Patient Safety

JUNE 17, 2021

Quality improvement tools were used to generate regular dialogue with the clinical teams, resulting in the concept of the surgical safety huddle being proposed. Deteriorating patients were highlighted at the daily huddle and a plan of early intervention was implemented.

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Twistle

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

RISE HEDIS ® & Quality Improvement Summit 2021. Don’t miss the only conference dedicated to providing cutting-edge insight specifically on HEDIS® and related quality-improvement efforts – RISE HEDIS ® & Quality Improvement Summit 2021. UPCOMING EVENT. Date: October 24 – 26th,2021.

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Patient Safety

MARCH 17, 2022

It is not uncommon for those involved in hospital- or healthcare organization–based quality improvement (QI) initiatives to implement a robust QI project, present the results within the organization, celebrate wins, and quickly move on to the next project that demands attention. The following framework is based on the SQUIRE 2.0

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Life Qi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In this blog, we‘re going to be looking at how you can measure scale and spread in your Quality Improvement (QI) projects and what methods you can use to help you do this. Let’s start by defining spread and scale in QI. If you haven’t already, you might want to look at our article ‘Spread and scale – what’s the difference?’

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Methods: Lewin’s change management theory (CMT) guided this quality improvement (QI) project. This project was conducted in an inpatient, 50-bed, post-hospital skilled nursing care unit of a local SNF. The participants included all 32 staff nurses employed by the SNF.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) permits states to direct collected civil money penalty funds for quality improvement projects that enhance the quality of care and the quality of life for NF residents. Grant applications are available to stakeholders such as. academic institutions. .

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Life Qi

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In this article we’re going to look at the types of ‘spread’ used in Quality Improvement (QI). Introduction. In particular, we compare diffusion and dissemination.

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Meditech

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We all have grand aspirations as we embark on new projects, but many times, even the best-laid plans are at the mercy of an all too common roadblock: “it’s just not the right time.”.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Two-thirds of patients receiving three months of outpatient therapy will not reach remission, a new analysis of behavioral health therapy outcomes data reveals. | Practitioners can use the framework, known as the Blueprint Quality Index (BQI), to track quality improvement over time, as well as assess the effect of programmatic or infrastructure changes (..)

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The healthcare industry has made significant strides in care quality improvement, but its approach to submitting and paying claims is still overly complex.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Reveleer, a health tech company focused on value-based care, has unveiled two new suites of solutions for risk-bearing providers. | The Prospective Risk Adjustment and Quality Improvement product suites are designed to ease providers’ administrative burden and deliver timely clinical insights at the point of care.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2023

The research – controlling for role, location and unit – found that higher levels of nurse burnout were linked to a greater workloads around quality improvement efforts.

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p3care

MAY 14, 2023

Rather, they are looking for opportunities to implement meaningful quality improvement activities. Are you ready to showcase your devotion to taking quality care to the next level? MIPS 2023 gives you the right direction to get engaged in quality improvement activities.

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Life Qi

JANUARY 17, 2023

Avedis Donabedian is our penultimate Quality Improvement (QI) hero in our series of blogs. Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1919, he studied as a doctor and made his way into quality improvement, becoming a key influence and innovator in improvement in healthcare.

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Patient Safety Blog

MARCH 27, 2024

The purpose of an incident report in nursing is multifaceted and crucial for both patient safety and quality improvement as well as legal documentation. What is the purpose of an incident report in nursing? In this article we’ll tell you all about incident reporting in nursing.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Be part of a new day in nursing home quality improvement! We’re excited to share the latest updates on vital topics to advance quality and address your needs, such as: Clostridiodes difficile. Nursing Home Quality Improvement. Join the IPRO QIN-QIO for a dedicated day of learning just for you. Adverse Drug Events.

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Life Qi

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Kaoru Ishikawa is considered the ‘Father of Japanese Quality’ for his creation of innovative developments in quality management. He is famous for creating the fishbone diagram, a type of ‘root cause analysis’ which we still use in Quality Improvement (QI) to help make decisions and create actions.

