Education and practice: Using data to improve care

Ronny Cheung, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Claire Lemer, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, look at the role of data in improving the quality of care for children and young people: how they can help to identify a problem, guide design of solutions, and evaluate changes in practice. Drs Lemer and Cheung introduce some principles for measurement in the field of quality improvement, and discuss how to use and present data to maximise their value and impact in quality improvement initiatives. Read the full article:

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