Accreditation Support

Achieving Accreditation and Re-Accreditation requires the engagement of everyone. We can help accelerate your journey to a culture of public health improvement. Contact us to receive custom Continual Quality Improvement, Workforce Development, and Performance Measurement help. 


"A big thank you to you for all your support in helping us reconstitute Quality Improvement across the department. From getting the QI Council and Steering Committee back on track to providing QI training and Greenbelt certification, your help made a huge difference in making sure we were ready for PHAB’s requirements. We really appreciate everything you’ve done—thank you so much!"

 

"Thank you for all your wonderful help and support throughout my time as the QI leader. You have both been so very helpful in many, many, many ways."

 

"I really enjoyed the Continual Impact training you led and appreciative of your feedback. Going to miss seeing you at our QI Council meetings!"

Utilize the strong bond between Vital Records / Health Statistics Accreditation and Continual quality improvement to understand, prioritize, decrease stress, and enjoy the accreditation journey. 

These 5 support packs can help:

A. CREATE STANDARD PROCEDURES
B. LEAD PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
C. CLOSE BIG GAPS
D. ENHANCE SECURITY
E. BUILD A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

A. CREATE STANDARD PROCEDURES

Accreditation requests ~60 standard procedures to be documented (in the 7 topics). You will learn how to create and document standard procedures to gain some immediate productivity; teams have gained up to 20% productivity/capacity. 

16-hour scope - You will learn:

1. Process mapping
2. Standard work instructions 
3. Procedure implementation process and 
4. Establish procedure document system and controls.

Then utilize processes and templates to Create the 1st procedure(s) together so that you and the team gain skills and ability to continue
creating more standard procedures.
More information on creating standard processes

B. LEAD PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

 Documented procedures not performing optimally needs improvement. 

You will learn how to lead/facilitate process improvement projects to accelerate process times and increase quality 20%-90%. 

16-hour scope: You will learn:
1. Skills to manage the improvement project cycle (process mapping, problem solving, std. work, installation) 
2. Define and establish measures
3. Help others embrace change
4. Active and effective communication skills. 

Then utilize processes and templates with coaching through completion of the 1st improvement project. 
More on Leading Process Improvement Projects

C. CLOSE BIG GAPS

Learning and utilizing advanced improvement processes helps close big gap and create big benefits; 40-80% improvement in quality and speed. 

Continuous Quality Improvement processes include: 
1. Improve process speed with the Kaizen process
2. Improve data quality by eliminating human error with Mistake Proofing process
3. Innovation process
4. Understand customer wants, needs vs. performance to prioritize changes with Quality functional deployment (QFD).
Kaizen Details Mistake Proofing Details Innovation Process Details

D. ENHANCE SECURITY

Make your systems, structure, and processes more safe, secure, and robust with documented standard procedures, utilizing the 12-hour Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) training and application of the process to identify failure points and solutions, conduct process ownership audits, and involve the team in ongoing improvements with a Continual Improvement System (CIS™).
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E. BUILD A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Accreditation and the culture of CQI involves everyone, everywhere, every day. Get help developing a workforce development plan, provide all team members CQI professional development, training, and templates including:

1. 8-hour Introduction to CQI: Seeing the Possible simulation course
2. 4-hour CI for everyone. Training can be customized to your specific needs, including Basic Statistics, Lessons Learned Method. 

These will increase engagement, individual problem solving, and more effective team problem solving and projects. 
Intro to CI Details CI for Everyone Details Lessons Learned Method Details