About

About

The QuEST Network seeks to build the evidence base to support transformation to high quality health systems by improving measurement, testing solutions, and creating generalizable knowledge in partnership with researchers and changemakers. 

 

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Countries around the world have greatly expanded access to health care. But access has not delivered better health: 5 million people die each year from treatable conditions despite seeking health care. These numbers will grow as more people utilize care and as the burden of disease shifts to complex and chronic conditions. This low level of performance reflects structural problems that require structural solutions; current quality improvement approaches are insufficient.

Measurement of health system performance is out-of-date, slow, and incomplete. These findings were outlined in the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems (HQSS) and resonated widely across countries and among global development partners. Moving forward will require new ways to measure and improve quality system-wide. While significant sums are spent on improving health technology, there is little investment in research & development for measuring and improving health system quality.

Mission

The QuEST Network seeks to build the evidence base to support transformation to high quality health systems by improving measurement, testing solutions, and creating generalizable knowledge in partnership with researchers and changemakers.

The QuEST Network will accomplish this mission by:

  • Producing and sharing rigorous and policy-driven research that can assist in the transformation to high quality health systems
  • Generating global public goods to enable replication and scale-up of new quality measures and health system models
  • Expanding global interest in and funding for innovative, large-scale health system quality research
  • Translating research and promoting evidence-based policies through partnerships with local, national, and global policymakers
  • Mentoring the next generation of health system scientists by providing opportunities for supportive collaboration and skill building

Principles 

The ethos of the QuEST Network is based on the following principles:

  • Rigor: Produce high quality evidence to direct and justify new health system investments
  • Partnership: Collaborate at all stages of research and development with relevant institutions and organizations
  • Shared governance: Determine research priorities jointly with QuEST Center Principal Investigators
  • Relevance and clarity: Disseminate clear, policy-relevant results to policymakers and implementers
  • Opportunity: Support building a cadre of health system researchers in partner countries
  • Public goods: Ensure all products are global public goods, freely available to the public
  • Impact: Address major health system deficits through research that directly informs policy transformation

QuEST Coordinating Committee              QuEST Global Advisory Board