Programs
Building Capacity for Change
Measurement of QI

Overview

The Measurement of QI program is a two-day workshop to advance mastery of essential concepts, tools, and techniques of healthcare measurement for improvement. 

Objectives

  • Develop a theory of system improvement that will integrate outcome measures, key process measures, and balancing measures into an efficient measurement strategy.
  • Create a measurement plan, including operational definitions, data collection methods, reporting, and training.
  • Understand key concepts such as population, stratification, sampling methods.
  • Use the distinction between common and special cause variation to identify successful process changes and to avoid common misinterpretations of the data.

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