Suggested readings
Module 5.1
Bodenheimer T, Ghorob A, Willard-Grace R, Grumbach K. The 10 Building Blocks of High-Performing Primary Care. Ann Fam Med, 2014 12(2). 166-171. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3948764/pdf/0120166.pdf This is an article that has become a popular way to understand and connect the key elements of high quality primary care. In fact, failure to achieve hiqh quality ambulatory care in any ambulatory setting can be the result of missing some of the building blocks described in this paper.
The Breakthrough Series: IHI’s Collaborative Model for Achieving Breakthrough Improvement. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; This article will introduce you to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the development of formalized approaches to rapid-cycle quality improvement and other quality improvement innovations.
Massoud MR, Nielsen GA, Nolan K, Schall MW, Sevin C. A Framework for Spread: From Local Improvements to System-Wide Change. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2006. This article provides insight about the "Framework for Spread", which sits at the intersection between quality improvement and implementation science.
Module 5.2
Going Lean in Health Care. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2005. This article describes an approach to improve efficiency in health care that has been widely adopted by quality improvement professionals in health care.
Executive Summary. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. This is the executive summary from a seminal text on quality improvement that remains highly relevant today.