Getting Started

• Assemble the team
• Examine the current approach
• Identify potential solutions
• Develop an improvement theory

• Selecting Quality Improvement Team Members - Compare skills and characteristics of potential quality improvement team members in order to select the most successful team
• Team Process Review Checklist - Cover the essential items that need to be in place for launching a team
• Team Charter - Create the initial direction a team needs to be successful, reducing confusion and lack of clarity
• Top 10 Problems Encountered By Quality Improvement Teams - Determine a set of common challenges that QI teams face and how these can be overcome
• How to Avoid the Most Common Pitfalls in Planning PDSA Cycles - Read about three common pitfalls identifed by the National Institute for Children's Health Quality and how to avoid them.

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