Setting -- Developing and Applying a Locally Adapted VMMC Quality Assessment Tool -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Formation of Quality Improvement Teams -- Choosing Improvement Priorities -- Development of Aims and Measures of Improvement -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Development, Implementation, and Testing of Change Ideas -- Support for Improvement -- Results -- Sustaining and Scaling Up the Improvement Effort -- Scaling Up VMMC QI Activities -- Spreading the Knowledge , Reflection -- Author's Perspective -- Implementing Partner Perspective -- Site Perspective -- References -- Chapter 12: Integrating Gender to Improve HIV Services in Uganda -- Background -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Beginning the PHFS Pilot Effort -- Obtaining Local Buy-in -- Formation of the QI Team -- Training Heightens Staff Awareness of Gender Norms -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Problem Analysis -- Support for the QI Team -- Gender Interventions -- Results -- Ivukula Health Center -- All Pilot Sites -- Team Motivation Grows as They Begin to See Results -- Institutionalization -- Reflection -- Chapter 13: Improving HIV Counseling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale-Up Journey -- Background -- Organizing the Improvement Effort -- Choosing Improvement Priorities -- Health System Culture in Ukraine -- QI Team Formation -- Quality Management Team -- Analyzing the Problem -- Challenges to the Provision of Quality HCT Services -- Carrying Out the Improvement Effort -- Problem Statement -- Aim -- Improvement Objectives -- Development, Implementation, and Testing of Change Ideas -- Proposed Changes -- Measuring Improvement -- Indicators -- Moving Toward a Culture of Data Analysis -- Use of Time Series Charts -- Support for Improvement -- QI Team Dynamics -- Results -- Scaling Up the Improvement Effort -- Reflection -- References -- Chapter 14: Conclusion -- What Do These Cases Tell Us About QI in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? -- Index

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Content: This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haiti’s National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale‐Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development. ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). DISCLAIMER: The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Note: Part 1. Facility-level improvement -- Part 2. Community-level improvement -- Part 3. District/regional-level improvement -- Part 4. National-level improvement -- Part 5. Discussion. , English

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Content: This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haiti’s National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale‐Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development. ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). DISCLAIMER: The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Note: Part 1. Facility-level improvement -- Part 2. Community-level improvement -- Part 3. District/regional-level improvement -- Part 4. National-level improvement -- Part 5. Discussion. , English

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Format: 1 online resource (XVI, 245 p. 47 illus., 42 illus. in color.)

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ISBN: 3-030-43112-6

Content: This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haiti’s National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale‐Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development. ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). DISCLAIMER: The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Note: Part 1. Facility-level improvement -- Part 2. Community-level improvement -- Part 3. District/regional-level improvement -- Part 4. National-level improvement -- Part 5. Discussion. , English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 245 Seiten) : , Diagramme.

ISBN: 978-3-030-43112-9

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-43111-2

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-43113-6

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-030-43114-3

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Medizin

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43112-9

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