Tag: Quality Improvement
Introduction of a midwifery screening tool to identify and refer women with Fear of Birth before 24 weeks of pregnancy
Women with significant fear of birth need psychological support throughout pregnancy. Currently, these women are not being identified for referral until late into pregnancy.
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Do you need that COAG?
Reducing the amount of coagulation samples sent from the emergency department.
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QI coaches develop your ‘learning muscles’
Some of you will have heard me speak of Bill Lucas and Hadjer Nacer’s work on developing the QI...
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Save it, Don’t waste it!
Author: Elizabeth Oakley-Hannibal
Improving the time bloods leave the neonatal unit while reducing the wastage of precious samples…
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Will I leave work on time today?
Authors: Dr Hajera Sheikh, Nicola Davey, Dr Emma Parish
Doctors rarely leave work on time. They frequently stay beyond the end of their shift; to complete clinical work, documentation, and other reasons…
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WOW! WE’VE FLIPPED IT!
At the Quality Improvement Clinic we aim to support people to approach change in a different way than they might have before…
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Seen and not heard! A QI project to enhance young people’s voices in their own care
Authors: A M Taylor, A Okereafor, E Parish, G Hann, N Davey
Young people don’t always share problems if parents/carers are present. Ideas on enhancing young people’s voices in their own care.
Navigating the pack ice to keep our patients safe and well
As winter sets in we brace ourselves for the extra challenge that this brings and hope that it doesn’t hem us in, crush us or divert us from our longer term goals.
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3minuteQI Video
3minuteQI – Quality Improvement in bitesized pieces – ‘On the go’ – via smart phone, tablet or laptop.
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Self improvement – a change within your reach!
Like all robust methods of learning to implement lasting change it takes a good amount of practice and some inevitable failures.
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