Quality Improvement in Healthcare Simplified Pedia Pain Focus

Understanding and proper utilization of QI in healthcare is essential for improved efficiency, safety, patient outcomes and ultimately satisfaction in a clinician's practice, but it can seem like a monumental task. Dr. Thomas Taghon demystifies the concepts of QI and shares how each of us can make it a routine part of our clinical care, that actually works FOR you!
Takeaways In This Episode:
The 6 dimensions of QI and what elements have particularly higher relevance in pain care
How you can standardize care where evidence base does not exist
What considerations must one take into account when setting up QI programs
Tricks to ensure a strong QI practice despite lack of a "fancy database" and high tech resources.
Personnel characteristic important to the success of your QI programs
Running a successful QI program, even if your team doesn’t have specific training in QI methodologies
Right sizing a QI team
Appropriate timing for introduction of QI training for healthcare professionals
 
Leveraging technology beyond databases for the success of your QI program
Number one and most important reason for you as a clinician to be excited about having a QI program 
Role of value based purchasing in healthcare
Barriers to effective QI programs and how to overcome them.
Links:
Quality Improvement-HRSA
Dr. Thomas Taghon
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement
QI Training Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Intermountain Healthcare Delivery
The Institute of Healthcare Improvement
Dayton Children's Hospital Intermediate Quality Improvement training course