Yes, IRB, it's QI.
In the most basic definition of QI, unlike research, it does not add to this.
What is generalizable knowledge?
The name of a QI method developed by the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) and used widely in medicine.
What is the Model for Improvement?
Measuring how many newly-diagnosed asthma patients are prescribed a controller on hospital discharge and reporting it as a descriptive study is an example of this.
What is research?
A chart that looks like a sea creature and is used to identify all of the inputs and factors affecting the thing you're trying to improve.
A fishbone diagram.
Monitoring monthly how many new asthma patients are prescribed a controller on hospital discharge and then testing change ideas to see whether they increase the rate is an example of this.
What is QI?
The chart that identifies the factors you can change, to lead to the improvement you wish to see.
What is a driver diagram?
Change in your indicator and time.
What are the axes on a run chart (or control chart)?