Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Engaging physicians. How the team can incorporate quality and safety
http://www.ihi.org/NR/rdonlyres/BC911F30-18F1-417D-974D-F6957B4A0957/0/ReinertsenEngagingPhysicians_ACHEMay08.pdf

From the top – the role of the board in quality and safety
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/ProfessionalDevelopment/FromtheTopRoleoftheBoardinQualityandSafetyNov2008.htm

Highly reliable surgical teams (HRST): improving teamwork and surgical outcomes with structured briefings in a large HMO – a spread project
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/PatientSafety/SurgicalSiteInfections/ImprovementStories/HighlyReliableSurgicalTeams.htm

International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care – BMJ student edition article on lessons learnt
http://student.bmj.com/issues/08/06/life/228.php

Outpatient-centered care: quality, access, efficiency, and patient satisfaction
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/OfficePractices/Access/ImprovementStories/OutpatientCenteredCareQualityAccessEfficiencySatisfaction.htm

Reducing birth-related trauma and liability exposure – improvement report
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/PerinatalCare/PerinatalCareGeneral/ImprovementStories/ReducingBirthRelatedTrauma.htm

Reducing ED door-to-doctor time by implementing lean process and tools – improvement report
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/Flow/EmergencyDepartment/ImprovementStories/ReducingDoortoDoctorTimebyImplementingLeanProcessandTools.htm

Seven leadership leverage points for organization-level improvement in health care (second edition)
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Results/WhitePapers/SevenLeadershipLeveragePointsWhitePaper.htm