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Hand Sanitizer Cut Back on Young Children’s Sick Days More than Washing, Study Says
Researchers in Spain found that children who cleaned their hands with sanitizer instead of soap and water reduced their missed days of school, respiratory infections, and antibiotic prescriptions.
Media Advisory: 2018 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
The 2018 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care provides the country’s best platform to hear about successes and challenges and to harness evidence-based solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing health and health care today.
More Than a Third of Nurses Have PTSD; a Third of Doctors Are Burned Out. What Are We Doing About It?
Burnout is common, as are mental health concerns and suicide, and their costs extend to patients and the system as a whole. In the U.S., these concerns recently culminated in a movement that proposes a holistic approach to health care wellness and enga…
Every Doctor You’ve Admired Has Dealt with Burnout
There is a physician burnout epidemic in the US.
QI Project Management
This tool describes strategies to effectively manage quality improvement projects, specific ideas to try within each strategy, and offers a workspace for you to note your next steps to implement the strategy.
QI Project Charter
The QI project charter provides a rationale and roadmap for the team’s improvement work that can be used to clarify thinking about what needs to be done and why. The charter helps keep the focus on a specific opportunity or problem and identifies the m…
Creating Value-Based Care Regardless of Payment Model
Virginia Mason Health System has been a standard-bearer for reducing waste and creating a value-based healthcare experience no matter the payment model. Leading that drive since 2000 has been Dr. Gary Kaplan, chairman and CEO of the Seattle-based system.
Getting More Health from Healthcare: Quality Improvement Must Acknowledge Patient Coproduction
Modelling healthcare as either a product or a service neglects essential aspects of coproduction between doctors and patients. In this essay, Paul Batalden shares his learning from 10 years of studying change.
On the Ground with Age-Friendly Health Systems
Age-friendly health systems have the potential to improve care, reduce length of stay, empower staff and improve the bottom line. While change can be challenging, clinicians and staff in the participating health systems have embraced the process.
Scotland’s National Clinical Director Jason Leitch on Changing Culture in Healthcare
Scotland’s national clinical director explains how the tools of change can be applied in different areas.
