Objectives
1.Understand the importance of measurement in driving improvement
2.Introduce Patient Safety Metrics: a cloud-based tool for data collection and performance monitoring.
3.Demonstrate new auditing tools designed to reduce the burden of measurement
4.Outline the application of Patient Safety Metrics beyond Safer Healthcare Now!
Purpose of the Call:
Change is challenging and getting staff clinicians and physicians to participate in quality improvement initiatives is often a struggle. Understanding the clinical perspective and developing effective change strategies can help.
By the end of this session participants will:
•understand why it is often difficult to engage with clinicians and physicians
•learn how to assess their change strategies for adoptability
•gain experience with the Highly Adoptable Improvement Model and Toolkit
Watch the webinar http://bit.ly/1A0mxOR
Purpose of the Call:
•Recap of aggregated MedRec audit month data that identifies potential opportunities for improvement
•Review quality improvement concepts as it relates to measuring for quality improvement
•Hear how Horizon Health team (NB) is using their data to improve MedRec processes
•Receive a tutorial on how to access your MedRec Quality Score run charts in Patient Safety Metrics.
WATCH: http://bit.ly/1EVcREL
Objectives:
By the end of this call, you will be able to:
•Describe the processes of Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and Multi-Incident Analysis (MIA) and their role in quality improvement
•Compare and contrast the different approaches to collecting hospital-acquired VTE data
•Identify an approach suitable for improving patient safety at your institution
Purpose of the Call:
•Review the results of the Canadian MedRec Audit Month 2015
•Discuss lessons learned from the audit month – strengths and areas for improvement
•Gather ideas about how to improve the quality of MedRec at admission
On November 17, 2015 the ICU Collaborative Faculty held a National Call to determine the 2016 National Improvement Initiative. Two topics were presented: Dr. Yoanna Skrobik advocated on the side of Pain, Agitation and Delirium. Dr. Claudio Martin and Cathy Mawdsley advocated for working on End of Life Care. Callers voted at the end of the call and chose the new topic led by Dr. Skrobik: Managing “PAD” in your ICU patient: assessment, treatment and prevention.
Purpose of the Call:
•Provide an overview of the MARQUIS toolkit components, informed by medication reconciliation best practices, designed to help hospitals improve the quality of their medication reconciliation processes
•Preview the preliminary results of the MARQUIS study in order to understand the effects of a mentored quality improvement intervention on medication reconciliation errors
•Discuss lessons learned from study sites that have implemented the MARQUIS program and how they might be applied to Canadian hospitals, including an exploration of barriers to implementation and how to overcome them
•Make the case for provinces, health systems, and hospitals to invest in medication reconciliation quality improvement efforts, and why physicians need to play a major role in these efforts.
Watch the webinar: http://bit.ly/1ji1voq
Purpose of the Call:
Women's College Hospital is an academic ambulatory hospital. The speaker will share their hospital’s journey as they sought to implement best practices for medication reconciliation from other settings customized for the ambulatory environment.
Read more and watch the webinar recording: http://bit.ly/1sxHIUP
Changing practice through knowledge translation and implementation science.
Have you asked, told, taught and begged, but your hand hygiene results aren’t changing as quickly as you want? Changing practice is hard! Join CPSI on May 4th for an interactive webinar exploring the fundamentals of knowledge translation and the efforts of Public Health Ontario to change practice through this innovative science. We will also look at how you can impact patient and family hand hygiene efforts through the successful use of campaigns.
Purpose of the Call:
Change is challenging and getting staff clinicians and physicians to participate in quality improvement initiatives is often a struggle. Understanding the clinical perspective and developing effective change strategies can help.
By the end of this session participants will:
•understand why it is often difficult to engage with clinicians and physicians
•learn how to assess their change strategies for adoptability
•gain experience with the Highly Adoptable Improvement Model and Toolkit
Watch the webinar http://bit.ly/1A0mxOR
Purpose of the Call:
•Recap of aggregated MedRec audit month data that identifies potential opportunities for improvement
•Review quality improvement concepts as it relates to measuring for quality improvement
•Hear how Horizon Health team (NB) is using their data to improve MedRec processes
•Receive a tutorial on how to access your MedRec Quality Score run charts in Patient Safety Metrics.
