Rising through the pandemic: a scoping review of quality improvement in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a growing interest in and need for evidence-based tools to facilitate the implementation of emergency management strategies within public health practice. Quality improvement (QI) is a key framework and philosophy to guide organizational emergency response efforts; however, the nature and extent to which it has been used in public health settings during the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review of literature published January 2020 - February 2021 and focused on the topic of QI at public health agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The search was conducted using four bibliographic databases, in addition to a supplementary grey literature search through custom Google search engines and targeted webs

SUBMITTER: Yin XC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822693 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature