Factsheet: The Science of Improvement-Testing Changes
Factsheet: The Science of Improvement-Testing Changes
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Factsheet provides a summary of a popular quality improvement model known as the "Plan-Do-Study-Act" cycle. Community-based organizations can use this model to test a small change and evaluate its effectiveness and any lessons learned before implementing the change more widely. For example, organizations might test an outreach strategy with a segment of their population before scaling it to see if it needs any tweaks first. The full resource is available here: The Science of Improvement: Testing Changes | Institute for Healthcare Improvement.