WATCH: http://bit.ly/1EVcREL
Objectives:
By the end of this call, you will be able to:
•Describe the processes of Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) and Multi-Incident Analysis (MIA) and their role in quality improvement
•Compare and contrast the different approaches to collecting hospital-acquired VTE data
•Identify an approach suitable for improving patient safety at your institution
Purpose of the Call:
•Review the results of the Canadian MedRec Audit Month 2015
•Discuss lessons learned from the audit month – strengths and areas for improvement
•Gather ideas about how to improve the quality of MedRec at admission
On November 17, 2015 the ICU Collaborative Faculty held a National Call to determine the 2016 National Improvement Initiative. Two topics were presented: Dr. Yoanna Skrobik advocated on the side of Pain, Agitation and Delirium. Dr. Claudio Martin and Cathy Mawdsley advocated for working on End of Life Care. Callers voted at the end of the call and chose the new topic led by Dr. Skrobik: Managing “PAD” in your ICU patient: assessment, treatment and prevention.
Purpose of the Call:
•Provide an overview of the MARQUIS toolkit components, informed by medication reconciliation best practices, designed to help hospitals improve the quality of their medication reconciliation processes
•Preview the preliminary results of the MARQUIS study in order to understand the effects of a mentored quality improvement intervention on medication reconciliation errors
•Discuss lessons learned from study sites that have implemented the MARQUIS program and how they might be applied to Canadian hospitals, including an exploration of barriers to implementation and how to overcome them
•Make the case for provinces, health systems, and hospitals to invest in medication reconciliation quality improvement efforts, and why physicians need to play a major role in these efforts.
Watch the webinar: http://bit.ly/1ji1voq
Purpose of the Call:
Women's College Hospital is an academic ambulatory hospital. The speaker will share their hospital’s journey as they sought to implement best practices for medication reconciliation from other settings customized for the ambulatory environment.
Read more and watch the webinar recording: http://bit.ly/1sxHIUP
Changing practice through knowledge translation and implementation science.
Have you asked, told, taught and begged, but your hand hygiene results aren’t changing as quickly as you want? Changing practice is hard! Join CPSI on May 4th for an interactive webinar exploring the fundamentals of knowledge translation and the efforts of Public Health Ontario to change practice through this innovative science. We will also look at how you can impact patient and family hand hygiene efforts through the successful use of campaigns.
Purpose of the Call:
•Review the results of the Canadian MedRec Audit Month
•Discuss lessons learned from the audit month – strengths and areas for improvement
•Suggest future value of audits and audit tools for your organization
•Gather ideas about how to improve the quality of MedRec at admission
Watch the recorded webinar: http://bit.ly/19aUYbU
Learn about the new MedRec rebranding strategy and what it means for patients/consumers, and healthcare professionals
2.What’s new with ‘5 Questions to Ask About Your Medications’
3.Hear how organizations are using ‘5 Questions to Ask About Your Medications’ to engage patients and consumers
What do the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) in the United States, and the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto have in common? All three organizations have seen the benefits to patient safety when implementing the evidence-based teamwork and communication framework, TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools for Effective Performance and Patient Safety).
Full details: https://goo.gl/8Y2PHc
Purpose of the Call:
Review the results of the National VTE audit day
Discuss lessons learned from the audit day – strengths and areas for improvement
Suggest future value of audits and audit tools for your organization
Gather ideas for future steps for implementation of VTE prophylaxis
Click the link below for more information and to watch the recorded webinar.
http://bit.ly/12QiAf5
Objective
1.Understand how building a coordinated cross sectoral team impacts the patient experience during transitions.
2.Learn how hospital, case managers, nursing home and pharmacy came together to change the Medication Reconciliation process resulting in reduced polypharmacy and hospital visits due to medication adverse effects.
3.Recognize the impact of BOOMR (BARRIE COORDINATED CROSS SECTORAL MEDICATION RECONCILIATION) on system efficiencies, inter-professional communication and resident, family and staff satisfaction.
4.Learn about a new tool designed for patients to help engage them and their health care providers in a conversation about their medications.
WATCH: http://bit.ly/1Q3MGp8
Purpose of the call:
To learn about:
•successful strategies and approaches to engage patients and caregivers in MedRec,
•how teams effectively dialogue with patients and their caregivers on the benefits of having an accurate medication list, and
•the development of paper and electronic tools and resources created for patients and their caregivers to create and maintain their medication lists.
Watch the webinar http://bit.ly/1fnE61V
How the CIHI – CPSI collaborative on hospital harm can support patient safety initiatives in your organization
Most patients in Canadian hospitals experience safe care, but when harm happens there is a significant impact on patients, families, the healthcare team, and the health system in general. Until now, there hasn't been a standard approach to measuring and monitoring harm experienced by patients in hospital.
