Quality Improvement Primer Series: How to Sustain a Quality Improvement Effort

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Michael.Bernstein@sunnybrook.ca.
• ² Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas; Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
• ³ Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁵ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁶ Division of Gastroenterology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁷ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁸ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.