Section: Module 7: Using Quality Improvement Methods and Tools to Improve Patient Safety | Patient Safety | NextGenU.org

  • Learning Outcomes:

    By the end of this Module, you should be able to:

    • Explain basic principles of quality improvement including use of measures.
    • Elaborate quality improvement methods namely, basics of Clinical Practice Improvement (CPI), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
    • Describe tools that are commonly used in quality improvement efforts: flowcharts, cause and effect diagrams (also known as Ishikawa or fishbone diagrams), Pareto charts, and run charts.