ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Program Announcement to Establish a QUERI Resource Center - Request for concept paper due by COB, May 12, 2008 (29 KB, PDF)
  
• QUERI Resource Center Solicitation FAQs (17 KB, PDF)
• QUERI Resource Center Call Notes (16 KB, PDF)
• New Associate Director for QUERI Named
• QUERI Implementation Seminar Series Schedule
• Implementation Science Journal

QUERI Cyber Seminar on Organizational Change

* The archives below are in Flash presentation and Windows Media format.

• Presented by Martin Charns, DBA, "Overview: Organizational Readiness to Change" discusses models of implementation, and contrasts models that focus on change in individuals' behavior versus change that requires more emphasis on organizational factors.



• Presented by JoAnn Kirchner, MD and Lisa Rubenstein, MD, "Overview: Methods Used to Evaluate Organizational Change" provides an overview of methods used to evaluate organizational change. TIDES (Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions) - a quality improvement program for depression care - and ReTIDES are presented as case examples that have facilitated the implementation and spread of collaborative care models.



• Presented by Elizabeth Yano, MD and Ed Chaney, MD, "Lessons Learned From Evaluating Organizational Contexts: Influences on TIDES Penetration and Implementation Outcomes" focuses on TIDES and the effects of contextual and organizational characteristics on this intervention as it was implemented across VA.