Resources

​Resources and tools to help you build improvement capability.

Videos
How Can Organizations Engage Providers in QI?
Dr. Marilu Bintz explains why organizations sometimes fail to engage physicians in quality improvement and offers an alternative strategy.
What’s One Question to Engage Physicians in QI?
IHI's Dr. Don Goldmann shares the one question you should ask physicians when you want to engage them in improvement work.
How Does Lean Compare to IHI's Approach to QI?
IHI’s Kevin Little discusses the differences and similarities between Lean and IHI’s approach to quality improvement.
How Can QI Bring Clinical Colleagues Together?
Dr. James Moses, IHI Open School Academic Advisor, talks about the value of QI for building closer relationships among clinical colleagues.
How Can CLABSIs and Cucumbers Teach PDSA?
In a new IHI Open School Video Short, IHI's Dr. Don Goldmann explains the science behind the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, using central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and cucumbers as his subjects.
How Do Visual Tools Help Improvement?
Lloyd Provost, co-author of the Improvement Guide, shares how visual tools can help us understand the systems in which we live and work.
How Long Should a PDSA Cycle Last?
You know PDSAs are rapid tests of change. But what, exactly, is a good length of time for a Plan-Do-Study-Act test cycle? Learn from Lloyd Provost, co-author of the Improvement Guide.
What’s the Secret to Change Implementation?
Lloyd Provost, co-author of the Improvement Guide, discusses the secrets to implementing change.
Why Should You Start Testing Changes ASAP?
Lloyd Provost, co-author of the Improvement Guide, shares why it’s so important in an improvement project to start testing changes as soon as you can.
What Are Seven Ways to Engage Clinicians in QI?
One of the biggest challenges of improving quality within health care is engaging clinicians in the work. Clinicians have demanding schedules, high stress levels, and pressure from payers and accreditors. IHI's Dr. Don Goldmann shares how you can you inspire these busy colleagues to join your improvement work.

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