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Quality improvement in health care is a structured process to collect and analyze information, which leads to actions that result in measureable improvements in health services and patient outcomes. Hospitals can utilize a variety of tools and resources to investigate data and manage performance improvements. Please note: on some web browsers, document links may automatically download to your computer rather than open up on your screen.

Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Collecting Data for Analysis

The first in a series of four webinars about the importance of data in quality improvement efforts, this recording will review the process of collecting meaningful data for analysis.

Video Date Added: 08/23/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 28 2023 4:59PM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Creating and Understanding the Run Chart

The second in a series of four webinars about the importance of data in quality improvements efforts, this recording will discuss how to create and interpret a run chart.

Video Date Added: 08/23/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 28 2023 5:00PM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Creating and Understanding the Pareto Chart

The third in a series of four webinars about the importance of data in quality improvements efforts, this recording will discuss how to create and interpret a pareto chart.

Video Date Added: 08/23/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 28 2023 4:59PM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Prioritizing Your Projects with a Prioritization Matrix

The final video in a webinar series about the importance of data in quality improvements efforts, this recording will review how health care professionals can create a prioritization matrix to prioritize process improvement projects.

Video Date Added: 08/23/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 28 2023 5:01PM

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TeamSTEPPS® Video Toolkit

This Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS) toolkit from the American Hospital Association and Project Firstline is evidence-based and designed to improve communication and teamwork in health care.

Web link Date Added: 04/10/2024 Date Last Modified: Apr 10 2024 11:57AM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Understanding and Creating a Scatter Diagram

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection strategies for quality improvement plans , this recording will review how to construct and interpret the results of the scatter diagram.

Video Date Added: 09/13/2023 Date Last Modified: Sep 20 2023 11:01AM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Understanding and Creating a Swimlane Diagram

Part of a webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on understanding and creating the Swimlane Diagram to assist in process improvement efforts.

WebEx Date Added: 02/09/2024 Date Last Modified: Feb 9 2024 2:26PM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Understanding and Creating a Process Flow Map

Part of a webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on understanding and creating the Process Flow Map to assist in process improvement efforts.

Video Date Added: 12/20/2023 Date Last Modified: Dec 20 2023 2:38PM

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Quality Improvement Resources

This Public Health Foundation website provides resources and tools, including case studies and white papers, for implementing the quality improvement process.

Web link Date Added: 08/15/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 15 2023 9:40PM

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Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has developed a toolkit with resources to help create a quality improvement project.

Web link Date Added: 07/06/2017 Date Last Modified: Aug 15 2023 9:28PM

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An Orientation Guide for the New Quality Improvement Professional

This document from the Nebraska Hospital Association is an educational resource for individuals getting started as a quality improvement professional.

Adobe PDF Date Added: 09/18/2023 Date Last Modified: Sep 19 2023 11:27AM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Understanding and Creating a Histogram

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection strategies for quality improvement programs, this recording will review how to construct and interpret the results of the histogram.

Video Date Added: 09/18/2023 Date Last Modified: Sep 20 2023 11:00AM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Creating SMART Goals

Part of a webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on creating SMART goals for performance improvement projects.

Video Date Added: 11/15/2023 Date Last Modified: Dec 1 2023 12:46PM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Effective Use of the PDSA Cycle

Part of a TMF webinar series providing guidance in the use of performance and process quality improvement tools, this recording focuses on the effective use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle in improvement projects.

Video Date Added: 12/04/2023 Date Last Modified: Dec 4 2023 2:35PM

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Quality Improvement Workbook

This one-stop resource for interactive quality improvement activities and worksheets from Telligen will support your organization’s quality improvement journey

Web link Date Added: 06/29/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 15 2023 9:19PM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Understanding and Creating the Pie Chart

Part of a series of webinars on effective data collection and presentation strategies for quality improvement programs, this recording will review how to construct and analyze the results of the pie chart.

Video Date Added: 10/05/2023 Date Last Modified: Oct 5 2023 4:34PM

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Quality Improvement Basics

This QI Basics course from Stratis Health is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and tools to start quality improvement projects at their facilities.

Web link Date Added: 08/16/2023 Date Last Modified: Aug 16 2023 9:11AM

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Learning the Ropes of Health Care Quality Improvement: Understanding and Creating the Bar Chart

Video Date Added: 10/05/2023 Date Last Modified: Oct 5 2023 4:56PM

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Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response

This updated topic guide from Rural Health Information Hub shares resources and information to help rural communities address their emergency preparedness and response needs.

Web link Date Added: 01/25/2024 Date Last Modified: Jan 25 2024 3:10PM

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