The authors describe a four-tier model that offers a practical framework to establish measurements that will advance equity for both patients and the staff of the health care provider organization.
Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Effect of Data Quality Improvement Intervention on Health Information Management System Accuracy
A data quality improvement initiative embedded within woreda clinical improvement collaborative in Ethiopia improved the accuracy of data used to monitor maternal and newborn health services. The initiative was a partnership between the Institute for H…
There Can Be No Quality Without Equity
Quality improvement tools and methods are well suited to an effort to improve equity in health and care. The missing ingredients over the past decades have been strategic intent and a sharply focused equity lens. The IHI Framework for Improving Health …
The NAM and the Quality of Health Care: Inflecting a Field
Two decades after the publication of two seminal Institute of Medicine reports, focal progress in quality improvement is undeniable, but wholesale, systemic improvement has been hard to bring to scale.
Telemedicine: Center Quality and Safety
This article offers four elements on which health care leaders must focus to ensure safe, high-quality telemedicine for patients.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Fostering Connection and Co-Creation
August 21, 2020 | Fostering connection and co-creation are tools that can help support the well-being of the health care workforce.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Psychological Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
August 7, 2020 | Psychological PPE, "personal protective equipment" to promote health care workforce mental health and well-being, has become even more essential during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thriving Together: A Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Communities across America
This guide highlights numerous actions that communities, organizations, businesses, governments, and funders can take in the wake of COVID-19 and other related threats to the US — to create the vital conditions that all people and places need to thriv…
Moving Toward a Global Age-Friendly Ecosystem
This article reviews the historical evolution of age-friendly programs and describes a vision for an age-friendly ecosystem.
The Challenge of Disseminating Best Science During a Pandemic
The medical literature is overflowing with COVID-19 articles and studies. Dr. Kedar Mate, CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, suggests in emergency situations, like now, “the best way to go probably is coordinated analysis and information …
