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The quality improvement team is reviewing quarterly incident reports and evaluating the effect of Six Sigma strategies on the quantity of medication errors over the past two years. The team hypothes... izes a continuous reduction in medical errors for each quarter. The sample consists of patient clinical and demographic characteristics. Unfortunately, causation cannot be determined from the data available. Which research method should be used to test the team's hypothesis? - ✔✔Time-Series Many physician practices now utilize an electronic health record (EHR) system that includes a secure messaging feature. Some of these practices have extended their contact with patients by conducting virtual visits between people with diabetes and nurses who are certified diabetes educators. The remote technology includes the ability to monitor blood glucose data to determine if these values are within goal range. After six months, the results of the blood glucose levels for the group participating in the virtual visits were evaluated. Which research method was used? - ✔✔Cross-sectional [Show More]

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