Quality Improvement (QI) Education
Headlines This Edition
Building Quality Improvement Capacity • Clinical Innovator Career path articulated •Supporting development and implementation of an integrated quality curriculum across DoM •Creating Linkages between AHS quality management framework and DoM On Jan 28th, 2017 Dr Khalid Aziz held the first EPIQ Workshop to •18 attendees •Physicians (UAH, RAH, MIS) •Executive Directors(UAH and RAH) •Department of Medicine Administration leadership On March 3, 2017 held a 1.5hr EPIQ Overview session as part of the DoM Academic Learning Series
Featured Quality Improvement Project
Inappropriate Laboratory Ordering Dr Inka Toman , Dr Narmin Kassam and Pamela Mathura
On the University of Alberta Hospital General Internal Medicine units, CBC and basic chemistries account for more than 50% of all laboratory testing. Upon admission, CBC and basic chemistry are commonly ordered on a repeating daily basis. On UAH GIM Unit 5D2 there is no standard process for laboratory test ordering to be reviewed upon admission and during inpatient care. This process increases the number of inappropriate and over utilized laboratory tests which creates system-wide wastes, increases operational costs and negatively impacts patient experience. Goal: To decrease the total number of CBC, electrolytes, creatinine and urea tests ordered on UAH unit 5D2 by 10% during a one-month study period •Completed one plan do study act (PDSA) cycle (Jan to Mid Feb 2017) and starting will start the second PDSA in mid march 2017. Preliminary findings demonstrating successful impact •Presented at Choosing Wisely Canada-Feb 27, 2017