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November 30, 2012 | Report
This report discusses the challenges of evaluating continuous quality improvement, recommendations to address these challenges, and existing gaps in the research.
December 12, 2011 | Program Results Report
IHI expanded and enhanced its Open School for Health Professions to close the gap between what health care employees need to know about quality improvement and what traditional curricula teach.
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This paper reviews the evolution of QI initiatives, the current evidence about whether QI interventions work, QI's promise for the future, and how to help it find success in health care.
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article demonstrates a data-driven management approach to implementing quality improvement in public health collaboratives.
April 6, 2010 | Report
The rate of hip, knee, and shoulder replacements for Medicare patients is growing rapidly, and there is widespread variation in how likely patients are to undergo this surgery, depending on where they live and their race.
February 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Paper explores the potential impact of comparative effectiveness research and looks at implications for quality of care and health outcomes.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The authors of this editorial take a look at how our public health system could work in the future.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article describes how the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) has promoted QI through its instruments and guidance, and how it has continually strengthened the focus on QI over the years.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Quality improvement in public health is a key element in the movement toward accreditation. Multiple national, state and local initiatives are under way to define quality in a public health context and to develop tools and promising practices to support quality-improvement efforts in local health departments.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article describes the history, current status, and lessons learned from the work of the Multi-State Learning Collaborative: Lead States in Public Health Quality Improvement (MLC).