Applying Systems Improvement to Patient Safety

IHI online open school optional assignment: Students complete the online curriculum and assessment for certificate program.  To provide greater detail and context for the material covered in class.  Recommended for students pursing a certificate in quality and safety.

IHI Online Open School Modules – http://app.ihi.org/lms/home.aspx

  • Additional depth and detail regarding organizational culture, safety culture, high reliability organizations and reporting systems.
    • PS 101 (Lesson 1-3)
  • Discussion of Swiss cheese model, active and latent failures, unsafe acts and harm
    • PS 102 lesson 1-2
  • Discussion of human factors contributing to error and internal and external factors
    • PS 103 lesson 1