Tools
Assessment Scale for Collaboratives
This assessment scale provides a template for how to objectively assess each team’s progress throughout a Breakthrough Series Collaborative or other improvement project where there is moderate to high degree of belief in the effectiveness of the change ideas.
Highlights
- 1-to-5 assessment scale with definitions for each score
- Detailed directions on how to use the assessment scale to evaluate progress in a Collaborative or improvement initiative
The Assessment Scale for Collaboratives was developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to assess the progress of teams participating in an IHI Breakthrough Series Collaborative. It has since been adapted to many other improvement initiatives.
Progress is assessed monthly using a 1-to-5 scale. The scale serves four main purposes:
- Create a monthly objective measure of progress for each team that is determined by the Collaborative Director and Improvement Advisor to help them tailor support for the teams.
- Give each team an opportunity to assess its own progress through monthly self-assessment using the same scale to understand where there might be gaps in perspective between teams and the Collaborative Director and Improvement Advisor.
- Provide an overall sense of progress for the Collaborative, which helps Collaborative staff and faculty determine the pace and content for Learning Sessions and Action Periods.
- Provide the organization running the Collaborative with a way to understand success across improvement initiatives over time.
Related Information
- The Breakthrough Series: IHI’s Collaborative Model for Achieving Breakthrough Improvement. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Boston: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2003.
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