Publications
Healthcare
- Bradly E, Curry L , Ramanadhan R, et al. Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care. Implementation Science. May 2009: 4:25.
- Clancy TR.Diamonds in the Rough: Positive Deviance and Complexity. J Nurs Admin. 2010;40(2):53-56.
- Cohn K, Friedman LH, Allyn TR. The Tectonic Plates Are Shifting: Cultural Change vs. Mural Dyslexia. Frontiers of Health Services Management. 2007;24(1): 11-26.
- Kim YM, Heerey M, Kols A. Factors that enable nurse-patient communication in a family planning context: a positive deviance study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2008;45(10):1411-21.
- Patterson, Pat. Looking to front-line clinicians, staff for lasting improvements. OR Manager Inc. May 2011; 27 (5): 1-5.
- Singhal, A and Karen Greiner.Using the Positive Deviance approach to reduce hospital-acquired infections at the Veterans Administration Healthcare System in Pittsburgh. A chapter (10) in Suchman A., Sluyter D.J., & Williamson, P.R. (2011). Leading Change in Healthcare: Transforming organizations using Complexity, Positive Psychology, and Relationship-Centered Care (pp.177-209). New Yourk: Radcliffe Publishing.
- Singhal, A. Communicating What Works! Applying the Positive Deviance Approach in Health Communication. Health Communication. 2010; 25: 605-606.
- Zaidi Z, Jaffery T and Shaheen Moin. Using positive deviance to improve student performance. Medical Education. April 2010; 44 (5): 495.
Resource Spotlight:
Letting Go, Gaining Control: Positive Deviance and MRSA Prevention
This article, recently featured in Clinical Leader, discusses healthcare-associated infections and outlines the specific steps of the PD process that some pioneering hospitals are taking to reduce transmission.