How do I run a QI Collaborative (18 September 2020)

Summary

Healthcare settings have been using collaboratives to improve quality in healthcare, enhance patient safety and drive organisational change since the mid-1990s, when they became popular via the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Breakthrough Series model.

QI Collaboratives are groups of people from different units or organisations who work together in a structured way and share learning and experience in order to create more efficient services. Collaboratives are generally set up to enhance patient safety, quality and efficiency of care.

This Life QI article gives tips on how to run an Improvement Collaborative. Life QI is the global web platform where tools, people and data come together to make improvement happen.