TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baxter,Ruth
AU  - Lawton,Rebecca
TI  - The positive deviance approach
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements of improving quality and safety in healthcare,
SN  - 9781009237130 (ebook)
AV  - RA971 .B39 2022
U1  - 362.1068 23/eng/20220803
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press : THIS Institute
KW  - Health services administration
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Aug 2022); The Positive Deviance Approach in Action -- Critiques of the Positive Deviance Approach; Open Access
N2  - Positive deviance is an asset-based improvement approach. At its core is the belief that solutions to problems already exist within communities, and that identifying, understanding, and sharing these solutions enables improvements at scale. Originating in the field of international public health in the 1960s, positive deviance is now, with some adaptations, seeing growing application in healthcare. We present examples of how positive deviance has been used to support healthcare improvement. We draw on an emerging view of safety, known as Safety II, to explain why positive deviance has drawn the interest of researchers and improvers alike. In doing so, we identify a set of fundamental values associated with the positive deviance approach and consider how far they align with current use. Throughout, we consider the untapped potential of the approach, reflect on its limitations, and offer insights into the possible challenges of using it in practice. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009237130
ER  -