Opening the black box of quality improvement collaboratives: an Actor-Network theory approach
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Opening the black box of quality improvement collaboratives: an Actor-Network theory approach
BACKGROUND Quality improvement collaboratives are often labeled as black boxes because effect studies usually do not describe exactly how the results were obtained. In this article we propose a way of opening such a black box, by taking up a dynamic perspective based on Actor-Network Theory. We thereby analyze how the problematisation process and the measurement practices are constructed. Findi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-265