Twelve tips for measuring improvement

"Understanding what works to improve health care is vital in order to share and spread success and to ensure we learn from our mistakes. These tips will help you embed effective measurement into your project and avoid some of the pitfalls that lie on the route to successful health care improvement."

Twelve tips for measuring improvement (blog post)

T Woodcock

The Health Foundation

April 2014

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The effect of a national quality improvement collaborative on prehospital care

"This first national prehospital QIC led to significant improvements in ambulance care for AMI and stroke in England. The use of care bundles as measures, clinical engagement, application of quality improvement methods, provider prompts, individualized feedback and opportunities for learning and interaction within and across organizations helped the collaborative to achieve its aims."

The effect of a national quality improvement collaborative on prehospital care for acute myocardial infarction and stroke in England
AN Siriwardena, D Shaw, N Essam, FJ Togher, Z Davy, A Spaight, M Dewey
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:17

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Design and use of performance measures to decrease low-value services and achieve cost-conscious care

"This paper gives an overview of performance measures that target low-value services to help physicians understand the strengths and limitations of these measures, provides specific examples of measures that assess use of low-value services, and discusses how these measures can be used in clinical practice and policy."

Design and use of performance measures to decrease low-value services and achieve cost-conscious care
DW Baker, A Qaseem, P Reynolds, LA Gardner, EC Schneider
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2013, 158(1):55-59

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Use of quality indicators to promote accountability in health care

"In this commentary, the authors hope to stimulate innovation in the field of health care performance measurement."

The use of quality indicators to promote accountability in health care: the good, the bad, and the ugly
AJ Forster, C van Walraven
Open Medicine, 2012, 6(2)

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