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List of resources

The Health Quality Council prepared a list of provincial, national, and international quality improvement resources for people attending the HQC broadcast of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care on December 12 and 13, 2006.

 

To see the list of resources, click here.

 

Easy-to-Use Tools & Templates

 

Model for Improvement:

Overview

Creating an aim statement

Measurement for improvement

Where do change ideas come from?

Change concepts

Testing changes using PDSA cycles

PDSA form

 

Tools to analyse your current processes:

Understanding systems

Process mapping

Brainstorming

Focus Groups

Fishbone diagrams

5 whys

 

Quality Improvement Charter:

Worksheet

Glossary of terms

 

Building your QI team

Team size

Types of expertise

Involving patients

Engaging physicians

Matching team members to priority areas

Stages of team development

Effective meetings

Ten essential ingredients for successful teams

 

Managing change:

Diffusion of innovation

Reactions to change

Gauging readiness for change

Commitment mapping

Communications plan

Planning for sustainability

Planning for spread

 

 

Further resources on improving the quality of medication management

Click here for Safer Healthcare Now! medication reconciliation resources

Click here for information on the Medication Safety Self-Assessment© for Long-Term Care tool on the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada web site

Click here to visit the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation web site for resources on effective teamwork and interprofessional collaboration

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