Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Case study. Reconciling doses.
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/IHIOpenSchool/ReconcilingDoses.htm

Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospital. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc. (SHEA) Arlington, Virginia, USA.
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/HealthcareAssociatedInfections/InfectionsGeneral/Tools/CompendiumofStrategiestoPreventHAIsinHospitals.htm

Improving the Patient Experience of Inpatient Care. The materials posted by IHI result from the work of the above 90-day project: 1. IHI 90-Day R&D Project Summary Report: Improving the Experience of Inpatient Care / 2.Driver Diagram for Improving the Inpatient Care Experience / 3. Spreadsheet of Evidence from the Literature to Support the Drivers of the
Inpatient Care Experience [see first tab in spreadsheet for explanation]. / 4. Selected Evidence to Support Primary Drivers of Improved Inpatient Experience of Care. / 5. Selected Core Readings: Improving the Patient Experience of Inpatient Care
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/PatientCenteredCare/PatientCenteredCareGeneral/EmergingContent/ImprovingthePatientExperienceofInpatientCare.htm

On call: channeling grief into action (audio)
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/IHIOpenSchool/OnCall-SorrelKing.htm

When clinicians lead (article – McKinsey Quarterly, February 2009)
http://www.ihi.org/NR/rdonlyres/DE1252C6-4CC4-4A12-98D2-5406F7D0BF71/0/MountfordWhenCliniciansLead_McKinseyQuarterlyJan09.pdf