HISC References

Module 1: Describe the Issue

  1. Berwick DM. A primer on leading the improvement of systems. British Medical Journal. 1996;312:619-622.

  2. Langley GJ, Nolan KM, Norman CL, Provost LP, Nolan TW. The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance. New York, NY; Jossey-Bass, 1996. 2nd edition, Wiley Desktop Editions, 2009.

Module 2: Build a Team

  1. Baker GR, Gelmon S, Headrick LA, Knapp M, et al. Collaborating for improvement in health professions education. Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6:1-11.

  2. Bens I. Teams in Trouble: Strategies to Help Teams with Problems. Toronto, Canada: Participative Dynamics, 1998.

  3. Brassard M, Ritter D. The Memory Jogger. Salem, NH: Goal QPC, 1994.

  4. Gould BE, Grey MR, Huntington CG, Gruman C, et al. Improving patient care outcomes by teaching quality improvement to medical students in community-based practices. Academic Medicine. 2002;77:1011-1018.

  5. Hackman JR. Groups that work (and those that don't): creating conditions for effective teamwork. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1990.

  6. Herman CJ, Speroff T, Cebul RD. Improving compliance with immunization in the older adult: results of a randomized cohort study. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 1994;42:1154-1159.

  7. Scholte PR, Joiner BL, Streibel B, Mann D, Streibel BJ. The Team Handbook- 2nd Edition. Madison, WI: Oriel Inc, 1996.

  8. Tuckman BW. Developmental sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin. 1965;63:384-399.

Module 3: Define the Problem

  1. Bucher HC, Weinbacher M, Gyr K. Influence of method of reporting study results on decision of physicians to prescribe drugs to lower cholesterol concentration. British Medical Journal. 1994;309:761-764.

  2. Coggon D, Rose G, Barker DJP. Epidemiology for the uninitiated - Fourth edition. British Medical Journal. 1997.

  3. Committee on Health Care Quality in America (NAS Institute of Medicine). Crossing the Quality Chasm. A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.

  4. Langley GJ, Nolan KM, Norman CL, Provost LP, Nolan TW. The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance. New York, NY; Jossey-Bass, 1996.

  5. Rosenberg W, Donald A. Evidence-based medicine: an approach to clinical problem solving. British Medical Journal. 1995;310:1122-1126.

Module 4: Choose the Target

  1. Berwick DM. A primer on leading the improvement of systems. British Medical Journal. 1996;312:619-622.

  2. Donabedian A. The quality of care. How can it be assessed (Review)? JAMA. 1988;260:1743-1748.

  3. Kirk, R. Managing Outcomes, Process, and Cost in a Managed Care Environment. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publications, 1997, p. 93.

  4. Langley GJ, Nolan KM, Norman CL, Provost LP, Nolan TW. The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance. New York, NY; Jossey-Bass, 1996.

  5. Rosenberg W, Donald A. Evidence-based medicine: an approach to clinical problem solving. British Medical Journal. 1995;310:1122-1126.

Module 5: Test the Change

  1. Aday LA. Designing and Conducting Health Surveys. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989. p 38.

  2. Alemi F. Process Improvement. Plan, Do, Check, & Act Cycles.

  3. Amin SG. Control charts 101: a guide to health care applications. Quality Management in Health Care. 2001;9:1-27.

  4. Carey RG, Lloyd RC. Measuring Quality Improvement in Health Care: A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications. New York, NY: Quality Resources, 1995.

  5. Carey RG. Improving Healthcare with Control Charts: Basic and Advanced SPC Methods and Case Studies. Milwaukee, WI: ASQ Quality Press, 2003, p. 7.

  6. Daniel WW. Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences - 5th Edition. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

  7. Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW, Wagner EH. Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials - 2nd Edition. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1988, p. 7.

  8. Hulley SB, Cummings SR. Designing Clinical Research. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1988, p. 35.

  9. Kahn HA, Sempos CT. Statistical Methods in Epidemiology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 85.

  10. Kleinbaum DG, Kupper LL, Morgenstern H. Epidemiologic Research. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982, p. 5.

  11. Plsek PE. Tutorial: introduction to control charts. Quality Management in Health Care. 1992;1:65-74.

  12. Shott S. Statistics for Health Professionals. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 1990, pp. 11-19.

  13. Wheeler DJ. Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos - 2nd Edition. Knoxville, TN: SPC Press, 2000.

Module 6: Reconsider or Extend Improvement Efforts

  1. Berwick DM. A primer on leading the improvement of systems. British Medical Journal. 1996;312:619-622.

  2. Cain M, Mittman R. Diffusion of Innovation in Healthcare . Prepared by the Institute for the Future for the California HealthCare Foundation. May, 2002.

  3. Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Spreading Changes. Downloaded December 16, 2013.

  4. Rogers EM. Lessons for guidelines from the diffusion of innovations. Joint Commission Journal of Quality Improvement. 1995;21:324-328.

  5. UK Institute for Innovation and Improvement. Substainability and its Relationship with Spread and Adoption. Downloaded October 16, 2007.

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