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Model for implementation of the basic AS program

How the model for improvement was used in the strategy - Dr Dena van den Berg explains

In Week 3 you were introduced to PDSA cycles, DDDs, outcome and process measures and in Week 5 Prof Peter Davey explained the Model for Improvement.

This AS programme was implemented using the overall framework along with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Model for improvement within a Breakthrough Collaborative.

Watch this final video with Dr Dena van den Berg as she explains how the model was used.

Their organisational aims and objectives for using the Model for Improvement are attached in the PDF below as a summary of the following questions:

  • What is our organisational objective?
  • What are our drivers for change?
  • What is our measurement plan?

Measurement of the impact of the AS model was conducted for a period of 104 weeks between July 2012 and September 2014.

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