1.To discuss:
•strategies to engage physicians in medication reconciliation
•the benefits of medication reconciliation from the perspective of physicians
•physician roles in the medication reconciliation process
2.To provide an opportunity for teams to discuss their MedRec questions and challenges with a panel of physicians
Purpose of the Call:
By the end of this webinar you will: •Hear about the changes to the MedRec in Home Care GSK
•Hear about the broader home care concepts as it relates to MedRec
•Receive practical tips and insights from the field
Discover more about how the West of England AHSN is putting innovation at the heart of healthcare, improving patient outcomes and generating wealth for economic growth.
This presentation was used for the Ryan White Part B Quality Management Committee to support more effective recruitment of patients for quality management activities
EHR Safety - Identifying and Mitigating Health IT-related Risks (Webinar Slides)Modern Healthcare
About the Webinar
The federal government has spent tens of billions of dollars getting providers to install EHR systems-all in the hopes of making care more efficient, safe and cost-effective. But EHRs can introduce their own safety risks, whether from confusing displays, excessive alerts or a range of other factors. This hourlong webinar will explore where we are now on health IT-related safety and what you can do to mitigate hazards in your own organization.
You can learn more about this event:
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150908/WEBINAR/309099998/webinar-ehr-safety-identifying-and-mitigating-health-it-related-risks
Early benefits and impacts of Electronic Patient Record implementation: Findings from the UK. Presented by Steven Shaha, Center for Policy & Public Administration, UK, at HINZ 2014, 11 November 2014, 12pm, Marlborough Room 3
Understanding how the Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework can form board understanding and help align strategic and operational approach to patient safety.
Full details: https://goo.gl/XyqTQA
In this presentation from the Beryl Institute's 2016 Patient Experience Conference, Edwards-Elmhurst Healthcare’s ED Chair and Patient Experience Director detail how they are leveraging technology to follow up with ED Patients and the exceptional results they’ve enjoyed.
Have you ever wanted to learn more about human factors in health care and it’s impact on patient safety? Well now is the time. Join us on Oct. 4th at noon ET as Dr. Kathy Momtahan and Dr. Gianni D’Egidio explore the work of the Canadian Human Factors in Healthcare Network and recent human factors evaluations of hospital external defibrillators.
Purpose of the Call:
•Review the results of the Canadian MedRec Audit Month
•Discuss lessons learned from the audit month – strengths and areas for improvement
•Suggest future value of audits and audit tools for your organization
•Gather ideas about how to improve the quality of MedRec at admission
Watch the recorded webinar: http://bit.ly/19aUYbU
Learn about the new MedRec rebranding strategy and what it means for patients/consumers, and healthcare professionals
2.What’s new with ‘5 Questions to Ask About Your Medications’
3.Hear how organizations are using ‘5 Questions to Ask About Your Medications’ to engage patients and consumers
What do the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) in the United States, and the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto have in common? All three organizations have seen the benefits to patient safety when implementing the evidence-based teamwork and communication framework, TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools for Effective Performance and Patient Safety).
Full details: https://goo.gl/8Y2PHc
Purpose of the Call:
Review the results of the National VTE audit day
Discuss lessons learned from the audit day – strengths and areas for improvement
Suggest future value of audits and audit tools for your organization
Gather ideas for future steps for implementation of VTE prophylaxis
Click the link below for more information and to watch the recorded webinar.
http://bit.ly/12QiAf5
Objective
1.Understand how building a coordinated cross sectoral team impacts the patient experience during transitions.
2.Learn how hospital, case managers, nursing home and pharmacy came together to change the Medication Reconciliation process resulting in reduced polypharmacy and hospital visits due to medication adverse effects.
3.Recognize the impact of BOOMR (BARRIE COORDINATED CROSS SECTORAL MEDICATION RECONCILIATION) on system efficiencies, inter-professional communication and resident, family and staff satisfaction.
4.Learn about a new tool designed for patients to help engage them and their health care providers in a conversation about their medications.
WATCH: http://bit.ly/1Q3MGp8
Purpose of the call:
To learn about:
•successful strategies and approaches to engage patients and caregivers in MedRec,
•how teams effectively dialogue with patients and their caregivers on the benefits of having an accurate medication list, and
•the development of paper and electronic tools and resources created for patients and their caregivers to create and maintain their medication lists.
