12th Global Forum

IQIC Programme

12th Global Forum

IQIC Programme

The International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC) for Congenital Heart Disease .

 

International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQCI) for Congenital Heart Disease: Improving Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2018
12:00 – 13:30Luncheon – IQIC Steering Committee
13:30 – 16:00Mitera Hospital Conference Hall

IQIC Virtual Quality Improvement Course Launch

This course is offered to all IQCI participating sites.
Educational resources and mentorship will be provided for each team member to complete a required quality improvement project. There will be an opportunity to present this project virtually or in-person during the 12th Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine in Cardiology and cardiac surgery, to be held in Athens, Greece.
The course will be divided into four modules over 6-7 months. Each module will consist of two or three lectures. There will be deliverables for each lecture that will be completed by each course participant. This online longitudinal course will provide detailed education on topics such as: Quality Improvement versus Research, Areas for Improvement, Developing and Leading Quality Improvement Teams, The Model for Improvement, Quality Improvement Tools and Data Collection, Data Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Learning Loops, Presenting and Publishing Quality Improvement Work.
The course will be overseen by quality improvement experts and course coordinators including: Physician Leaders: Dr. Kathy Jenkins (Boston Children’s Hospital) and Jeffrey Anderson (Cincinatti Children’s Hospital), Nursing leaders: Mary McLellan (Boston Children’s Hosptal and Sarah Lovern (Children’s HeartLink) and Course Coordinators Kate Dorherty and Andi Goodman (Boston Children’s Hospital).
Please e-mail IQIC at internationalQI@childrens.harvard.edu with any questions. 

14:00 – 14:15Introduction to IQIC Quality Improvement Course
14:15 – 14:30Introduction to Quality Improvement
14:30 – 14:45Building a QI Team
14:45 – 15:00QI Initiatives: Examples and Reality
15:00 – 15:20Coffee Break
15:20 – 15.55Breakout Session
15:55 – 16:00Discussion and Wrap-Up

IQIC Cardiac Catheterization Database – Quality Improvement

Discussion

Chair: Kathy Jenkins, Boston, MA, USA

FRIDAY APRIL 13, 2018
18:00 – 20:00Hotel Civitel Olimpia
SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2018
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11:00 – 12:30
Mitera Hospital Conference Hall
11:00 – 11:30 The IQIC cardiac Catheterization database – Quality Improvement
Dr. Babar Hasan, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
11:30 – 12:00 Accelerate improvements in health outcomes for patients with pediatric and congenital heart disease by uniting and aligning networks, organizations, and stakeholders across the field to advance research and improvement efforts through collaboration.
Dr. Jeffrey B. Anderson, Chief Quality Officer, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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