Performance improvement projects

May/June 2015 Bulletin Board Packet

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Wed, 05/27/2015 - 13:46
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Format: Printed posters and pocket-sized cards on glossy card stock 

Size: Three 8.5” x 11” posters and three 4" x 6" cards

Intended audience: Frontline staff, managers and physicians

Best used: On bulletin boards in break rooms and other staff areas, and at UBT meetings for team discussion and brainstorming

Description: This packet contain useful materials for UBTs, such as:

The Seven Spreadly Sins

Submitted by tyra.l.ferlatte on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 13:29
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hank 43 seven spreadly sins

Find out how to avoid common pitfalls associated with sharing improvements.

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The Seven Spreadly Sins

Format:
PDF (color and black and white) or PowerPoint 

Size:
8.5" x 11" or 10 slides

Intended audience:
UBT consultants and team co-leads

Best used:
Inspire your team to steer clear of common pitfalls when it comes to spreading best practices—and learn positive steps to take to help ensure successful spread. Use the PowerPoint slides at your next meeting, and print the flier as a handout for participants.

 

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March/April 2015 Bulletin Board Packet

Submitted by Kellie Applen on Wed, 03/04/2015 - 16:01
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Format: Printed posters and pocket-sized cards on glossy card stock 

Size: Three 8.5” x 11” posters and three 4" x 6" cards

Intended audience: Frontline staff, managers and physicians

Best used: On bulletin boards in break rooms and other staff areas, and at UBT meetings for team discussion and brainstorming

Description: This packet contain useful materials for UBTs, such as:

Stepping Up to Total Health

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Maureen Fox, an RN and improvement adviser in the Northwest, shares the inspirational story of how she transformed her health—and her life.

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Maureen Fox, an RN and improvement adviser in the Northwest, shares the inspirational story of how she transformed her health—and her life.

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Handy Spreadsheet to Gauge UBT Savings

Submitted by Julie on Tue, 04/29/2014 - 17:40
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tool_UBT Financial Benefit Calculator

Use this spreadsheet to track the financial savings from your performance improvement projects.

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Handy Spreadsheet to Gauge UBT Savings

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XLS (spreadsheet)

Size:
1 page

Intended audience:
UBT co-leads or team members

Best used:
Use this spreadsheet to track and determine the economic benefits of your team's performance improvement projects—you can easily see the impact of your efforts on the bottom line.

Note: Entries are placeholders; delete them and add your own information.

 

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7 Tips for Tracking Savings From Team Projects

Submitted by cassandra.braun on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 16:51
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Wondering if your improvements have any dollar signs attached to them? Learn some tips for jump-starting your team's thinking about the financial benefits of performance improvement.

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7 Tips for Determining Projects' Financial Impact

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Unit-based team co-leads and members

Best used:
Post this tip sheet on a team bulletin board, or use it as a starting point to figure out how to determine the savings and/or cost-avoidance of performance improvement efforts.

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Sustaining Change Checklist

Submitted by Julie on Wed, 01/22/2014 - 16:15
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This checklist identifies factors that play an important role in helping teams sustain the changes of their performance improvement projects. Use these questions to spark discussion.

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Sustaing Change Checklist

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11" 

Intended audience:
Unit-based team co-leads and sponsors, UBT consultants

Best used:
Use this list of questions to generate discussion in your team before starting a test of change; these thought-provoking questions are from the British National Health Service’s Institute for Innovation and Improvement. 

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PICK Your Priorities

Submitted by tyra.l.ferlatte on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 13:52
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The PICK chart tool is used to help teams prioritize their performance improvement work.

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PICK helps teams prioritize performance improvement work.

Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11" 

Intended audience:
UBT sponsors, consultants and co-leads

Best used:
The tool helps determine which projects to focus energy on first—starting with work that has high impact and is relatively easy to do. Use the four categories to help a team set priorities.

 

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10 Tips for Performance Improvement in Partnership

Submitted by Paul Cohen on Tue, 11/05/2013 - 13:59
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KP has powerful tools for performance improvement. Unit-based teams have the ability to launch and sustain change. Here are 10 ways to bring together these unique tools, teams and techniques to better serve KP members and patients.

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10 Tips for Performance Improvement in Partnership

Format:
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Size: 
One page 

Intended audience:
Unit-based team co-leads, sponsors and consultants; performance improvement advisers; union partnership representatives

Best used: 
These tips can help you ensure your team utilizes all available performance improvement tools and techniques in partnership.

Related tools:
See a glossary of performance improvement terms

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Double Scramble: How We Improve

Submitted by tyra.l.ferlatte on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 18:24
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Use this word search to provide some variety in your next meeting.

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Double Scramble: How We Improve

Format:
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Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline workers, managers and physicans

Best used:
Use this crossword to provide meeting fun and reinforce Rapid Improvement Model concepts. 

 

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