You have recently finished a review of incidents that have been flagged in your ED. You have chosen a pertinent issue to tackle, formed a core group to work on the project, and formulated a SMART aim statement after reading our last HiQuiPs post. The median time for obtaining 12-lead ECGs is 13 minutes, while guidelines recommend less than 10 minutes.1 Your aim is to decrease the initial 12-lead ECG acquisition time by …
HiQuiPs: Preparation Part 1 – General Considerations for ED Quality Improvement Projects
You are in the middle of a busy night shift and you see a 73-year-old female with diffuse abdominal pain who is hemodynamically stable. You have a wide differential and order a CT scan to aid in the diagnosis as you begin empiric management. Three hours pass by and the CT has not been performed. This is the third time this week that this has happened. In light of this, you feel strongly …
HiQuiPs: Quality of Care and the ED
You have just finished a busy ED shift on a warm summer evening and feel that you have been able to help a lot of people today. You plan to visit a patio and relax as you have earned it! On your way out you overhear a patient and their family members saying that they came to this ED because they heard it was “the best”, and they would never go back to …
HiQuiPs (Quality Improvement)
Quality Improvement Quality of Care and the ED Preparation Part 1 – General Considerations for a QI Project in the ED Preparation Part 2 – Stakeholder Engagement and Behaviour Change Preparation Part 3 – Root Cause Analysis QI in the ED – Implementation Part 1. QI Implementation Methodologies QI in the ED – Implementation Part 2. Which Strategy to Choose: PDSA, Lean, or Six Sigma? Quality Improvement Projects and Patient Reported Measures …