IHI Immunity questions with complete solutions

What are the four phases of an improvement project? (A) Plan-Do-Study-Act (B) Innovation-Pilot-Study-Act (C) Plan-Implement-Pilot-Spread (D) Innovation-Pilot-Implementation-Spread correct answer: D. Innovation-Pilot-Implementation-Spread How should Sandy and her improvement team try out the new process for improving pain control? (A) Test the new process with one patient and closely review the results. (B) Bring together a group of stakeholders to develop an implementation plan. (C) Test the new process throughout the hospital to build a pool of data. (D) None of the above: There is no need to test this process because another hospital has already proved it to be effective. After a successful pilot, which of the following should Sandy's improvement team undertake as a next step? (A) Work on seeing that the change is widely adopted by the unit, such as by making it a formal policy and training new staff on it. (B) Continue to run PDSA cycles. (C) Spread the change to other hospitals in the network (D) A and B correct answer: A D ...The team tests the change on the ward and runs multiple PDSA cycles to improve the process. The data look promising. What improvement project phase have Heather and her team just completed? (A) Spread (B) Pilot (C) Implementation