Article 2 of 3: Diabetes QI Primer Series Determining Root Causes and Designing Change Ideas in a Quality Improvement Project

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2019Source: Canadian Journal of DiabetesAuthor(s): Ilana Halperin, Julie A. Gilmour, Phillip Segal, Lori Sutton, Rene Wong, Leigh Caplan, Dana Whitham, Geetha MukerjiAbstractIn this second article of our diabetes quality improvement (QI) primer series, readers will become familiar with various diagnostic tools used to understand the root causes of a quality problem. We will discuss change concepts, and specific change ideas will be developed to match the root causes. We will review the application of a plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle from the Model for Improvement QI framework to test one change idea and measure for the intended improvements.
Source: Canadian Journal of Diabetes - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research