Watch the webinar http://bit.ly/1fnE61V
How the CIHI – CPSI collaborative on hospital harm can support patient safety initiatives in your organization
Most patients in Canadian hospitals experience safe care, but when harm happens there is a significant impact on patients, families, the healthcare team, and the health system in general. Until now, there hasn't been a standard approach to measuring and monitoring harm experienced by patients in hospital.
1.To discuss:
•strategies to engage physicians in medication reconciliation
•the benefits of medication reconciliation from the perspective of physicians
•physician roles in the medication reconciliation process
2.To provide an opportunity for teams to discuss their MedRec questions and challenges with a panel of physicians
Purpose of the Call:
By the end of this webinar you will: •Hear about the changes to the MedRec in Home Care GSK
•Hear about the broader home care concepts as it relates to MedRec
•Receive practical tips and insights from the field
Discover more about how the West of England AHSN is putting innovation at the heart of healthcare, improving patient outcomes and generating wealth for economic growth.
This presentation was used for the Ryan White Part B Quality Management Committee to support more effective recruitment of patients for quality management activities
EHR Safety - Identifying and Mitigating Health IT-related Risks (Webinar Slides)Modern Healthcare
About the Webinar
The federal government has spent tens of billions of dollars getting providers to install EHR systems-all in the hopes of making care more efficient, safe and cost-effective. But EHRs can introduce their own safety risks, whether from confusing displays, excessive alerts or a range of other factors. This hourlong webinar will explore where we are now on health IT-related safety and what you can do to mitigate hazards in your own organization.
You can learn more about this event:
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150908/WEBINAR/309099998/webinar-ehr-safety-identifying-and-mitigating-health-it-related-risks
Early benefits and impacts of Electronic Patient Record implementation: Findings from the UK. Presented by Steven Shaha, Center for Policy & Public Administration, UK, at HINZ 2014, 11 November 2014, 12pm, Marlborough Room 3
Understanding how the Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework can form board understanding and help align strategic and operational approach to patient safety.
Full details: https://goo.gl/XyqTQA
In this presentation from the Beryl Institute's 2016 Patient Experience Conference, Edwards-Elmhurst Healthcare’s ED Chair and Patient Experience Director detail how they are leveraging technology to follow up with ED Patients and the exceptional results they’ve enjoyed.
Have you ever wanted to learn more about human factors in health care and it’s impact on patient safety? Well now is the time. Join us on Oct. 4th at noon ET as Dr. Kathy Momtahan and Dr. Gianni D’Egidio explore the work of the Canadian Human Factors in Healthcare Network and recent human factors evaluations of hospital external defibrillators.
Safety Score Improvement Plan Scoring Guide Grading RubricCr.docxanhlodge
Safety Score Improvement Plan Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished
Identify a patient safety issue. Does not identify a patient safety
issue.
Identifies patient safety concerns in general,
but does not identify a specific issue.
Identifies a patient safety issue. Identifies a patient safety issue and explains why the
issue is a primary concern for nursing.
Describe the influence of nursing
leadership in driving needed changes.
Does not describe the influence of
nursing leadership in driving the
needed changes.
Describes the influence of nursing leadership in
general terms but does not describe how
nursing leadership can drive change.
Describes the influence of
nursing leadership in driving the
needed changes.
Describes the influence of nursing leadership as a
driving force for changes that affect patient safety
and quality outcomes, and provides a specific
example of driving a needed change.
Apply systems thinking to explain how
current policies and procedures may
affect a safety issue.
Does not apply systems thinking to
explain how current policies and
procedures may affect a safety
issue.
Identifies leadership and structure responsible
for current policies and procedures, but does
not apply systems thinking to explain the
connection to patient safety.
Applies systems thinking to
explain how current policies and
procedures may affect a safety
issue.
Applies systems thinking to explain how current
policies and procedures may affect a safety issue,
and includes a discussion of how staff could monitor
systems and implement safeguards.
Explain a strategy to collect
information about the safety concern.
Does not explain a strategy to
collect information about the safety
concern.
Identifies several strategies to collect
information about the safety concern, but does
not explain one strategy.
Explains a strategy to collect
information about the safety
concern.
Explains a strategy to collect information about the
safety concern and how it could be implemented,
and identifies possible obstacles to obtaining
information.
Recommend an evidence-based strategy
to improve the safety issue.
