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Funding/support: This work was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation while the first author was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research. We received financial support from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Potential conflicts of interest: Dr. Rojas has received honoraria and speaking fees for lecturing at various universities and private organizations on the subject of organizational change. Dr. Byrd has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Saint has received numerous honoraria and speaking fees from academic medical centers, hospitals, group-purchasing organizations (eg, Veterans Health Administration, Premier), specialty societies, state-based hospital associations, and nonprofit foundations (eg, Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Institute for Healthcare Improvement) for lectures about catheter-associated urinary tract infection, leadership and followership, and implementation science.
