Quality Improvement in Colorectal Cancer in Local Health Integration Network 4 (LHIN 4) Project (QICC-L4): Integrated Knowledge Translation in a Large Geographic Region

BackgroundStakeholders suggest that integrating end users into the planning and execution of quality improvement interventions may more effectively close quality gaps. We tested if such an approach could improve the quality of colorectal cancer surgery in a large geographic region (i.e., LHIN4) in Ontario, Canada.MethodsAll LHIN4 surgeons who provide colorectal cancer surgery were invited to an October 2006 inaugural QICC-L4 workshop and …