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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." 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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ADVANCING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Samantha Chao, Rapporteur

Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation

Board on Health Care Services

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

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FORUM ON THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

THOMAS F. BOAT (Co-Chair), Director,

Children’s Hospital Research Foundation and

Chair,

Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH

PAUL H. O’NEILL (Co-Chair), Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury,

Pittsburgh, PA

PAUL B. BATALDEN, Director,

Health Care Improvement Leadership Development, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

IGNATIUS BAU, Program Director,

The California Endowment, San Francisco, CA

JAY E. BERKELHAMER, Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs,

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, GA

MARSHALL H. CHIN, Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director,

General Internal Medicine Research, University of Chicago, IL

CAROLYN M. CLANCY,* Director,

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD

CATHERINE D. DE ANGELIS, Editor in Chief,

Journal of the American Medical Association Scientific Publications and Multimedia Applications, Chicago, IL

JULIE L. GERBERDING,* Director,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

JEREMY GRIMSHAW, Director,

Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ontario, Canada

JEROME H. GROSSMAN, Senior Fellow,

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

JUDITH GUERON, Scholar in Residence,

Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York

ANDREA KABCENELL, Executive Director for Pursuing Perfection,

Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA

RICHARD KAHN, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer,

American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, VA

RAYNARD S. KINGTON,* Deputy Director,

Office of the Director, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

JOEL KUPERSMITH,* Chief Research and Development Officer,

Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC

LAURA C. LEVITON, Senior Program Officer,

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ

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Denotes Ex-Officio Members

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BRIAN S. MITTMAN, Co-Editor in Chief,

Implementation Science and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA

LESLIE NORWALK,* Acting Administrator,

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

STEPHEN M. SHORTELL, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management,

University of California, Berkeley

MARITA G. TITLER, Director,

Institute for Translational Practice, University of Iowa City Health Care System and University of Iowa, Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care, Iowa City

IOM Forum Staff

SAMANTHA CHAO, Forum Director

MICHELLE BAZEMORE, Senior Program Assistant

MICHELE ORZA, Acting Board Director,

Board on Health Care Services

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:


ANDREA KABCENELL, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA

PETER J. PRONOVOST, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Surgery, and Health Policy and Management, Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care, Quality and Safety Research Group, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

STEPHEN M. SHORTELL, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

MARITA G. TITLER, Research, Quality and Outcomes Management, Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care, The University of Iowa, Iowa City

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Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by coordinator ARTHUR A. LEVIN, of the Center for Medical Consumers, New York. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the author and the institution.

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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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