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More Quality Improvement tools

Here you will find other handy tools to guide you through your QI project.

1. Problem definition and diagnoses

  • Read about Spaghetti Diagrams
  • Read about Root-Cause Analysis
  • Read about Force Field Analysis
  • Read about Fishbone Diagram
  • Read about Understanding data (Pareto Chart, SPC, Frequency Plots)
  • Read about Reviewing the Evidence and Benchmarking

2. Planning and Testing of Change Ideas

  • Read about Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge
  • Read about What is Systems Thinking?
  • Read about Lean
  • Read about Six Sigma
  • Read about Theory of Constraints
  • Read about Demand and Capacity
  • Read about Generating Ideas and Creative Thinking
  • Read about Experience Based Co-Design

3. Data Collection and Analysis

  • Read about Run Charts
  • Read about SPC Charts
  • Read about Return on Investment

4. Implementation

  • Read about Leading Improvement
  • Read about Human Elements of Change
  • Read about Project Management
  • Toolkits and resources
  • Quality Improvement (QI) tools
    • What is Quality Improvement?
    • The Habits of an Improver
    • Topic Scoping and Research
    • Understanding Variation
    • Process Mapping
    • The ‘Five Whys’ Analysis
    • Designing Reliable Processes
    • Driver Diagram
    • Model for Improvement / PDSA
    • Measurement for Improvement
    • Understanding Data
    • Patient & Staff Experience Data
    • Evaluation for a QI project
    • Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
    • Theory of constraints
    • Evaluation
    • Sustainability
    • What is Human Factors?
    • Safety Culture
    • Large-scale Change
    • Spread and Diffusion
    • More Quality Improvement tools
      • Force Field Analysis
      • Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge
      • Spaghetti Diagram
      • Root-Cause Analysis
      • Fishbone Diagram
      • Understanding Data
      • Reviewing the Evidence and Benchmarking
      • Lean and Six Sigma
      • Theory of Constraints
      • Leading Improvement
      • Human Elements of Change
      • What is Systems Thinking?
      • Run Charts
      • Project Management
      • Statistical Process Control (SPC) Charts
      • Return on Investment (ROI)
      • Lean
      • Six Sigma
      • Generating Ideas & Creative Thinking
      • Demand & Capacity
      • Experience Based Co-design
  • Guide to making a QI poster
  • Reports
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