Quality Improvement Review
Quality Improvement Review
Students, faculty and staff across TTUHSC are engaging in Quality Improvement (QI) projects that involve the systematic collection and analysis of data implementation of interventions to improve the quality of clinical care and/or educational programs. The Quality Improvement Review Board (QIRB) was established to promote the safe and efficient conduct of QI initiatives while also protecting the persons (patients, students, or employees) who are participants in QI interventions. A formal review process for QI projects will ensure a) data collection and involvement of humans associated with the QI project indeed meet QI standards; and b) the project does not require Institutional Review Board (IRB) review and oversight.
Contact:
Toni Denison, MS, CPHQ
Director of Quality Improvement Review
(806) 743-4276
QIRB@ttuhsc.edu
QIRB APPLICATION:
- QIRB Application for QI Projects
- Non-QI Project Questionnaire: Use for non-QI projects such as Program Evaluations
PROJECT RESOURCES:
- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is the premiere resource for Quality Improvement. You can find free training, educational videos, templates, and many other valuable resources.
- Link to IHI Family of Measures video: An 8 minute video that explains the three types of measures used in the Model for Improvement: Outcome, Process, and Balancing measures. (content was not made by TTUHSC)
- IRB or QIRB Review: Use this Self-Determination tool for guidance in determining whether your project requires IRB or QIRB review. (the title is the link)
- Exemplar Project Applications: These two project examples have been provided to show examples of very well written, real-life quality improvement project applications submitted by TTUHSC students.
- QI vs. Research Chart
- Tools and Resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Quality Improvement Tools from Australia’s Clinical Excellence Commission
- Ethical Requirements for the Protection of Human Participants in QI Activities: This chart is from: "The Hastings Report on the Ethics of Quality Improvement Studies"
PUBLICATION RESOURCES:
- SQUIRE 2.0 Guidelines: Many journals require you to submit manuscripts based on these guidelines.
- QI Journals: A list of journals that publish work related to quality improvement.
Many journals allow multiple types of projects to be published. Check author guidelines and skim through the journal to see if QI projects were published.
POLICY:
BOARD MEMBERS:
| Cindy Acton, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (Chairperson) | MSN Administration Program Director | Lubbock | cindy.acton@ttuhsc.edu |
| Michael Blanton, PhD | Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience | Lubbock | michael.blanton@ttuhsc.edu |
| Summer Davies, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics | Lubbock | summer.davies@ttuhsc.edu |
| Jeff Dennis, PhD | Associate Professor, Department of Public Health | Lubbock | Jeff.dennis@ttuhsc.edu |
| Whitney Haugland, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CEN, CPEN | Director, 24-Hour Urgent Care, University Medical Center | Lubbock | Whitney.Haugland@ttuhsc.edu |
| Babatunde Jinadu, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics | Odessa | babatunde.jinadu@ttuhsc.edu |
| Misty Miller, DPT | Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy | Amarillo | misty.miller@ttuhsc.edu |
| Steven Pass, PharmD | Professor, Pharmacy Practice | Dallas | steven.pass@ttuhsc.edu |
| Lacy Phillips, DNP, RN, CPHQ | Director, Performance Improvement | Lubbock | lacy.phillips@ttuhsc.edu |
| Fiona Prabhu, MD | Director of Community Engagement, Dept. of Family Medicine Medical Director, The Free Clinic |
Lubbock | fiona.prabhu@ttuhsc.edu |