Does not recommend an evidence-
based strategy to improve the
safety issue.
Describes strategies for improving a safety
issue, but does not indicate if it is evidence
based.
Recommends an evidence-based
strategy to improve the safety
issue.
Recommends an evidence-based strategy to improve
the safety issue, and identifies potential limitations
of the strategy.
Explain a plan to implement a
recommendation and monitor
outcomes.
Does not explain a plan to
implement a recommendation and
monitor outcomes.
Makes a recommendation, but does not explain
how it will be implemented.
Explains a plan to implement a
recommendation and monitor
outcomes.
Explains a plan to implement a recommendation and
monitor outcomes, and specifies quality indicators
and.
Tools developed to help match capacity and demand for patient care. Presented by Julie Robinson, Bay of Plenty DHB and Angela Neil, NZ Nurses Organisation, at HINZ 2014, 12 November 2014, 12pm, Marlborough Room 3
NHS Improving Quality held a webinar about basic service improvement tools and techniques for strategic clinical network and mental health teams with little or no service improvement experience. The aim was to raise awareness and gauge future training needs.
A system based on continual learning: a guide to using measurement for improvement - Phil Duncan, Patient Safety Collaborative Lead, NHS Improving Quality and Ian Chappell, Improvement Manager, NHS Improving Quality
Presentation from the Patient Safety Collaborative launch event held in London on 14 October 2014
More information at http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/improvement-programmes/patient-safety/patient-safety-collaboratives.aspx
If you want to learn more about how and why Saskatchewan is using Lean in health care, join us for this introductory session. During the Quality Summit, you will hear about various Lean tools, concepts and principles, and this session will serve as a quick primer for you, covering some “lean essentials” to enhance your Summit experience!
Automated, Standardized Reporting of Patient Safety and Quality Measures to E...Edgewater
Edgewater and UPenn presented on "Moving from Volume to Value Based Care" at The World Congress 10th Annual Healthcare Quality Congress, August 2-3, 2012.
Evaluation Quick Tricks and Easy Tools for Nonprofits4Good.org
Non-profits leaders are responsible for attracting, retaining, and growing the financial, human, and capital resources required to deliver programs and work towards satisfying the mission. Often this work is done with lean staff and budgets. Although leaders understand the importance of performance and outcome evaluation, they often lack the staff, resources, time, and expertise to fully utilize these efforts. This interactive workshop will explore five easy and effective elements of evaluation. These strategies and tools are inexpensive and simple to implement. Participants will learn how to effectively capture and use data and information to achieve desired results. An overview of specific methods for measuring your mission and transforming results into powerful communication tools will be presented.
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As patients and families impacted by harm, we imagine progressive approaches in responding to patient safety incidents – focused on restoring health and repairing trust.
We can change how we respond to healthcare harm by shifting the focus away from what happened, towards who has been affected and in what way. This is your opportunity to hear about innovative approaches in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States that appreciate these human impacts.
This interactive webinar is hosted by Patients for Patient Safety Canada, the patient-led program of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Canadian arm of the World Health Organization Patients for Patient Safety Global Network.
This interactive webinar is part of the world tour series designed by the World Health Organization's Patients for Patient Safety (PFPS) Global Network and hosted by Patients for Patient Safety Canada, the patient-led program of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, a WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety and Patient Engagement.
The goal of this virtual discussion is to explore practical solutions for keeping seniors safe. The ideas are drawn from real life experiences noting how COVID-19 impacted seniors, their loved ones as well as healthcare workers and leaders.
The focus of the discussion is on identifying safety risks together with practical solutions for seniors who live at home, in residences and long-term care facilities.
After hearing the perspectives of patients, providers and leaders from Indigenous communities on how they perceive safety and what solutions are/ can be implemented, we will leave the session with at least one practical idea for engaging all patients, families and/or the public in improving patient safety.
Healthcare providers and leaders will address three types of silences in healthcare: organizational silence, patient-related silence, and provider to provider silence.
Read More: www.conquersilence.ca
Healthcare providers and leaders will address three types of silences in healthcare: organizational silence, patient-related silence, and provider to provider silence.
Read More: www.conquersilence.ca
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) is the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) is the implementation of patient-focused, standardized, evidencefocused, standardized, evidencefocused, standardized, evidencefocused, standardized, evidencefocused, standardized, evidencefocused, standardized, evidence-based, interdisciplinary perioperative guidelines.
