Understanding organisational development, sustainability, and diffusion of innovations within hospitals participating in a multilevel quality collaborative
Summary. Dutch hospitals participating in a multilevel quality collaborative developed systematic approaches to sustain and spread quality improvements. The program combined leadership training, quality-improvement teams, and internal coordination to build quality-management systems focused on patient safety and logistics. Hospitals used plan-do-study-act cycles, performance agreements, and monitoring to embed changes across organizational units and maintain improvements over time.
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Dückers, M., Wagner, C., Bodegom‐Vos, L. V., & Groenewegen, P.. (2011). Understanding organisational development, sustainability, and diffusion of innovations within hospitals participating in a multilevel quality collaborative. Implementation Science. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-18
Dückers, Michel, et al. “Understanding organisational development, sustainability, and diffusion of innovations within hospitals participating in a multilevel quality collaborative.” Implementation Science, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-18.
Dückers, Michel, Cordula Wagner, Leti van Bodegom‐Vos, and Peter Groenewegen. 2011. “Understanding organisational development, sustainability, and diffusion of innovations within hospitals participating in a multilevel quality collaborative.” Implementation Science. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-18.
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title = {Understanding organisational development, sustainability, and diffusion of innovations within hospitals participating in a multilevel quality collaborative},
author = {Michel Dückers and Cordula Wagner and Leti van Bodegom‐Vos and Peter Groenewegen},
journal = {Implementation Science},
year = {2011},
doi = {10.1186/1748-5908-6-18},
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- DOI
- 10.1186/1748-5908-6-18
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- rural-healthcare, innovation-networks, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28