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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.
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.
August 1, 2011 | Evaluation/Journal Article
This article examines the role of middle management in facilitating or hindering the implementation of complex changes in health care organizations. Little is known about which factors influence middle managers' support of significant reforms.
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.
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, according to this new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project.
December 12, 2011 | Program Result
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.
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article demonstrates a data-driven management approach to implementing quality improvement in public health collaboratives.
August 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This analysis from the Urban Institute looks at the evidence on how quality of care in the United States compares to that in other countries and the implications for health reform.
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.