By David M. Williams, PhD As the use of the terms ‘Improvement Science’ or the ‘Science of Improvement’ have spread across health care and education, some ask how it differs or relates to Implementation Science? While implementation, and the study of it, could apply to any sector, it appears Implementation Science had its genesis in […]
New Paper – Adverse Event Trigger Tool for EMS
in Measurement, ResearchOver the last several years, through my work at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and as a subject matter expert in paramedic delivery systems, I’ve had the pleasure to work with the great team at Hamad Medical Corporation’s national ambulance service. HMC Ambulance leaders aspired to develop an ambulance trigger tool modeled after the IHI […]
U.K. Ambulance Today – Ambulance Trigger Tools
in Measurement, ResearchThe Winter edition of Ambulance Today, Europe’s leading ambulance magazine, featured an article authored by David M. Williams, Ph.D. The piece focused on efforts in the U.S.A. and U.K. to develop a Global Trigger Tool to measure patient harm in ambulance services based on the in-hospital Global Trigger Tool developed by the Institute for Healthcare […]
The Deming Dive
in Improvement Science, ResearchI’m a continuous student. I learn through doing and reading about ideas presented from various perspectives. As part of my ongoing development in the science of improvement, I have selected readings from the recommended reading list of my mentors and friends at Associates in Process Improvement (API). You can find the complete list here. In […]
One journey ends, but the adventure continues
in Health Care, Public Safety, ResearchAfter many years of always carrying around some earmarked textbook and a file folder of articles, of squeezing in writing around family and typing away in hotel rooms on client trips, and of wondering when it will ever end, I finally finished the doctoral journey. The dissertation is finished and approved, the defense is complete, […]