After every conference I like to make a list of resources mentioned throughout the various sessions.  Keeping track of this information is one of the biggest reasons I use Twitter so heavily on these occasions.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s National Forum is one of my favorite conferences.  Although it is disproportionately attended by clinicians, I always feel at home surrounded by so many passionate people.  What follows is a list of readings and resources that were mentioned throughout, I’ve tried to keep things categorized based on the session they came from.

Keynotes

Don Berwick

• Escape Fire –  A collection of Dr. Berwick’s speeches from 1992-2002
• Promising Care – A collection of Dr. Berwick’s speeches from 2002-2012
• Free from Harm – NPSF’s newest report on where we stand 15 years after the IOM report
• Coproduction of Healthcare Service – 2015 article in BMJ Quality & Safety
• Juran Trilogy – Model of quality planning, control, and improvement
• Profession of Medicine – A classic on sociology of medicine by Eliot Freidson
• Eliminating Waste in US Health Care – 2012 article in JAMA

Craig Kielberger

• The World Needs Your Kid 
• Free the Children
• We Day

Bob Watcher

• Digital Doctor – Focuses on use of technology in medicine
• Understanding Patient Safety – Textbook on patient safety
• The Productivity Paradox of Information Technology – 1993 classic by Erik Brynjolfsson
• “When I Grow Up” – Athena advertisement highlighting evolution of technology in healthcare

Magic Johnson

• 32 Ways to be a Champion in Business 

Maureen Bisognano

• The Breakthrough Series Collaborative – Started as a drawing on a napkin
• NHSGGC “What Matters to Me“
• Hofstra Medical School EMT Program
• Rides Not Ritalin – Advocates for children with ADHD to use exercise instead of medications
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Other Book Signings

Mary Jane Kornacki & Jack Silversin

• A New Compact: Aligning Physician Organization Expectations to Transform Patient Care

Bob Lloyd

• Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare: A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications

Patty Gabow

• The Lean Prescription: Powerful Medicine for Our Ailing Healthcare System

Kathy Gerwig

• Greening Healthcare: How Hospitals Can Health the Planet

Workshops

Are You Using the Key Drivers to Manage Population Health? (D30/E30)

• Social Determinants of Health
• The American Health Care Paradox

Ambulance Drivers Can Do That? (D29/E29)

• Ventura County EMS
  • TB Program recently awarded Best Community Impact Program by AAA
  • Have a substantial EMS Strategic Plan
  • Hospice Program has significantly reduced 911 calls in that population
• North Shore LIJ now known as NorthWell EMS

Leading Innovation in Health Care Delivery (C1)

• How Stella Saved the Farm – parable on innovation (2 hour read)
• How Physicians Can Fix Health Care

Workers and Patients: A Single Culture of Safety (A10/B10)

• AHA recognizes many creative Quality and Patient Safety Programs
  • Good Catch Awards are becoming a popular way of recognizing an employee who makes a patient safety catch
• Kaiser Permanente’s focus on Quality

High Reliability and Robust Process Improvement (A16/B16)

• Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare
• HRO’s in Healthcare
• Memorial Hermann awards units as “Certified Zero” if they go 12 months without an incident