Improvement

Framework for system-level strategic improvement
System-level change requires three essential elements:
o The will to improve;
o Ideas about alternatives to the current state;
o The ability to execute change.
A new white paper from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement lays out a framework for making this happen. Click here for more.

Link between health information technology and quality improvement
This report, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and co-authored by members of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, looks at the link between health information technology and quality improvement in primary care. The bottom line is that adoption of health IT “must go hand-in-hand with a robust care model and routine use of quality improvement methods. Click here for more.

NICE: Into practice – newsletter for implementers
Into practice is an electronic bulletin aimed at those responsible for implementing guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It includes details of the latest implementation tools and other news from NICE’s implementation directorate. Click here for more.