Implementation Science
This article presents practical examples of quality improvement initiatives implemented within electrophysiology practices. Demonstrates how local performance measurement, multidisciplinary collaboration, and iterative improvement strategies can enhance patient outcomes and operational…
Kapoor et al (J Am Heart Assoc 2018;7:e009946, PMID 30371161) conducted a prospective quality improvement initiative to assess whether use of an electronic medical record–based intervention could improve use of…
This resource outlines a standardized policy for safely performing MRI examinations in patients with legacy (non–MR conditional) or mixed cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) systems. It defines patient eligibility criteria,…
These documents describe an IRB-approved research study and clinical safety workflow that allows patients with pacemakers/ICDs (CIEDs) to undergo clinically indicated MRI with standardized monitoring, device programming, and follow-up, while…
Tools: The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Worksheet is a useful tool for documenting a test of change. The PDSA cycle is shorthand for testing a change by developing a plan to test the change (Plan), carrying out the test (Do), observing and learning from the consequences (Study), and determining what modifications should be made to the test (Act).
Education – Clinical: Education, training, implementation tools, and research related to shared decision making from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Organizations for QI: Science of Improvement Whiteboard videos, Health Equity videos, IHI YouTube Channel.
Tools: IHI developed and adapted tools to help organizations accelerate improvement, as well as successful protocols, order sets, and guidelines developed by organizations and shared with IHI. Examples include a Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit, Quality Improvement Team Member Matrix Worksheet, QI Project Measures Worksheet, and Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit.
Tools: How to Improve: Model for Improvement (Associates in Process Improvement); learn about the model and testing changes on a small scale using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA cycles). Covers how to form your team, set aims, establish measures, implement change, and more.
Implementing Improvements: Opportunities to Integrate Quality Improvement and Implementation Science
Guidelines/Clinical Documents: In hospitals, improvers and implementers use quality improvement science (QIS) and less frequently implementation research (IR) to improve health care and health outcomes. Narrowly defined quality improvement (QI) guided by QIS focuses on transforming…