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Quality Improvement at Multiple Levels: Strategies for Zooming In and Out to Focus on Changes in Individuals, Programs and Systems

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By: Child Trends, CCEEPRA, OPRE, UMASS Boston July 16, 2018
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This presentation, from the 2018 BUILD QRIS National Meeting, covers features of quality improvement methods, transitioning to and incorporating the use of new methods, and the opportunities and challenges of new methods.

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