Implementing a quality improvement initiative for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural Nepal

Stephen Mehanni; Dhiraj Jha; Anirudh Kumar; Nandini Choudhury; Binod Dangal; Grace Deukmedjian; Santosh Kumar Dhungana; Bikash Gauchan; Tula Krishna Gupta; Scott Halliday; S P Kalaunee; Ramesh Mahar; Sanjaya Poudel; Anant Raut; Ryan Schwarz; Dipendra Raman Singh; Aradhana Thapa; Roshan Thapa; Lena Wong; Duncan Maru; Dan Schwarz

doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000408

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Implementing a quality improvement initiative for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural Nepal

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Stephen Mehanni Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Health Equity Action Leadership Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Gallup Indian Medical Center, Gallup, New Mexico, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dhiraj Jha Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anirudh Kumar Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Arnhold Institute for Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nandini Choudhury Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Binod Dangal Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grace Deukmedjian Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Health Equity Action Leadership Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Department of Pediatrics, Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Santosh Kumar Dhungana Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bikash Gauchan Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Health Equity Action Leadership Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tula Krishna Gupta Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Scott Halliday Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S P Kalaunee Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal College of Business and Leadership, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ramesh Mahar Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sanjaya Poudel Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anant Raut Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ryan Schwarz Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dipendra Raman Singh Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aradhana Thapa Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roshan Thapa Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lena Wong Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Health Equity Action Leadership Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Tuba City Indian Medical Center, Tuba City, Arizona, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Duncan Maru Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Arnhold Institute for Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA Department of Health Systems Design and Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dan Schwarz Possible, Kathmandu, Nepal Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Ariadne Labs, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Dan Schwarz; dan{at}possiblehealth.org

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Mehanni S, Jha D, Kumar A, et al

Implementing a quality improvement initiative for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural Nepal

BMJ Open Quality 2019;8:e000408. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000408

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Received April 15, 2018
Revised December 14, 2018
Accepted December 27, 2018
First published March 1, 2019.

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April 02, 2019

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