This session will discuss the evaluation of quality improvement initiatives in the context of the Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, a nationwide effort to increase organ donation rates. The role of the Collaborative and its evaluation in shaping the Institute of Medicine’s 2006 report on organ donation will be highlighted.

After this presentation you will be able to:

• Apply evaluation techniques to quality improvement programs
• Build rigorous evaluation components into quality improvement initiatives.
• Make the case for quality improvement to payers, funders, government, etc.