Learn more about Enhanced Recovery Canada:
http://ow.ly/hR3j30jsnjR
Dr. Dee Mangin, Professor of Family Medicine and the Associate Chair and Director, Research, at McMaster University, will join practicing pharmacist, and Vice President, Pharmacy Affairs, Sandra Hanna of the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada to discuss medication risks, deprescribing and the dangers of polypharmacy in this one hour webinar. Learn more at www.asklistentalk.ca
Joshua Myers, Terry Brock - Fraser Health (BC) - We Want to Hear from You: Fraser Health Real-Time Experience Survey
Leading organizations in Canada invite, listen and act on feedback from patients in their care to improve the safety and quality of care. Explore the three award-winning practices linked below then join us in a conversation to learn more about each approach and reflect on how you may apply it in your organization. This webinar promises practical ideas to help you engage patients in making care safer.
Leading organizations in Canada invite, listen and act on feedback from patients in their care to improve the safety and quality of care. Explore the three award-winning practices linked below then join us in a conversation to learn more about each approach and reflect on how you may apply it in your organization. This webinar promises practical ideas to help you engage patients in making care safer.
Cathy Masuda, Leslie Louie - BC Children's Hospital, an Agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority -Patient's View: Engaging Patients and Families in Patient Safety Incident Reporting
Leading organizations in Canada invite, listen and act on feedback from patients in their care to improve the safety and quality of care. Explore the three award-winning practices linked below then join us in a conversation to learn more about each approach and reflect on how you may apply it in your organization. This webinar promises practical ideas to help you engage patients in making care safer.
Alberta Health Services: Family Volunteers or Advisors Gathering Real-time Patient Experiences
Leading organizations in Canada invite, listen and act on feedback from patients in their care to improve the safety and quality of care. Explore the three award-winning practices linked below then join us in a conversation to learn more about each approach and reflect on how you may apply it in your organization. This webinar promises practical ideas to help you engage patients in making care safer.
This final webinar will emphasise the importance of understanding the problem before brainstorming solutions to better ensure a match between barriers and the solutions.
MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/2KctiLH
The fourth webinar picks-up directly from the third session, focusing on the next key step to inform implementation initiatives: identifying barriers and enablers to implementation.
READ MORE: http://bit.ly/2kIxtQo
The fifth webinar continues the momentum of the series as it focuses on providing concrete approaches for identifying barriers and enablers, emphasising behaviour change approaches.
READ MORE: http://bit.ly/2LOwbj0
Please join CPSI as we conclude our Human Factors webinar series with our final presentation Collaborative "Spaces" and Health Information Technology Design
Professor Benedetta Allegranzi,World Health Organisation
Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi is a specialist in infectious diseases, tropical medicine, infection prevention and control and hospital epidemiology. She currently works at the World Health Organization HQ (Service Delivery and Safety department), leading the "Clean Care is Safer Care" programme. Since 2013, Dr Allegranzi has gathered the title of professor of infectious diseases in the official Italian professorship list and is adjunct professor attached to the Institute of Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. She closely collaborates with the team at the IPC and WHO Collaborating Center on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals (Geneva, Switzerland), as well as with the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, John Hopkins University, (Baltimore, USA) for clinical research projects. She is currently involved in the leadership on the WHO Ebola Response in the field of IPC and supervises IPC activities in Sierra Leone and Guinea. She has experience in clinical management of infectious diseases and tropical medicine, and clinical research in healthcare settings in both developing and developed countries. She has thorough skills and experience in training and education.
She is also the author or coauthor of more than 150 scientific publications, including articles published in high-profile medical journal such as the Lancet, Lancet Infectious Diseases, New England Journal of Medicine and the WHO Bulletin, and six book chapters.
Lori Moore joined GOJO Industries in 2013 as a Clinical Application Specialist. In this position, she provided leadership and support to healthcare organizations as they implemented electronic compliance monitoring (ECM) to more accurately measure hand hygiene performance. She has been a trusted partner to hospital key stakeholders in the development, design and implementation of hand hygiene improvement efforts. Areas of expertise include root cause analysis with targeted solutions, just-in-time coaching and ECM software data analytics. In January 2017, she transitioned to the position of Clinical Educator for Healthcare.
She began her professional career in healthcare in 2010 as a registered nurse in the medical intensive care unit at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (where she continues to work on the weekends). Her passion for patient safety and quality of care sparked her interest in infection prevention, and she worked as an infection preventionist prior to joining GOJO.
