Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care is a highly interactive program made up of mini-lectures and group exercises, with a lot of coaching from faculty. To gain the best understanding of reliability design, participants should choose a topic from the list below to focus on during the seminar.  The topics are categorized according to key focus areas. Participants will be placed into groups of 8 to 10 people based on topic area.              

Reliability theory can be applied to many areas of health care in both the inpatient and office practice settings including:   

• Core Measures
  Acute Myocardial Infarction
  Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  Congestive Heart Failure

• 5 Million Lives Campaign-Related
  High-Risk Medications
  Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  Pressure Ulcers
  Rapid Response Teams
  Surgical Site Infections
  Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  Central Line Infections
  Medication Reconciliation
  Sepsis Bundle
  Glucose Control

• Outpatient Settings
  Critical Test Results
  Chronic Disease Management
  Preventive Care

• New IHI Research and Development
  Handoffs
  Stroke