Spreading Improvement Across Your Health Care Organization

How can you spread best practice information to other facilities or departments within your organization? CEOs of many health care organizations say that spreading change is their greatest challenge, and the full potential of their initial investment in system change is often not realized. This new book reports and builds on IHI's work on spreading improvement and provides the knowledge that senior leaders and spread agents need and the actions they need to take to spread improvements within their organization. This book will provide the most effective ways to spread change, including: practical strategies and tips for spreading improvement; case studies to apply to your organization or system; details on IHI's Framework for Spread, which is organized around three overlapping phases--planning and setup, communication within the social system; and continuous monitoring and feedback on the spread process.