Balancing measures

In this video Dr Jacqueline Sneddon reflects on the importance of considering how balancing measures reflect what may be happening elsewhere in a system as a result of the improvement intervention.

For example if you change one thing what impact will this have on other things in a system and will this impact be positive or negative?

Dr Sneddon uses the CDI scenario described by Dr Seaton and data from a study in one hospital in Scotland investigating balancing measures to aid her explanation.

You can read more about this study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.