Improvement collaboratives

Documents

1. The brief description of the Project "Improving care for mothers and babies"

Upload:	The brief description of the Project "Improving care for mothers and babies"  (426 kb)
Information:	This is an updated version of the leaflet on the "Improving care for mothers and babies" Project's goals and objectives.
Language of document	русский
Place of publishing	URC
Authors	URC, ЦНИИОИЗ
Year of publishing	January 2009

2. Children, women, and HIV in Russian Federation

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Information:	This information-analytic overview "Children, women, and HIV in Russian Federation" was prepared based on the materials of the research, conduced in ten territories, most of which have the highest HIV rate among population what includes women. This overview presents and analyses HIV statistics among women and children in the country and in the territories observed, it analyses the practice of care delivery to HIV-positive women and children, including the issue of prenatal HIV-prevention. One of the important subjects discussed in the overview is the question of care delivery to abandoned children born from HIV-positive mothers. The overview of the legislative and normative acts on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention shows the measures taken by the Ministry of health in RF on the implementation of the complex approach to the questions of PMTCT. This overview contains the suggestions on the quality improvement of care delivery and the delivery of social and psychological support to children, women, and families affected by HIV-infection.
Language of document	русский
Place of publishing	Ministry of Health and Social Development of RF, UNICEF
Authors	Voronin E.E., Terentyeva Zh.V., Afonina L.Y., Koroleva L.P., Epoyan T.A.
Year of publishing	2004
Pages	40

3. Advances in QI. Principles and Framework

Upload:	Advances in QI. Principles and Framework  (78 kb)
Information:	This article covers the main principles and framework of the QI methodology. It talks about the main QI concept, four QI principles (client-oriented, process analysis, team-based problem solving, application of evidence-based standards), and main aspects in improving the care content. This article also describes 4 steps in the quality improvement model (plan, do, study, act) and shows the practical implementation of QI methodology. Four approaches were chosen to illustrate different QI methods: individual problem solving, rapid team-based problem solving, on-going team-based problem solving, and process improvement.
Language of document	русский
Place of publishing	QA Brief. Volume 9, Number 1.
Authors	Rashad F. Massoud
Year of publishing	2001
Pages	8
	Available in a hard copy

4. The Improvement Collaborative: An Approach to Rapidly Improve Health Care and Scale Up Quality Services

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Information:	The paper elaborates on evolution of quality improvement in healthcare, introduces collaborative approach, outlines essential features of an improvement collaborative and lists key activities for developing and implementing improvement collaboratives.
Language of document	русский
Place of publishing	Publication of the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI)
Authors	USAID Health Care Improvement Project
Year of publishing	2008
Pages	22

5. Breakthrough Series. Improvement collaborative

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Information:	This document contains information on the evolution of the collaborative improvement history. It includes examples of the first collaboratives within Breakthrough Series, including lessons learnt and best practices of the improvement collaborative model implemented by Institute for Health Improvement and by other organization in the US.
Language of document	русский
Place of publishing	Published by Institute for Health Improvement
Authors	Institute for Health Improvement, USA
Year of publishing	2003
Pages	15
	Available in a hard copy

6. A Modern Paradigm for Improving Healthcare Quality

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Information:	This monograph starts with the description of principles and structures that are the basis in a modern paradigm for improving healthcare quality. "Change" is described as a key element for each improvement. This monograph also contains information on the structure of quality improvement, as well as integration of evidence-based medicine with QI. It also gives interpretation for four main QI principles: client-oriented, process analysis, team-based problem solving, application of evidence-based standards. Part 2 of the monograph views the whole specter of QI methods and emphasizes that there are an unlimited number of QI approaches that should be chosen according to the kind of improvement needed. The following four parts discuss in details each 4 approaches to QI methodology. Each of the approaches is illustrated with best examples. The last part of the monograph is devoted to the QI tools, what includes data collection, process description and data analysis. The application of each of the tools is also illustrated with examples.
Language of document	русский
Place of publishing	Monograph Series on QI, Issue 1(1) Bethesda, Maryland: Published by QAP according to USAID order
Authors	Рашад Масуд, Карен Асков, Джоли Рейнке, Линн Миллер Франко, Фейда Борнстейн, Элиза Кнебел, Катерин МакОулэй
Year of publishing	2001
Pages	122
	Available in a hard copy

7. The Improvement Collaborative: An Approach to Rapidly Improve Health Care and Scale Up Quality Services

Upload:	The Improvement Collaborative: An Approach to Rapidly Improve Health Care and Scale Up Quality Services  (1308 kb)
Information:	The paper elaborates on evolution of quality improvement in healthcare, introduces collaborative approach, outlines essential features of an improvement collaborative and lists key activities for developing and implementing improvement collaboratives.
Language of document	английский
Place of publishing	Publication of the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI)
Authors	The USAID Health Care Improvement Project
Year of publishing	May 2008
Pages	24
	Available in a hard copy