Examining, diagnosing, and treating systems (video)

"In a new Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School video resource, MIT senior lecturer and IHI Senior Fellow Steve Spear explains why he thinks seven steps needed to care for patients are essentially the same as those needed to fix systems of care. He also shares common trouble areas and gives an example of a successful improvement."

Examining, diagnosing, and treating systems

S Spear

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

May 2014

Find out more and access the video resource here.

Patient safety alerts to increase incident reporting

NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have issued two patient safety alerts to improve incident reporting for medication errors and medical devices. They aim to improve data report quality and prompt the establishment of national networks of online learning which will work to improve communication and sharing of safe practice ideas in order to reduce harm.

Find out more and access the alerts with their supporting information here.

Learning modules to support the implementation of evidence-informed practice

The Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health has produced a set of online modules to support the implementation of evidence-informed practice. They work most effectively in Internet Explorer, and cover the following topics:

• Opening module
• Leading organizational change
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Needs assessment
• Implementing evidence-informed practices
• Monitoring and evaluating outcomes
• Closing module

Access the modules here.

eLearning resources to improve patient care

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has formed a joint venture with Virtual College to develop the Productives e-learning suite. This suite is designed for staff, team leaders, programme managers and leaders to help them use The Productive Series: Releasing Time to Care (TM) programme. Read more here.

eLearning for Healthcare has developed "e-learning for Harm Free Care", an online educational resource designed to support frontline teams in delivering harm free care, as defined by an absence of four common harms: pressure ulcers, harm from falls, catheter acquired urinary tract infections (CaUTI) and venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Find out more here.