Quality Improvement Resources
Below is a collection of resources for understanding, conducting and presenting quality improvement efforts. For more assistance, please contact the DOM Quality & Patient Safety Manager at heather.hallman@cuanschutz.edu.
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - IHI Fellowship, IHI Open School
- DOM - Leaders in Informatics, Quality & Systems Fellowship (LInQS)
- Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety & Efficiency (IHQSE) - Certificate Training Program, Improvement Academy
- Office of Graduate Medical Education & IHQSE - Quality Safety Academy
- To determine if your project meets criteria for quality improvement designation, view the QI v. Research v. Program Evaluation comparisons
- You can submit your QI project to COMIRB to determine if it qualifies for expedited/exempt review
- Here’s a presentation given by Catherine Sutherland (Assistant Director of COMIRB) on the types of IRB approval and where QI fits in
- American Society for Quality (ASQ) - Six Sigma Yellow/Green Belt training
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - Certified Professional in Patient Safety
- National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) - Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) - Become a Fellow of the ACHE
- REDCap
- CU Office of Information Technology - Microsoft Forms, Qualtrics, Formstack
- Survey Monkey
- Health Data Compass
- Center for Innovation and Design (CIDA)
- CU Office of Information Technology - Purchase/download statistical software (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R)
- LinkedIn Learning - Software tutorials
Toolkits:
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – QI Essentials Toolkit (Free)
- American Society for Quality (ASQ) – Quality Tools A to Z (Free)
- MindTools – Quality Toolkit (Requires sign-up fee)
Organization & Presentation (all require sign-up fees):