Improving Communication with Quality Improvement
Preety Das and Hannah Zhu, two medical students from the University of Cambridge in England, conducted a quality improvement project to improve communication within the emergency department. In this interview, Preety and Hannah discuss some of the obstacles and barriers they encountered, the reception they received from hospital staff, and the perspective they now have on quality improvement.
Always Events Getting Started Kit
An Always Events® is a clear, action-oriented, and pervasive practice or set of behaviors that provides the following:
PROMIS: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
PROMIS® stands for Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, which is a system of highly reliable, precise measures of patient–reported health status for physical, mental, and social well–being. PROMIS® tools measure what patients are able to do and how they feel by asking questions. PROMIS measures can be used as primary or secondary endpoints in clinical studies of the effectiveness of treatment, and PROMIS® tools can be used across a wide variety of chronic diseases and conditions and in the general population.
Transforming Healthcare with DirectedCreativity (tm) June 25-26
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Shared Decision Making
Victor Montori, MD, MSc, a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is pioneering the concept of shared decision making. Dr. Montori, who was a special interest keynote speaker at IHI’s 24th Annual National Forum, explains the nature and practice of shared decision making in these videos.
Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care
In response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving the experience of patients and their families during hospitalization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) conducted an in-depth review of the research, studied exemplar organizations, and interviewed experts in the field.
A Framework for Spread: From Local Improvements to System-Wide Change
A key factor in closing the gap between best practice and common practice is the ability of health care providers and their organizations to rapidly spread innovations and new ideas. Pockets of excellence exist in our health care systems, but knowledge of these better ideas and practices often remains isolated and unknown to others. One clinic may develop a new way to ensure that all diabetics have their HbA1c levels checked on a regular basis, or one medical-surgical unit in a hospital may develop a consistent way to reduce pain for post-operative patients.