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Using framework-based synthesis for conducting reviews of qualitative studies by Dixon-Woods, Mary

“…Framework analysis is a technique used for data analysis in primary qualitative research. Recent years have seen its being adapted to conduct syntheses of…”
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Re: Training in the use of intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring with cardiotocography: systematic review and meta‐analysis: Response to letter to the editor: CTG training is a complex intervention and requires complex evaluations (Lightly K, Weeks AD, Scott H) by Kelly, Sarah, Draycott, Tim, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Burt, Jenni

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Promotion of improvement as a science by Marshall, Martin, Prof, Pronovost, Peter, Prof, Dixon-Woods, Mary, Prof

“…An agreed curriculum is needed to achieve this education. [...]academia needs to break out of rigid and unhelpful departmental silos and work in…”
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Explaining Michigan: Developing an Ex Post Theory of a Quality Improvement Program by DIXON-WOODS, MARY, BOSK, CHARLES L., AVELING, EMMA LOUISE, GOESCHEL, CHRISTINE A., PRONOVOST, PETER J.

“…Context: Understanding how and why programs work—not simply whether they work—is crucial. Good theory is indispensable to advancing the science of improvement…”
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Optimizing patient involvement in quality improvement by Armstrong, Natalie, Herbert, Georgia, Aveling, Emma‐Louise, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Martin, Graham

“…Introduction Patient and public involvement in healthcare planning, service development and health‐related research has received significant attention…”
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What is the role of individual accountability in patient safety? A multi‐site ethnographic study by Aveling, Emma‐Louise, Parker, Michael, Dixon‐Woods, Mary

“…An enduring debate concerns how responsibility for patient safety should be distributed between organisational systems and individual professionals. Though…”
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What Counts? An Ethnographic Study of Infection Data Reported to a Patient Safety Program by DIXON-WOODS, MARY, LESLIE, MYLES, BION, JULIAN, TARRANT, CAROLYN

“…Context: Performance measures are increasingly widely used in health care and have an important role in quality. However, field studies of what organizations…”
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Risk factors for a serious adverse outcome in neonates: a retrospective cohort study of vaginal births by Jindal, Sita, Steer, Philip J., Savvidou, Makrina, Draycott, Tim, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Wood, Angela, Kim, Lois G.

“…Objective To investigate the hypothesis that risk factors in addition to an abnormal fetal heart rate pattern (aFHRp) are independently associated with adverse…”
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Management of impacted fetal head at cesarean birth: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Cornthwaite, Katie, Scheer, Jan W., Kelly, Sarah, Schmidt‐Hansen, Mia, Burt, Jenni, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Draycott, Tim, Bahl, Rachna

“…Introduction Despite increasing incidence of impacted fetal head at cesarean birth and associated injury, it is unclear which techniques are most effective for…”
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Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups by Dixon-Woods, Mary, Cavers, Debbie, Agarwal, Shona, Annandale, Ellen, Arthur, Antony, Harvey, Janet, Hsu, Ron, Katbamna, Savita, Olsen, Richard, Smith, Lucy, Riley, Richard, Sutton, Alex J

“…Conventional systematic review techniques have limitations when the aim of a review is to construct a critical analysis of a complex body of literature. This…”
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Definition, management, and training in impacted fetal head at cesarean birth: a national survey of maternity professionals by Cornthwaite, Katie, Hewitt, Pauline, Scheer, Jan W., Brown, Imogen A. F., Burt, Jenni, Dufresne, Eliane, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Draycott, Tim, Bahl, Rachna

“…Introduction This study assessed views, understanding and current practices of maternity professionals in relation to impacted fetal head at cesarean birth,…”
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Three Observations for Improving Efforts in Surgical Quality Improvement by Ko, Clifford Y, Martin, Graham, Dixon-Woods, Mary

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Visual identifier systems for patients with cognitive impairment in healthcare settings: A survey of practice in UK hospitals by Kuberska, Karolina, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Martin, Graham, Armstrong, Natalie, Bridges, Jackie, Brigden, Tanya V., Carter, Lesley, Fitzsimons, Bev, Goodrich, Joanna, Hall, Alison E., Hodkinson, Barbara, Hood, Chloë, Locock, Louise, Macdonald, Alastair S., MacLullich, Alasdair M. J., Mitchell, Colin, Ninan, Sean, Ordish, Johan, Price, Annabel, Rigby, Allyson, Stockley, Naomi S., Tarrant, Carolyn, Underwood, Benjamin R.

“…Background People with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment form a substantial proportion of patients admitted to hospitals, but problems in their…”
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How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types by Portela, Margareth Crisóstomo, Pronovost, Peter J, Woodcock, Thomas, Carter, Pam, Dixon-Woods, Mary

“…Improvement (defined broadly as purposive efforts to secure positive change) has become an increasingly important activity and field of inquiry within…”
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Mixed‐methods exploration of views on choice in a university asymptomatic COVID‐19 testing programme by Cox, Caitríona, Ansari, Akbar, McLaughlin, Meredith, Scheer, Jan W., Bousfield, Jennifer, George, Jenny, Leach, Brandi, Parkinson, Sarah, Dixon‐Woods, Mary

“…Asymptomatic COVID‐19 testing programmes are being introduced in higher education institutions, but stakeholder views regarding the acceptability of mandating…”
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Quality improvement through clinical communities: eight lessons for practice by Aveling, Emma-Louise, Martin, Graham, Armstrong, Natalie, Banerjee, Jay, Dixon-Woods, Mary

“…Purpose - Approaches to quality improvement in healthcare based on clinical communities are founded in practitioner networks, peer influence and professional…”
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Consent revisited: the impact of return of results on participants' views and expectations about trial participation by Tarrant, Carolyn, Jackson, Clare, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, McNicol, Sarah, Kenyon, Sara, Armstrong, Natalie

“…Background Increasingly, the sharing of study results with participants is advocated as an element of good research practice. Yet little is known about how…”
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Do informed consent documents for cancer trials do what they should? A study of manifest and latent functions by Armstrong, Natalie, Dixon‐Woods, Mary, Thomas, Anne, Rusk, Gill, Tarrant, Carolyn

“…Though patient information leaflets (PILs) are provided to those invited to take part in medical research, they usually fall short in facilitating informed…”
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A modified Delphi study to identify the features of high quality measurement plans for healthcare improvement projects by Woodcock, Thomas, Adeleke, Yewande, Goeschel, Christine, Pronovost, Peter, Dixon-Woods, Mary

“…The design and execution of measurement in quality improvement (QI) initiatives is often poor. Better guidance on "what good looks like" might help to mitigate…”
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Improving Quality and Safety of Care Using "Technovigilance": An Ethnographic Case Study of Secondary Use of Data from an Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support System by DIXON-WOODS, MARY, REDWOOD, SABI, LESLIE, MYLES, MINION, JOEL, MARTIN, GRAHAM P., COLEMAN, JAMIE J.

“…Context: "Meaningful use" of electronic health records to improve quality of care has remained understudied. We evaluated an approach to improving patients'…”
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