Monday 9 March 2026 | 13:30-16:30 Part 1 – Improving improvement through better design<\/strong><\/span><\/p> This session will challenge the myths that quality improvement is too slow, that we can\u2019t ever form views on causal inference, and that quality improvement has to be done one PDSA at a time\u2026! There is a spectrum of designs that can be utilised for quality improvement, and yet we remain wedded to the simple naturalistic sequence of testing one thing after another. This session will introduce you to the range of ways in which we can test, which can help us build a stronger degree of belief in the causal relationship between what we test and the results we see. We will show how you can use control groups, randomisation, and more sophisticated designs such as factorial experiments or stepped-wedge.We will describe the range of designs, with practical examples, and ask you to consider the pros and cons of trying to adopt these in the real world. Be prepared to come away with your mind blown about the range of ways in which you can speed up learning and strengthen your causal theories! After this session, participants will be able to:<\/span><\/p> Perle Dars\u00f8<\/a><\/strong>; The Capital Region of Denmark; <\/span>Denmark\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p> Part 2 – Better design and better evaluation for greater impact: practical tools and methods to design and evaluate effective quality improvement initiatives<\/strong><\/span><\/p> Many quality improvement (QI) initiatives fall short not due to a lack of effort, but due to a lack of rigorous designs or a reliable mechanism for evaluating, learning from and adapting the initiatives. This interactive session introduces a practical approach that guides improvement teams through six essential components of high-quality QI design\u2014system understanding, clear aims, content theory, measurement, evaluation and learning planning, execution theory, and dissemination strategy. We’ll also explore a novel evaluation tool that integrates improvement and implementation science, enabling teams to systematically evaluate their QI initiatives. Participants will engage in real-time application of the six core components and evaluation tool and leave with ready-to-use resources. Whether you’re designing new QI initiatives or strengthening existing ones, this session will equip you with the tools and insights needed to increase your initiative\u2019s effectiveness and impact.<\/span><\/p> After this session, participants will be able to:<\/span><\/p> Jafet Arrieta<\/a><\/strong> Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), USA \u00a0<\/p> Improvement practitioners have no shortage of sources of new ideas \u2014 including the implementation science literature, their own improvement work, their peers, and increasingly other sources like social media. At the same time, finding new solutions to intractable problems that impede improving health and care remains challenging. For organizations to maintain a pipeline of useful, effective, spreadable, and scalable ideas, they need clear internal processes and specialized support.<\/span><\/p> This session will highlight emerging thinking from the innovation system at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to advance promising new approaches to improving health and care. \u00a0<\/p> After this session, participants will be able to:<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Jeffrey Rakover <\/a><\/strong>Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), USA <\/p> Monday 9 March 2026 | 13:30-16:30Stream: SafetySession format: WorkshopPart 1 – Improving improvement through better designThis session will challenge the myths that quality improvement is too slow, that we can\u2019t ever form views on causal inference, and that quality improvement has to be done one PDSA at a time\u2026! 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Stream: Safety
Session format: Workshop
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Amar Shah<\/a><\/strong> NHS England; UK
Jonathan Burlison<\/a><\/strong> St Jude Children’s Research Hospital; USA
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Rebecca Steinfield<\/a><\/strong> Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), USA<\/span><\/p>
Part 3: Using innovation as an improvement engine: approaches to identify, design and scale breakthrough ideas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>
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Keziah Imbeah<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), USA<\/span><\/p>
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