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
Director of Quality Improvement Review
(806) 743-4276
QIRB@ttuhsc.edu
APPLICATION:
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 here.
QI vs. Research Comparison Example
Link to"The Hastings Report on the Ethics of Quality Improvement Studies"
POLICY:
BOARD MEMBERS:
| Cindy Acton, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (Chairperson) | MSN Administraton Program Director | Lubbock | cindy.acton@ttuhsc.edu |
| Michael Blanton, PhD | Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience | Lubbock | michael.blanton@ttuhsc.edu |
| Theresa Byrd, RN, Dr.PH | Department Chair, Department of Public Health | Lubbock | theresa.byrd@ttuhsc.edu |
| Lara Johnson, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics | Lubbock | lara.johnson@ttuhsc.edu |
| Joyce Miller, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC | Associate Professor, School of Nursing Administration | Odessa | joyce.miller@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 |