TY - JOUR T1 - Ten tips for incorporating scientific quality improvement into everyday work JF - BMJ Quality & Safety JO - BMJ Qual Saf SP - i69 LP - i72 DO - 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.046359 VL - 20 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Don Goldmann Y1 - 2011/04/01 UR - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/20/Suppl_1/i69.abstract N2 - Healthcare personnel often find it challenging to incorporate disciplined quality improvement into their daily work. Planning, managing and completing improvement projects with sufficient rigour to generate credible evidence and potentially publishable knowledge are even more difficult. Nonetheless, careful set-up and agile leveraging of existing resources and expertise can lead to surprisingly robust results. Project designs that integrate data collection with the work itself are especially helpful. Although the general perception is that top-flight journals are loath to publish the results of quality improvement work, accumulating experience suggests that this hurdle can be overcome. The Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence guidelines provide a promising framework for crafting publications that can meet the exacting standards of peer-reviewed journals. ER -