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Suggested Citation:"Introduction." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11884.
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Introduction

With its Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convenes representatives from academia, clinical practice, government, and industry in a neutral setting where they can discuss various ideas about improving the science behind health care quality improvement and implementation. Through these discussions, forum members attain a better understanding of what the needs of the science are, and they begin breaking down the communication barriers that prevent advances in the field.

The workshop “The Path to Quality Improvement: Approaches and Barriers” was held on January 16, 2007, in Washington, D.C. It was the result of a forum conversation that had taken place in December 2006. The forum had identified a need to understand what was meant by the terms “quality improvement” and “implementation science,” and during the ensuing discussion it became clear to forum participants that these terms mean different things to different people. Forum participants also discussed the need to identify the barriers to quality improvement research and to implementation science. The purpose of this workshop was therefore to bring people together from various arenas to discuss the scope of quality improvement in a broad sense. The forum members felt it would be valuable to hear about lessons learned not only from within health care settings but from outside of health care as well. Because of the limited time available at this workshop, not all relevant perspectives

Suggested Citation:"Introduction." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11884.
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and issues could be discussed. The forum members plan to integrate other views and topics in its future activities.

The following chapters describe and summarize the presentations and discussions that took place during that workshop, and the content is therefore limited to what was presented and discussed during the workshop itself. We realize that there is a broader scope of issues pertaining to this subject area, but we are unable to address them in this summary.

Suggested Citation:"Introduction." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11884.
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Suggested Citation:"Introduction." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11884.
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The Institute of Medicine's Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation held a workshop on January 16, 2007, in Washington, DC. The workshop had its roots in an earlier forum meeting when forum members discussed what is meant by the terms "quality improvement" and "implementation science" and became convinced that they mean different things to different people. At the time, the members also discussed the need to identify barriers to quality improvement research and to implementation science. Thus the purpose of this workshop was to bring people together from various arenas to discuss what quality improvement is, and what barriers exist in the health care industry to quality improvement and also to research about quality improvement.

The summary that ensues is thus limited to the presentations and discussions during the workshop itself. We realize that there is a broader scope of issues pertaining to this subject area but are unable to address them in this summary document.

The workshop's first session was devoted to experiences that various institutions have had with quality improvement. Recognizing the wealth of experiences available outside of health care services, the workshop included presenters from outside the health care service industry as well as from inside. This includes discussions from a variety of perspectives: non-health care services, health plans, hospitals, and nursing. Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and opportunities - Workshop Summary describes the events of the workshop.

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