Examples of effective changes tested in US Agency for International Development-supported collaboratives
Reorganising call schedules to ensure reliable presence of skilled personnel
Enlisting lay-counsellors to coach patients in producing sputum samples
Organising prefilled syringes of oxytocin on ice packs in the delivery room for active management of the third stage of labour
Creating new information flows between different clinical services
Providing public feedback on performance
Using monthly phone calls to satellite clinics to check on patients with a history of poor adherence to treatment regimens
Integrating care for the newborn and postpartum care for the mother
Increasing time of counselling of HIV-positive patients by delegating counselling to lower-cadre workers
Sending samples rather than patients to labs for testing purposes