Wolff - Quality Education Series 2021 (QES) Session 4 - 11.10.21
Maintaining the Gains - How to Interpret Data to Advance Quality Improvement
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Physician
Physician Assistant
Learning Objectives
- Understand the data collection process
- Identify process and outcome measures for a determined project
- Display project data to indicate need for improvement
- Understand the difference between Lean and Six Sigma
- Implement the DMAIC framework to structure large projects
- Conduct a project using the A3 methodology
Agenda
9:00 – 9:02 Welcome
9:02 – 10:00 Understanding Data - Jacob Hodges, MBA, Senior Statistician
10:00 – 10:15 Medication Reconciliation Project
10:15 – 11:15 Six Sigma - Christopher Mensah, MBA, BSIE, CSSBB, PMP, CPHQ, Improvement Specialist
11:15 – 11:25 Project Sharing
11:25 – 11:30 Next Steps
Jacob Hodges, MBA, Senior Statistician
Christopher Mensah, MBA, BSIE, CSSBB, PMP, CPHQ, Improvement Specialist
Faculty Disclosure
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
Accreditation and credit designation
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.5 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 2.50 Patient Safety/Risk Management
- 2.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 2.50 Attendance