Practical measurement for improvement enables system actors to learn continuously about whether the changes that they are introducing are leading to improvement. This reference summarizes key features that distinguish practical measures for improvement and their use.
A key purpose of a practical measure is to send timely signals regarding the way a system is operating in order to accelerate learning and progress toward an improvement aim. This reference describes practical measurement and the characteristics of practical measures, and offers considerations for determining if a measure is “practical.”
