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Pronovost Slide17
It Is Time To Get Serious about the Science of Healthcare Delivery
Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting.
Why did it Work

- Framed as a solvable social problem.
- Kept score with measure clinicians believed valid.
- Guided by science.
- Focused on technical and adaptive.
- Top down measures and practices local adaption of interventions and implementation.
- Use of Soft and Hard edges:
- Management tools, social pressure, economic incentives, regulatory pressure.
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