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Life Qi

JULY 20, 2022

Total Quality Management or TQM is a quality management approach often used in Quality Improvement (QI), with a focus on producing quality products and services in order to fulfil customer needs.

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CDC

JUNE 7, 2023

A CDC-supported initiative at The University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City (UMC) in Vietnam that used IPC quality improvement (QI) strategies to reduce CRE colonization and infection in a general intensive care unit (ICU) demonstrates the positive impact that IPC activities can have on CRE prevention.

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Life Qi

DECEMBER 15, 2022

We'll also see how this can help your quality improvement (QI) team. In the last article, we looked at how and when to use a driver diagram in your quality improvement project. Described as illustrating a ‘theory of change’ , driver diagrams can be used to plan improvement project activities’.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Mate also cited examples of how quality improvement methods can address inequalities. "Hospital and health system quality improvement and equity are inseparable in order to improve health outcomes for all," said Leon D.

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Life Qi

JULY 18, 2022

In this article we are going to look at Bill Smith, another Quality Improvement (QI) hero – and sometimes known as the ‘father of Six Sigma’.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

" Following the initial trial, Personify Care's digital patient pathways have been deployed for various use cases across the network.

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Life Qi

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, with providers facing the dual challenge of delivering high-quality care while managing costs effectively. One powerful strategy to address this challenge is the use of quality improvement projects.

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Life Qi

APRIL 20, 2023

However, there are other charts you can use - such as run charts - in your Quality Improvement (QI) project. We’ve also had a look at control or SPC charts – a really useful way of plotting and measuring data.

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Life Qi

APRIL 13, 2023

In past articles in this series of blogs, we have looked at Statistical Process Control (SPC) and how it works within the Quality Improvement (QI) setting. We know that SPC charts are designed to measure how a process or system changes over time.

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Life Qi

JUNE 23, 2022

Taiichi Ohno (1912 - 1990) was a leader in industrial engineering and is well known as the creator of the Toyota Production System, which in turn inspired the Lean theory and stemmed a wide range of Quality Improvement processes.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The INCA rollout is part of NQPHN's First Nations Continuous Quality Improvement programme, which seeks to improve the access to culturally safe health assessments for First Nations people.

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Life Qi

MARCH 28, 2023

In this series of articles, we’ve taken a look at the benefits of using SPC within Quality Improvement (QI) projects. We’ve also had a closer look at how to use SPC charts and what SPC charts can be used for.

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Life Qi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A Plan-Do-Study-Act or PDSA cycle is a four-step model for improvement, which can be used to provide a framework for quality improvement changes.

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Life Qi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In this, the final article in our series on Quality Improvement (QI) heroes – we shine a spotlight on Dr Don Berwick, leading authority on QI in healthcare and founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Hailing from the US, he is recognised as a leading authority on healthcare quality and improvement.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more. By Andrea Fox | July 13, 2023 News The new nursing challenge: Adapting to AI-enabled workflows for quality improvement Jung In Park, a professor at the University of California Irvine’s School of Nursing and a.

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Life Qi

AUGUST 18, 2022

In this blog, we are going to look at the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) and its influence on Quality Improvement (QI) across the globe.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Well-integrated data benefits the entire care journey, from care access and delivery to coding, billing and payment to ongoing quality improvement. Data feeds ongoing quality improvement Having access to a wealth of integrated data for analytics supports ongoing quality improvement as well as research.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simplifying Quality Reporting, Enhancing Care: The ABG platform, renowned for its user-friendly interface, simplifies complex quality reporting requirements, particularly for the MIPS program. Customizable QI bonus plans: Allowing practices to incentivize quality initiatives.

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Life Qi

MARCH 14, 2023

In this article we’re going to take a look at how you might implement Statistical Process Control (SPC), and how you can use this methodology within your Quality Improvement (QI) projects.

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NCQA

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Guide also includes a series of quality improvement worksheets and templates that walk quality champions through key steps, notably: The plan-do-study-act process. Assessments to help quality leaders expand their plans and measure progress. How will we know that a change is an improvement?

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