Publications
Staffan Lindblad Swedish Registry Feed Forward/Feedback Research
Feed Forward Systems for Patient Participation and Provider Support
Helena Hvitfeldt
Q Manage Health Care Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 247-256
SA Berry, MC Doll, KE McKinley, AS Casale, A Bothe Jr (Geisinger Health System)
ProvenCare: quality improvement model for designing highly reliable care in cardiac surgery
Qual and Saf in Health Care 2009;18;360-368
2008 Clinical Microsystems 4 Part Series Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Part 1: The Building Blocks of Health Systems, July 2008
Part 2: Learning from Micro Practices About Providing Patients the Care They Want and Need, August 2008
Part 3: Transformation of Two Different Hospitals Using Macrosystem, Mesosystem and Microsystem Strategies, October 2008
Part 4: Building Innovative Population-Specific Mesosystems, November 2008
The Joint Commission Journal of Quality Improvement Microsystems in Healthcare Series
"The series of articles on microsystems is intended to provide useful ideas and methods that can be used in diverse clinical settings - outpatient, inpatient, skilled care, and home care - to create the conditions for sustained improvement in clinical quality and value in a way that is appreciated by patients and exciting to the front-line staff who serve them."
Part 1: © Nelson EC, Batalden PB, Huber TP, Mohr, JJ, Godfrey MM, Headrick, LA, Wasson, JH: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 1. Learning from High-Performing Front-line Clinical Units. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. Volume 28 (9): 472-493, 2002. Reprinted with Permission.
Part 2: © Nelson EC, Batalden PB, Homa K, Godfrey MM, Campbell C, Headrick LA, Huber TP, Mohr JJ, Wasson JH: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 2. Creating a Rich Information Environment. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (1): 5-15, 2003. Reprinted with Permission.
Part 3: © Godfrey MM, Nelson EC, Wasson JH, Mohr JJ, Batalden PB: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 3. Planning Patient-Centered Services. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (4):159-170. Reprinted with Permission
Part 4: © Wasson JH, Godfrey MM, Nelson EC, Mohr JJ, Batalden PB: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 4. Planning Patient-Centered Care. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (5):227-237. Reprinted with Permission.
Part 5: © Batalden PB, Nelson EC, Mohr JJ,Godfrey MM, Huber TP, Kosnik L. Ashling K: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 5. How Leaders are Leading. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (6):297-308. Reprinted with Permission
Part 6: © Mohr JJ, Barach P, Cravero JP, Blike GT, Godfrey MM, Batalden PB, Nelson EC: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 6. Designing Patient Safety into the Microsystem.The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (8):401-408. Reprinted with Permission
Part 7: © Kosnik LK and Espinosa JA. Microsystems in Health Care: Part 7. The Microsystem as a Platform for Merging Strategic Planning and Operations. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (9):452-459. Reprinted with Permission
Part 8: © Huber TP, Godfrey MM, Nelson EC, Mohr JJ, Campbell C, Batalden PB. Microsystems in Health Care: Part 8. Developing People and Improving Worklife: What Front-Line Staff Told Us. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (10):512-522. Reprinted with Permission
Part 9: © Batalden PB, Nelson EC, Edwards WH, Godfrey MM, Mohr JJ: Microsystems in Health Care: Part 9. Developing Small Clinical Units to Attain Peak Performance.The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Volume 29 (11):575-585. Reprinted with Permission
UK Microsystem Evaluation: Clinical Microsystems: An Evaluation
Recent Publications
- Wasson, JH, Bartels, S, "CARE Vital Signs Support Patient-Centered, Collaborative Care," J Ambulatory Care Manage, 2009. 1(32), pp 56-71.
- Thomson Consensus on publication guidelines QSHC Oct05
- Davidoff Batalden Toward Stronger Evidence on QI Publication
- Stevens Guidelines for QI editorial QSHC Oct05
- Berwick Broadening view of evidence-based medicine QSHC Oct05
- "Front Lines Chapter 1"
- "Quality Improvement Learning Collaboratives"
- Patient Safety: "Barriers to first-Week Follow-up of Newborns: Findings From Parents & Clinical Focus Groups"
- Patient Safety: "Editorial: Microsystems, Macrosystems & Kernicterus" Dr. Paul M. Schyve, M.D
- Creating a Culture of Improvement Experience of a Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center Britton, LJ, Thrasher, S, Gutierrez
PhD Dissertations
- "Evaluating the Sustainability of a Quality Improvement Initiative" - April 2006, Karen Homa, PhD
- "The Influence of Shared Mental Models of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Infection Rates" - March 2006, Diana M. Luan, PhD, MS, MPA
Our Favorite Clinical Microsystem Publications
- Batalden PB, Splaine M: What Will it Take to Lead the Continual Improvement and Innovation of Health Care in the Twenty-first Century? Quality Management in Healthcare, 11(1): 45-54, Fall 2002.
- Mohr JJ, Batalden PB: Improving Safety on the Front Lines: The Role of Clinical Microsystems. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 11(1): 45-50; 2002.
- Weinstein JN, Brown PW, Hanscom B, Walsh T, Nelson EC: Designing an Ambulatory Clinical Practice for Outcomes Improvement: From Vision to Reality - The Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Year One. Quality Management in Healthcare, 8(2): 1-20, Winter 2000.
- Nelson EC, Batalden PB, Mohr JJ, Plume SK: Building a Quality Future. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 15(1):3-32, Fall 1998