Commentary: the application of quality improvement in pediatric psychology: observations and applications.

摘要

While a great deal of resources and energy are spent on developing new therapies, the medical community is often still slow to implement new discoveries or to ensure reliable delivery of known effective treatments (Cabana et al, 1999; Grol & Wensing, 2004). The authors of the four papers on the application of quality improvement in this issue of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology have made a contribution to research methods to improve outcomes in pediatric psychology. They have taught us how to perform simultaneously the roles of being the principal advocate for a change to the care system and the principal investigator of whether the change is an improvement. In many research institutions, this is thought to be an unhealthy merging of practitioner and researcher.