Education Resources: Focusing on Quality Improvement
Peer Reviewed Curricular Materials
- AHI 0107 -The Start of Your Lean Healthcare Journey / Earll M. Murman
- AHI 0104 - Stoneman Rotation in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: A Resident-focused Initiative / Anjala V. Tess, MD; Alex Carbo, MD; Cheryle Totte, RN; Julius Yang, MD; Hans Kim, MD; Michael Howell, MD; Peter Clardy, MD; David Feinbloom, MD; Rachel Baden, MD; Gila Kriegel, MD; Carol Bates, MD; Eileen Reynolds, MD; Saul Weingart, MD; Mark Aronson, MD; Kenneth Sands, MD.
- AHI 0105 -Integrating Quality Improvment Education Across the Continuum: The University of Chicago Journey / Lisa M. Vinci, Julie Oyler, Vineet Arora.
- AHI 0106 -Fundamentals of Quality Improvement in Health Care: An Interdisciplinary Elective / Irving Ye; Natalie L. Ausborn; Janice Babbs; Amanda M. Brantley; Carol Callaway-Lane, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC; Benjamin Ferrell; Scott L. Hagan; Jacob Hathaway, MD, MPH; J. Matthew Kynes; D. Timothy Lockney; D. Jacob McClure; Julie McNeil; Piotr P. Pilarski; Rangaraj Ramanujam, PGDM, PhD.
- AHI 01012 -An Adaptable Interdisciplinary Methodology for Integrating QI Curriculum into Undergraduate Health Sciences Education / Christina Southey; Taylor Bassingthwaite; Katherine Stevenson; Tanya Verrall. (Saskatchewan Health Quality Council)
- AHI 0110 - Would You Care To Dance? Choosing Healthcare Quality Alliance Partners for Quality Education / Ozgur Ekmekci, Ed.D., Brenda Helen Sheingold, Ph.D (2012). (The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and The George Washington University School of Nursing).
Books
- Personal Continuous Quality Improvement Work Book / Duncan Neuhauser, Sylvia Myhre, and Farrokh Alemi.
- Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart / Geary A. Rummler, Alan P. Brache.
- Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare : a Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications / Raymond G. Carey, Robert C. Lloyd.
- Goldratt's Theory of Constraints : a Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement / H. William Dettmer.
- The Toyota way : 14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer / Jeffrey K Liker
- Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos / Donald J.Wheeler
Articles
- Using Root Cause Analysis to Address Patient Satisfaction and Other Improvement Opportunities. Journal on Quality Improvement. Burroughs TE, Cira JC, Chartock P, Davies AR, Dunagan WC. 2000 Aug;26(8):439-49.
- Lean Six Sigma. Healthcare Financial Management. Chip Caldwell. October 2006.
- Faster Turnaround Time. Quality Progress. Angelo Pellicone, Maude Martocci. March 2006.
Videos
- Rise and Shine! Et internasjonalt perspektiv på medvirkningens plass i kvalitetsforbedring. Sir John Oldham, Head of National Primary Care Development Team, NHS, England.
Web Resources
- SQUIRE Guidelines
- EQUATOR Network
- Quality Tools (AHRQ)
- Quality Control Tools (Clemson University)
- Improvement Methods (IHI)
- An Introduction to Benchmarking. (SM Thacker & Associates)
- Going Lean in Health Care, Womack, et al. (IHI)
- Quality - What is Six Sigma? (GE)
- Six Sigma - What is Six Sigma? (iSixSigma)
- Healthcare Improvement Skills Center (Academy of Post Graduate Health Care Education)
- Failure Mode, Effect, and Criticality Analysis (Joint Commission)
- ASQ Quality Tools (ASQ)
- Clinical Microsystems (Dartmouth)
- Process Improvement (George Mason University)
- Intermountain Healthcare Institute Library
Cases
- Improving Flow in the Emergency Department. Robert H. Lee (University of Kansas); Megan Fischer (Liberty Hospital); Hany Y. Atallah (Emory University)
- Improving Emergency Department Flow Through the RME. Michele Hoover, Santiago Duarte and Lory Wallach (iSixSigma)
- Case Study: Using np Charts To Address On-Time Medication Delivery. Michael J. Cleary, Ph.D. (iSixSigma)
- From Quality Control To Quality Improvement. Marc Schaeffers (iSixSigma)