Quality Improvement/Practice Change

• Clarke EB, Curtis JR, Luce JM, et al. Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2003;31:2255-62.
• Curtis JR, Nielsen EL, Treece PD, Downey L, Dotolo D, Shannon SE, Back AL, Rubenfeld GD, Engelberg RA. Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 Sep 10
• Dodek PM, Heyland DK, Rocker GM, Cook DJ. Translating family satisfaction data into quality improvement. Crit Care Med 2004;32:1922-7.
• Engelberg RA, Downey L, Wenrich MD, Carline JD, Silvestri GA, Dotolo D, Nielsen EL, Curtis JR. Measuring the quality of end-of-life care. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010;39:951-71.
• Kotter JP. Leading change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
• Kotter JP, Schlesinger LA. Choosing strategies for change. Harvard Business Review 2008;130:132-39 (reprint from 1979).
• Kryworuchko J, Heyland DK. Using family satisfaction data to improve the processes of care in ICU. Intensive Care Med 2009;35:2015-7.
• Kuschner WG, Gruenewald DA, Clum N, Beal A, Ezeji-Okoye SC. Implementation of ICU palliative care guidelines and procedures: A quality improvement initiative following an investigation of alleged euthanasia. Chest 2009;135:26-32.
• Nelson JE, Mulkerin CM, Adams LL, Pronovost PJ. Improving comfort and communication in the ICU: A practical new tool for palliative care performance measurement and feedback. Qual Saf Health Care 2006;15:264-71.
• Nelson J and the IPAL-ICU workgroup. Integrating palliative care into the ICU: the nurse in a leading role. J Hospice Palliative Care Nursing 2011;13:95-96.
• Penrod JD, Luhrs CA, Livote EE, Cortez TB, Kwak J. Implementation and evaluation of a network-based pilot program to improve palliative care in the intensive care unit. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Nov;42:668-71.
• Penrod JD, Pronovost PJ, Livote EE, Puntillo KA, Walker AS, Wallenstein S, Mercado AF, Swoboda SM, Ilaoa D, Thompson DA, Nelson JE. Meeting standards of high-quality intensive care unit palliative care: Clinical performance and predictors. Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan 5. [Epub ahead of print]
• Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Needham DM. Translating evidence into practice: a model for large scale knowledge translation. BMJ 2008;337:a1714.
• Pronovost PJ, Murphy DJ, Needham DM. The science of translating research into practice in intensive care. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010;182(12):1463-4.
• Scales DC, Dainty K, Hales B, Pinto R, Fowler RA, Adhikari NK, Zwarenstein M. A multifaceted intervention for quality improvement in a network of intensive care units: a cluster randomized trial. JAMA 2011;305(4):363-372.
• Walling AM, Asch SM, Lorenz KA, Roth CP, Barry T, Kahn KL, Wenger NS. The quality of care provided to hospitalized patients at the end of life. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:1057-1063.