Lori has a well-rounded academic background which includes a Bachelor’s of Arts in Management from Malone College, a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Akron, and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Akron. She is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety, and the American Medical Writers Association. She has also earned the credential of Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS).
The third interactive webinar in the series builds on the second session by focusing on the question: once we have evidence to justify implementing a new patient safety initiative, what next?
Flu Vaccine Alert in Bangalore Karnatakaaddon Scans
As flu season approaches, health officials in Bangalore, Karnataka, are urging residents to get their flu vaccinations. The seasonal flu, while common, can lead to severe health complications, particularly for vulnerable populations such as young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions.
Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
Stay informed, stay safe, and get your flu shot today!
- Video recording of this lecture in English language: https://youtu.be/lK81BzxMqdo
- Video recording of this lecture in Arabic language: https://youtu.be/Ve4P0COk9OI
- Link to download the book free: https://nephrotube.blogspot.com/p/nephrotube-nephrology-books.html
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These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
Pulmonary Thromboembolism - etilogy, types, medical- Surgical and nursing man...VarunMahajani
Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
NVBDCP.pptx Nation vector borne disease control programSapna Thakur
NVBDCP was launched in 2003-2004 . Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
New Drug Discovery and Development .....NEHA GUPTA
The "New Drug Discovery and Development" process involves the identification, design, testing, and manufacturing of novel pharmaceutical compounds with the aim of introducing new and improved treatments for various medical conditions. This comprehensive endeavor encompasses various stages, including target identification, preclinical studies, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and post-market surveillance. It involves multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists, researchers, clinicians, regulatory experts, and pharmaceutical companies to bring innovative therapies to market and address unmet medical needs.
Using measurement to drive improvement: New tools to help you succeed
1. Using measurement to drive improvement:
New tools to help you succeed
Alexandru Titeu and Virginia Flintoft
CPSI Central Measurement Team
March 13, 2013
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4. Today’s Presenters
Dr. Peter Norton Virginia Flintoft Alexandru Titeu
Helène Riverin Anne MacLaurin
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5. Objectives
• Understand the importance of measurement in
driving improvement – Dr. Peter Norton
• Introduce Patient Safety Metrics: a cloud-based
tool for data collection and performance
monitoring.
• Demonstrate new data collection forms
designed to reduce the burden of measurement
• Outline the application of Patient Safety
Metrics beyond Safer Healthcare Now!
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6. Measurement
Peter Norton
Emeritus Professor of Family medicine
University of Calgary
March 2013
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7. What are we doing?
Fact Solution
Gaps in Improve
quality processes
and and
safety systems
Individually, locally, Individually, locally,
regionally and nationally regionally and nationally
How will we know if we are moving forward?
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8. The simple answer....
'If you cannot MEASURE Lord Kelvin, International
Electrotechnical Commission’s
it, you cannot first President (1906)
IMPROVE it'.
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9. Why measure?
• How we know a change is an improvement
• Measurement is only a handmaiden to
improvement, but improvement cannot act
without it
• In our work measurement is not for the
purposes of judgment
• Rather it is for purposes of learning
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11. Leadership
support and
involvement
Skills
Board - quality improvement
commitment - Change management
Local champion(s) - Team dynamics
and empowered
local teams Goal
Improvement and
Safety
Organization
Culture
-Learning
Measurement
-Quality and safety
• Communication -Change
• Put patient at center Adequate
• Appreciate local and facility human and
context financial
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12. But measurement is complex…
Measurement for Turn around Accuracy Level
time
Reseach Long Very Project
Accountability Matched as far as Moderate Unit/facility/regi
possible to on
management
cycle
Improvement Quick - small Good enough Unit on specific
changes that processes/cases
cummulate
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13. In healthcare we use measurements for…
Judgment judge us against performance targets - you can
use measures to judge and manage your own
progress
Diagnosis to understand the process, to see if there is a
problem and how big it is
Improvement a few specific measures, linked to the your aims,
demonstrate whether the changes are making
improvements
Sustainability ensure the changes and the improved outcomes
are maintained and are part of everyday practice
Spread specific measures to demonstrate the extent to
which learning and change principles for
improvement have been adopted
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14. Data Sources
• Surveys
patients
providers
staff
• Patient record
• Direct observation
• Administrative data
• Primary collection
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15. Graph Data
• Makes more sense to most
• We can see more things
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17. Example
• A clinical improvement team was formed in a
gyne clinic
• An identified goal was to reduce inappropriate
ordering of FSH testing for women 40-44 years
old. (FSH stands for “follicle stimulating
hormone,” which is sometimes used to
determine the onset of menopause.)
