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Focused topics in prison health 9 th Nov - FMF2013, Vancouver Practice Improvement in Prison

Focused topics in prison health 9 th Nov - FMF2013, Vancouver Practice Improvement in Prison. Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH. Practice Improvement Projects (PIP). Medical students and FP residency programs – required component? For internal use, quality improvement –> no REB needed

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Focused topics in prison health 9 th Nov - FMF2013, Vancouver Practice Improvement in Prison

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  1. Focused topics in prison health9th Nov - FMF2013, VancouverPractice Improvement in Prison Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH

  2. Practice Improvement Projects (PIP) Medical students and FP residency programs – required component? For internal use, quality improvement –> no REB needed Collaboration with HCP team! Traditional approach - steps involved: • Identify problem/question • Search the literature for ‘best’ standard of care • Create data table – pull random charts – extract data of interest • Descriptive statistics –> frequencies (%)

  3. Cont’d • Discuss findings with HCP team • Brainstorm suggested improvement(s) • Implement improvement • After time interval, repeat data gathering and frequencies – determine if improvement?

  4. Practice Improvement Resourceshttp://research.familymed.ubc.ca/research-resources/ • Pan-Canadian Primary Health Care Indicators • PDSA (plan-do-study-act) cycles of quality improvement • The King’s Fund • Institute for Healthcare Improvement • Academy of Family Physicians Family Practice Management Tool Box • Quality in family practice, Book of tools (2010).Carol Levitt & Linda Hilts • Cornerstone Preparation Guide • Aiming for Excellence - download now www.healthaudit.co.nz/audit_areas/general_practice • Improving Chronic Illness Care • Clinical Microsystemssee’Workbooks > Outpatient Primary Care’, and ‘Action Guides’ • Quality Improvement Toolkit (Health Quality Council, Sask).This document describes some of the theory behind and the tools used in quality improvement. QI tools and templates can be found online.

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