Quality Improvement Resources

Rapid Cycle Improvement: educational tools

• Rapid Cycle Improvement Process Information

This presentation was developed by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Organization of New Jersey, Inc. (PRONJ). The views and opinions of the originators expressed therein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the ESRD Network of Texas, Inc. or any agency or entities thereof.

• Rapid Cycle Quality Improvement

Recommended Quality Management

• Program Criteria and Standards
• Program Checklist

When a quality management committee can identifies possible quality issue the team can review and complete this questionnaire to help expedite the project and define the teams strategies.

• Quality Improvement Project Orientation Questionnaire

Quality Improvement teams can use this form to document and track activities.

• Quality Improvement Project Action Plan and Tracking Forms
• Quality Improvement Project Action Plan Reporting Form

Quality management committee can use this Excel spreadsheet to tabulate causes of death and monitor for trends (Designed to allow adding or deletions to meet facility needs.)

• Mortality Reporting and Trending Worksheet

Core Indicators

Excel spreadsheet that allows for reporting of monthly facility hemodialysis and peritoneal core indicator outcomes and trends

• Hemodialysis Patient Core Indicators Reporting and Trending Worksheet
• Peritoneal Dialysis Patient Core Indicators Reporting and Trending Worksheet

Quality management committee can use this form to perform individual patients deaths review.

• Individual Patient Death Review Form

Adverse Patient Occurrence Tracking Worksheets

Quality management committee can use this Excel spreadsheet to tabulate adverse patient occurrences or clinical variances and monitor for trends. (Designed to allow adding or deletions to meet facility needs.)

• Hemodialysis
• Peritoneal dialysis

Page Updated/Reviewed on 10/18/07

Related Information

• Assorted Vascular Access Professional and Patient Resources