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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

A Primer for Assessing Your Clinical Practice Using Quality Improvement

Monday, October 2, 2023
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: 202A

    Moderator(s)

  • Sarah N. Bowe, MD, EdM

    Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Defense Health Agency - San Antonio Market
    San Antonio, TX, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Christina J. Yang, MD

    Associate Professor
    Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Bronx, NY, United States

  • Nausheen Jamal, MD

    Harry Carothers Wiess Professor & Chair of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
    University of Texas Medical Branch, John Sealy School of Medicine
    Galveston, TX, United States

  • Brooke M. Su-Velez, MD, MPH

    Pediatric Otolaryngologist
    CHOC Children's Health
    Orange, CA, United States

Disclosure(s):
Sarah N. Bowe, MD, EdM: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Christina J. Yang, MD: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Nausheen Jamal, MD: No relevant relationships to disclose.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: To build sufficient capability and capacity in quality improvement (QI), otolaryngology providers must be proficient in its key principles, yet it can be difficult to obtain training due to time and resource constraints. This panel presentation will provide a high-intensity introduction to QI, including methods for 1) identifying and targeting an improvement effort, 2) performing process analysis, and 3) displaying and analyzing data. During the session, audience members can begin working through a QI initiative with guidance from presenters and will be given handouts and resources to take back to their clinical practice.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: describe the necessary components for a successful quality improvement initiative

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: develop and select an aim statement, measures, and change concepts to drive improvement work

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: understand both run and control charts and interpret each for common cause and special cause variation

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Otolaryngologists are not routinely taught how to diagnose and treat systems in health care. After this session, participants will be equipped to develop and implement targeted quality improvement efforts specific to their own clinical practice.