The Baptist Quality Institute Courses

OUR VISION AND OPERATING PHILOSOPHY
Baptist Health System Quality Improvement service offers system, Multidisciplinary education/support. The service includes design, delivery, evaluation and consultation in order to maintain the quality culture of a highly skilled technical and professional workforce, achieve System goals and regulatory compliance. Quality Improvement is committed to personal and professional growth through continuous and shared learning for ourselves and others. Through cost effective and innovation activities quality improvement supports and promotes the System goals, community benefit, superior clinical care, customer value, and financial strength through self empowerment and competence throughout the system. The operating philosophy of Quality Improvement is to assist the Baptist Health System realize its full potential by providing information, resources, education, and quality improvement opportunities

QUALITY INSTITUTE COURSES

  • TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
    This course provides the learner with knowledge of tools and techniques to be used in Process Improvement activities by teams using the VALUE methodology. Practical healthcare applications with interaction between the class participants. Topics include:
    • (1) What is the VALUE matrix and how do you use it
    • (2) How to measure and define your process
    • (3) How to listen to your customers
    • (4)How to get lasting results.

  • TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
    This course provides the learner with knowledge of tools and techniques to be used in Process Improvement activities by teams using the VALUE methodology. Practical healthcare applications with interaction between the class participants. Topics include:
    • (1) What is the VALUE matrix and how do you use it
    • (2) How to measure and define your process
    • (3) How to listen to your customers
    • (4)How to get lasting results.

  • ADVANCED TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
    Advanced level of quality improvement tools and techniques including tools for decision making and statistical data analysis. Topics include:
    • (1) Types of Data (Variable and Attribute)
    • (2) Seven Types of Control Charts
    • 3) Understanding Variability.

  • FAST TRACKING TEAMS
    The objective of this course is to learn how to decrease the time teams spend on process improvement and still achieve results and maintain member's motivation and energy. Topics include:
    • (1) How to work with the VALUE Matrix
    • (2) What prework needs to be done
    • (3) What is the role of each member, leader and facilitator.

  • LEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS
    This course will focus on identification of key risk issues in health care with strategies for avoiding and or defending malpractice claims, legal principles involved in medical malpractice litigation, and examples of litigation involving health care providers. Topics Include:
    • (1) Common areas of nursing liability
    • (2) Common charting errors to avoid
    • (3) Failure to monitor or implement safety measures
    • (4) Consent issues.

  • CONDUCTING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS FOR SENTINEL EVENTS
    This course will include an overview of what JCAHO defines as a sentinel event, and pertinent examples and case studies. The participants will also learn the characteristics of a credible root cause analysis. Topics include:
    • (1) Evolution of JCAHO's Sentinel Event Policy
    • (2) Most Recent Revisions to the JCAHO Policy
    • (3) The BHS Sentinel Event Policy
    • (4) Conducting a Root Cause Analysis


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