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Table 1 Objectives and planned number of projects per hospital

From: Quality improvement collaboratives and the wisdom of crowds: spread explained by perceived success at group level

Project

Objective

Number of planned projects per hospital

Year 1

Year 2

Patient logistics

Waiting lists

Access time for outpatient appointment is less than a week

2

2

Operating theatre

Increasing operating theatre productivity by 30%

1

1

Process redesign

Decreasing the total duration of diagnostics and treatment by 40-90% and length of in-hospital stay by 30%

2

2

Patient safety

Medication safety

Decreasing the number of medication errors by 50%

2

2

Pressure ulcers

Percentage of pressure ulcers is lower than 5%

2

2

Postoperative wound infections

Decreasing postoperative wound infections by 50%

1

0

Total

 

10

9

  1. (Source: Dückers et al.) [9].