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Introduction <p>Healthcare professionals often implement quality improvement (QI) initiatives but lack training to implement and sustain QI initiatives. Leading Healthcare Improvement (LHI) is a course that combines principles from change management, team science, and leadership effectiveness into an implementation strategy to enable clinicians to lead sustainable change.</p> Methods <p>LHI is a 6-session, 4-month interactive training. Learners work on an active QI project throughout the course. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was conducted to evaluate pre- and post-course changes in learners’ self-reported confidence across five QI competencies.</p> Results <p>Veterans Healthcare Administration clinicians and fellows completed the LHI pre- (<i>n</i> = 111) and post-course (<i>n</i> = 74) evaluations with 70 responding to both evaluations. The 70 learners self-reported significantly increased confidence after the training in each of the QI competencies: communicating urgency (W = 56, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.001), developing and leading interprofessional teams (W = 48, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.001), creating and communicating project vision (W = 54, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.001), developing strategies to remove barriers (W = 60, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.001), and communicating project impacts to leadership (W = 62, <i>p</i> &lt; 0.001).</p> Discussion <p>LHI is an implementation strategy curriculum intended to support healthcare professionals in leading system-level changes. Its emphasis on key partner influence, interprofessional teamwork, and real-time project application may help address gaps in existing training and has the potential to strengthen capacity for sustained healthcare improvement.</p>

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Leading healthcare improvement: an implementation strategy

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    2026年6月30日

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  • Kelley Arredondo,
  • Anthony Ecker,
  • Lindsay Vaclavik,
  • Jacquelene Shahin,
  • Ashley Thompson,
  • Molly Horstman,
  • David Ramsey,
  • Kyler M. Godwin

摘要

Introduction

Healthcare professionals often implement quality improvement (QI) initiatives but lack training to implement and sustain QI initiatives. Leading Healthcare Improvement (LHI) is a course that combines principles from change management, team science, and leadership effectiveness into an implementation strategy to enable clinicians to lead sustainable change.

Methods

LHI is a 6-session, 4-month interactive training. Learners work on an active QI project throughout the course. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was conducted to evaluate pre- and post-course changes in learners’ self-reported confidence across five QI competencies.

Results

Veterans Healthcare Administration clinicians and fellows completed the LHI pre- (n = 111) and post-course (n = 74) evaluations with 70 responding to both evaluations. The 70 learners self-reported significantly increased confidence after the training in each of the QI competencies: communicating urgency (W = 56, p < 0.001), developing and leading interprofessional teams (W = 48, p < 0.001), creating and communicating project vision (W = 54, p < 0.001), developing strategies to remove barriers (W = 60, p < 0.001), and communicating project impacts to leadership (W = 62, p < 0.001).

Discussion

LHI is an implementation strategy curriculum intended to support healthcare professionals in leading system-level changes. Its emphasis on key partner influence, interprofessional teamwork, and real-time project application may help address gaps in existing training and has the potential to strengthen capacity for sustained healthcare improvement.