This paper presents a framework to help identify, understand and evaluate the return on investment from the application of QI in healthcare settings. The authors provide examples from a mental health provider in London, England that demonstrate how to determine and present ROI for multiple purposes and audiences.
Category: Articles & Papers
High-Impact Leadership: Improve Care, Improve the Health of Populations and Reduce Costs
Institute for Healthcare Improvement 30 minute readLeadership engagement and focus drives improvement in health care quality. This white paper from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement presents three dimensions of leadership including high impact behaviours to advance quality.
Quadruple Aim
BMJ Journals 20 minute readThis 2015 paper proposes extending the three-part framework of the “Triple Aim” (improving patient experience, improving population health, and reducing per-capita cost) by adding a fourth goal: improving the experience of providing care for health-care professionals.
Quality Improvements in Mental Health Services
PubMed Central, National Institutes of Health 15 minute readThis white paper shows how integrating planning, control and improvement activities across the full organization enables health systems to reliably meet evolving patient and population needs.
Roadmap to Wellness
Government of Ontario 15 minute readExplore how together, the Ontario government, service providers, clients and allies propose transforming mental-health and addictions care in Ontario by establishing a connected, high-quality system available across every community, every age, and every need.
Whole System Quality
Institute for Healthcare Improvement 60 minute readDiscover how a unified “whole system” approach to quality—integrating planning, control and improvement across every level—can help your organization become more resilient, responsive and learning-driven in today’s health-care environment.