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Quality Improvement Project Change Concepts Worksheet

Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

A change concept is a general notion or approach to change that has been found to be useful in developing specific ideas for improvement. Use this worksheet with your team to choose and explore relevant change concepts for a quality improvement (QI) project.

For more information, visit the Selecting Changes page.

Note: This tool is part of the IHI Quality Improvement Practicum, a 9-week online course in which participants receive tools, coaching, and community support to aid them in running a local improvement project. Learn more at ihi.org/QI.

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by Ruth Weinfeld 6/20/2022 2:19:20 PM The golfer example hiring a golf coach seems somewhat elitist and non-applicable to many in the healthcare provider community. How many nurses can afford it? It did not sound relatable to me.

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by Maisha Guillory 5/25/2021 1:23:49 PM Awesome!

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by Kara Tuohey 11/11/2020 4:08:34 PM It seems strange to me that "visual controls" are not listed somewhere in the change concepts. If visual controls are not considered a change concept, then where do they theoretically "fit" in your educational models?

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