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INTRODUCTION
This issue of QSHC is accompanied by an online Supplement where abstracts are published from the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care that took place in Paris in April 2008. The abstracts that were commissioned for this Supplement were originally selected by reviewers for oral presentations in Paris.
The over 900 abstracts that were submitted for the 2008 Forum reflect an extraordinary commitment to health care quality and patient safety. They represent improvement work from over 20 countries. These currently published abstracts, along with those that were linked to the 376 posters that were presented at the Paris Forum, emerged from a rigorous peer-review process.
The criteria for their selection reflected the consensus of reviewers and included clear aims, attention to explicitly defined methods, and accurate measurement of outcomes. Good improvement work invariably offers new lessons for better, safer care, and insightful analysis of these projects for lessons learnt was an important part of the successful reports. Finally, mindfulness of how the work might be adapted from these specific settings to other contexts of care is a vital part of effectively reporting good work so that it might contribute to wider opportunities for health care improvement and patient safety.
The Editors of QSHC congratulate the authors of these valuable reports, and look forward to the improvement work that will be reported at the International Forum in Berlin in March 2009.
David P. Stevens. Quality Literature Program, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Care, 30 Lafayette Street, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA; david.p.stevens@dartmouth.edu
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B Afessa, O Gajic. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Background: Sepsis affects over 700,000 people annually in the USA alone and it is associated with a high mortality rate. To improve the outcome of critically ill patients with sepsis, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) …