• The lab reported the total number of FSH tests
performed each month
• Guidelines were issued in October (Observation
12)
• Were they effective?
Davis Balestracci
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18. Run chart
Don’t draw
the regression
line!!
R2 = 0.39
p = 0.003
It would imply
that 0 would be
obtained at
month 42
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20. Stages of Facing Reality:
“To live divided no more”
• “The data are wrong”
• “The data are right, but it’s not a problem”
• “The data are right; it is a problem; but it is
not my problem.”
• “I accept the burden of improvement”
D. Berwick
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21. Why are results questioned?
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and
statistics.
Benjamin Disraeli
• Avoid Measurement Bias
• Define what you are counting – everyone should
understand and be able to get the same answer
• Make it systematic
• Analyze & display the results properly
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24. History: CPSI and Measurement
• All CPSI’s performance data arises from it’s
flagship program, Safer Healthcare Now!
• SHN began collecting improvement data from
enrolled healthcare sites in 2006
• All performance data is collected and stored by
the Central Measurement Team at the
University of Toronto.
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25. “It is not acceptable for …[healthcare
facilities] to make blanket statements
about providing high-quality care
without backing it up with proof.”
Dr. Jack Kitts, President & CEO The Ottawa Hospital
Metrics for Healthcare: The Leader’s Role.
CMAJ, Feb.2010
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26. Three types of Improvement Measures
• Outcome
– Indicates if the organization has successfully achieved the primary
outcome of the project
– Example: Reduced Healthcare-Associated Infections
• Process
– Indicates if the team has successfully made the desired changes in a
targeted process e.g.,
• Are the parts/steps in the system performing as planned?
• Are key changes being implemented in the system?
– Example: Percent appropriate hand hygiene practices
• Balancing
– looks at the system from different directions
– indicate if other parts of the system have been disrupted by the
changes (adverse effects).
– Example: Percent staff reporting skin breakdown?
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27. Process measures
• "Process measures give employees the
knowledge and motivation to succeed"
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28. Why Plot Data Over Time
• To generate support for your efforts.
• To promote spread to other parts of your
organization
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29. Why Use a Run Chart?
Case 1
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Made
Change
Changes are not
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Delay Time (Hrs)
8
6 adapted over
4
2 time.
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Weeks
Before and After Test
(Change Made Between Week 7 & Week 8) Summary statistics
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hide information
(i.e. patterns,
9 8
8
Delay Times (Hrs)
7
6
5
outliers).
4 3
3
2
1
0
Bef ore Chance (measure point on week 4) Af ter Change (measure point on Week 11)
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30. Value in process measures
• Safer Healthcare Now! has over 8 years experience in
developing and guiding organization on process
measures to guide improvement work. We serve the
front line providers
• Strengthen the use of process measures across the
country
• Link CIHI outcome data to SHN process measures
• Create process measures and outcome data to support
Accreditation Canada’s ROP’s.
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32. Patient Safety Metrics
Features:
• Cloud-based data collection and reporting tool
• User friendly and simple to navigate
• Accessible from website with login details
• Tracks >100 process and outcome measures over 14
interventions
• Provides real time reporting.
• Reduces burden of data collection, entry and analysis
• Capacity to customize measures and reports
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33. Worksheets vs Data Collection Forms
• Measurement Worksheets
– Aggregate data - monthly
– Numerator and Denominator
• Data Collection Forms
– Patient-level data (de-identified) - daily
– Multiple data elements
– Print form Collect data Fax form
– Automatic roll-up to Measurement Worksheets
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34. Potential applications of the system
PS Metrics can be used to support:
• Small and Large Scale Improvement Initiatives
– Roll Up or Drill Down Reports [e.g. Unit Site
Program Corporation Region Province Node
National]
– Produce automated run charts
• Reporting for accountability
– Possible to customize indicators to meet provincial,
regional and local reporting needs
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35. “…The system is great and teams are more
connected with their own data…”
Dawn Hallohan, Performance Measurement Coordinator
Cape Breton Regional Health Authority, NS
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36. PS Metrics
Live demonstration of PS Metrics
https://shn.med.utoronto.ca/metrics-test/Login.aspx
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37. Thank you … Questions?
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