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Bob Lloyd, Executive Director of Performance Improvement at IHI, uses his trusty whiteboard to dissect the science of improvement in short videos. This week, we’re looking back at a video he did last year about force field analysis: a classic quality improvement tool to get your team to think about the forces that are compelling your work forward, the things that are holding it back, and some strategies to work more effectively. Watch the three-minute video here.
Health professionals who wear white coats present an obvious safety hazard, says Peter Pronovost, one of the world’s leading authorities on patient safety and Senior Vice President of Quality and Safety at Johns Hopkins Medicine. “We know that these coats can be covered with pathogens, including drug-resistant ones, which may be transmitted to patients.” But in spite of potential risks, clinicians continue to wear the white coats. Why? Pronovost postulates in his blog post that emotional and social reasons are behind the delay in improvement. Learn more in QI 105: The Human Side of Quality Improvement.
