Institute for Healthcare Improvement: On Demand: The Right Treatment for the Right Patient Every Time - Applying Reliability Science to Health Care

Overview

IHI is pleased to offer On Demand: The Right Treatment for the Right Patient Every Time – Applying Reliability Science to Health Care.

This 62-minute streaming video presentation features Dr. Roger Resar, IHI Senior Fellow and formerly Change Agent for the Mayo Health System, discussing the application of reliability science to health care. Reliability science provides a way to examine a multi-component process and increase the probability that the system will perform its intended function in the required time under commonly occurring conditions. It has been embraced by and used effectively in industries such as manufacturing, nuclear power, and aircraft carriers to improve the rate at which a system consistently produces superior outcomes and prevents adverse events.

The challenge for health care is to put this theoretical construct into practice. This is the subject of Dr. Resar’s presentation.

You can view this On Demand presentation any time at your convenience. The program features streaming video of Dr. Resar’s presentation synchronized with his presentation slides. You may pause or stop the presentation at any point and resume where you left off. There is no charge to view this On Demand presentation.

Presentation Description

Reliability theory — a scientific method of evaluating, calculating, and improving the overall reliability of complex systems — has been embraced by and used effectively in industries such as manufacturing, nuclear power, and aircraft carriers to improve the rate at which a system consistently produces superior outcomes and prevents adverse events.

Reliability theory provides a way to examine a multi-component process and increase the probability that the system will perform its intended function in the required time under commonly occurring conditions. The challenge for health care is to put this theoretical construct into practice.

You'll learn how to:

Utilize the principles of reliability as a tool to plan improvement projects
Implement reliability design to improve care at your organization
Connect reliable design to rapid testing of changes
Improve key processes through reliability improvement strategies

Additional Information on Reliability

Read about the success of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center when it targeted areas for improvement, from surgical site infections to asthma care to moving patients efficiently through the system.
Visit the Reliability section in the Topics area of our website for emerging content and improvement stories.
Read IHI's Innovation Series white paper, Improving the Reliability of Health Care.