Research or QI?
Adds to generalizable knowledge (e.g., knowledge that can be applied in any context.)
What is research?
LEAN, Six Sigma, and the Model for Improvement.
What are three major QI methodologies?
These are global and SMART.
What are QI aims.
Giving providers an educational session on asthma controllers and measuring the number of asthma patients prescribed a controller on hospital discharge before and after the session is an example of this.
What is research?
A chart that looks like a sea creature and is used to identify all of the factors affecting the thing you're trying to improve.
What is a fishbone diagram? (Ishikawa diagram)
In QI, indicators tell you whether a change is THIS.
What is an improvement?
Continuously monitoring the rate of controller prescriptions among discharged asthma patients and iteratively testing change ideas to increase it is an example of this.
What is QI?
The chart that identifies factors you can change to lead to the improvement you wish to see.
What is a driver diagram?
The three types of QI measures are outcome measures, process measures and THIS.
What are balancing measures?
Conducting follow-up phone calls to see if patients are consistently using their asthma action plans.
What is a trick question!!
Could be either, depending on the specific study design.
This phase of a PDSA cycle will include identifying the problem, mapping a process, choosing a change idea and planning your data indicators.
What is the "plan" phase?
This is established using at least the first 3-5 measurements of your indicator (e.g., your first 5 weeks of data).
What is a baseline?