Supporting the Pursuit of Quality Improvement Publication: What Your Organization Can Do Now

Many health care organizations encourage frontline staff to pursue quality improvement (QI), local spread of those improvements, and publication of their work. Although much has been written about building and sustaining a culture of continuous QI, less is known about how to support success in QI rigor, credibility, spread, and publication. In this perspective article, we offer QI leaders practical suggestions to identify challenges in publishing QI and strategies to overcome these challenges. Health care organizations can assist QI teams with publication by intentionally formalizing scholarship early in their QI project work, providing accountability, and connecting the QI team to necessary resources. A carefully designed program supporting QI publication can both improve the rigor of QI work and enhance the professional development of QI professionals.