New Center to Focus on Improving Healthcare Delivery

The Department of Medicine has established the Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences, which will serve as the methodological hub for the scientific evaluation of programs and activities focused on improving healthcare delivery, particularly to the underserved.

The Center will serve as a conduit for the free flow of ideas between clinicians, administrators and health services researchers both inside and outside of the BU community. It will help to facilitate improvement in care that is not only measured by internal program adherence, but also produces inferential and generalizable evaluations of healthcare delivery.

The specific objectives of the Center are to:

• Guide, support and innovate the design of projects that evaluate the effectiveness of efforts to implement healthcare system change.
• Identify factors and strategies that accelerate the adoption and promote sustainability of effective healthcare interventions in safety-net systems.
• Educate faculty and trainees in Implementation and Improvement Sciences.

Want to learn more, participate, contribute? Contact:

Directlor, Implementation Sciences: Mari-Lynn Drainoni, PhD, drainoni@bu.edu or Director, Improvement Sciences: Allan J. Walkey, MD, MSc, alwalkey@bu.edu