Learning Collaboratives
NICHQ has extensive experience running learning collaboratives that bring together a diverse collection of people and organizations to accomplish a common aim. Participants attend a series of learning sessions led by national experts, and work together over a period of time to test, share, and implement improvement strategies.
Our approach is adapted from the Breakthrough Series Collaborative pioneered by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an improvement method that facilitates spread and adaptation of existing knowledge to multiple settings. The following diagram depicts the Breakthrough Series methodology:
