Quality Improvement Project Toolkit

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This toolkit contains information to assist newborn screening partners with starting a new quality improvement (QI) project using continuous quality improvement (CQI) principles.

As part of this toolkit, the Starting a Quality Improvement course contains lessons on identifying improvement opportunities, creating a strong aim statement and using the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to iteratively test changes.

Access the course here: Starting a Quality Improvement Project

Introduction

The Quality Improvement (QI) Subcommittee, established in 2019, actively guides and supports NewSTEPs Quality Improvement activities. Our mission is to assist newborn screening (NBS) programs in utilizing evidence-based quality improvement methodologies to enhance system performance and quality, develop replicable and sustainable models for NBS quality improvement initiatives, and ultimately improve health outcomes for newborns with a positive screen.

The subcommittee has developed various resources, including this Starting a Quality Improvement Project toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help the newborn screening community learn and apply Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) methods effectively. It provides structured modules and practical tools to support quality improvement efforts.

Starting a Quality Improvement Project

The Starting a Quality Improvement course is an online, interactive, on-demand course to equip the newborn screening community with the skills to implement CQI methods. The modular course allows users to access specific sections for just-in-time learning. Each section of this toolkit corresponds to lessons in the course.

Sections

Section 1

How to Identify an Improvement Opportunity

Section 2

Developing a Problem and Aim Statement

Section 3

Utility of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Model

Quality Improvement Project Toolkit

Introduction

Starting a Quality Improvement Project

Sections

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

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