Integrating empowerment evaluation and quality improvement to achieve healthcare improvement outcomes – BMJ Quality and safety
While the body of evidence-based healthcare interventions grows, the ability of health systems to deliver these interventions effectively and efficiently lags behind. Quality improvement approaches, such as the model for improvement, have demonstrated some success in healthcare but their impact has been lessened by implementation challenges. This article describes the empowerment evaluation approach that has been developed by programme evaluators and a method for its application (Getting To Outcomes (GTO)).