In recent years, the importance of quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) has become evident in healthcare in general, and in emergency medicine in particular. Though this is increasingly widely acknowledged, there is still a paucity of guiding resources as to how healthcare providers can obtain the knowledge and skills to initiate meaningful change. In order to help foster the development of QIPS, the following Resource Centre was created to guide training in the science of QIPS.
Introduction to Quality Improvement
- What is quality improvement
- What is quality in health care
- Differentiating Quality Improvement and Clinical Epidemiology
Foundational Knowledge and More
- Quality improvement primer
- Health Informatics, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (HiQuiPs)
Tools
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) QIPS toolkits
- Health Quality Ontario Quality Improvement Guide
Teaching Quality Improvement