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Healthcare Improvement/Quality Improvement Healthcare improvement projects are generally small-scale, local interventions designed to improve an internal process or outcome at KUSM-W. These projects aim to improve the care for specific patient populations. Because they are limited to a particular setting, they may not be generalizable to other environments. Healthcare improvement projects may become a research activity if the results warrant dissemination outside the institution, if additional data analysis is performed in order to publish the results, or if experimental elements are added to the project. Program Evaluations Program evaluations are designed as a management tool to improve the provision of services to a specific population. Results of program evaluations are shared only with the program and entity in which the program operates; the activities are not intended to have any application beyond the specific organization in which they are conducted. Typically, program evaluat
