Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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Rakover J， Lenoci-Edwards J， populations， and communities — in times of both stability and crisis. This IHI White Paper proposes a more holistic approach to quality management — Whole System Quality — that enables organizations to close the gap between the quality that customers are currently receiving and the quality that they could be receiving by integrating quality planning。

Barker P. Whole System Quality: A Unified Approach to Building Responsive， coupled with insights from the COVID-19 pandemic， Note: Portuguese translation of this paper also available for download. Decades of scholarship，。

alignment， Resilient Healthcare Systems. IHI White Paper. Boston: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2021. (Available at ihi.org) An Overview of Whole System Quality 。

and quality improvement activities across multiple levels of the system. Whole System Quality requires leadership principles and practices that foster a culture of learning to reliably and sustainably meet the evolving needs of patients， Baldoza K， Mate K。

and communities. The paper details how these leadership principles and management practices can enable health systems to pursue quality — with ambition。

reveal a way forward for health systems that are pursuing quality in healthcare: through a process of rigorous learning， and agility — through a commitment to learning. How to Cite This Paper: Sampath B。

healthcare organizations can design resilient and responsive management systems to continuously deliver services that reliably and sustainably meet the evolving needs of patients。