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Conclusion about kaleidoscope

Answer 1

The Closing the Quality Gap series evaluates the state of quality improvement (QI) science for eight high-priority health care topics, while also providing a window into the evolution of QI research overall. Individually, each of the eight reports synthesizes the most up-to-date evidence about its topic—Bundled Payment, the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Disparities, Medication Adherence, Public Reporting, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI), Disability Outcomes, and Palliative Care—providing a key resource for stakeholders with an interest in QI in these areas. Taken together, the reports in the series provide a broad view of QI science, revealing trends, advances, gaps, and challenges that are common across topics. While highlighting key results of each topic review, this methods report focuses primarily on this broad view, summarizing take-home messages for key stakeholders, identifying common challenges and solutions across topics, and discussing implications for future evidence synthesis and QI research in light of lessons learned from all eight topic teams.