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More information is available in the ´óÏóÊÓƵQuality Indicatorsâ„¢ Fact Sheet.

Improving quality of care in the inpatient setting requires a solid foundation of skills to manage organizational change, communicate effectively within and across divisions, generate usable information, and identify and implement appropriate changes in clinical care delivery.

The QI Toolkit is designed to help hospitals refine these skills and to serve as a how-to guide through the improvement process, from the first stage of self-assessment to the final stage of ongoing monitoring.

New in the 2016 Update of the ´óÏóÊÓƵQI Toolkit

• Updated content to partially address the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10, including updated documentation and coding practices.
• Guidance that can be used to improve pediatric quality in hospitals using the PDIs or other quality measures.
• A new presentation template for engaging staff in improvement efforts.
• Case studies of two hospitals that have successfully used the QI Toolkit.

The QI Toolkit supports improvement of the ´óÏóÊÓƵQIs as well as other hospital quality measures.  The tools are practical and designed to meet the needs of hospital leadership and quality improvement teams. Individual tools are grouped into the following six steps A through F, followed by a general resources section:

1. Assessing Readiness To Change. Includes: fact sheets on the QIs, a board presentation template, a survey to self-assess readiness to change, and case studies of QI Toolkit users.
2. Applying QIs to Your Hospital’s Data. Includes: software instructions to calculate the QI rates and tips for coding and documentation.
3. Identifying Priorities for Quality Improvement. Includes: a prioritization worksheet, an example of a completed worksheet, and a presentation template aimed at engaging staff in the improvement process.
4. Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies To Improve Clinical Care. Includes: 25 indicator-specific best practices, a project charter, a gap analysis, and an implementation plan.
5. Monitoring Progress and Sustainability of Improvements. Includes: a guide to support staff in tracking trends and monitoring progress for sustainable improvement.
6. Analyzing Return on Investment. Includes: a step-by-step method for calculating the return on investment for an intervention implemented to improve performance on an ´óÏóÊÓƵQI, and a case study of return on investment calculated by a hospital.
7. Other Quality Improvement Resources. Includes: an annotated list of related quality improvement guides and tools.

The QI Toolkit serves as an "inventory" from which hospitals can select those tools that are most appropriate for their current quality improvement priorities and capabilities.  Each of the tools is—by design—adaptable to the needs of an individual hospital.

Download the QI Toolkit

The tables below list all of the resources available in the QI Toolkit. You can download the tools one at a time or altogether in a PDF or ZIP file.

• To download the entire QI Toolkit, use this file [ PDF -11.35 MB]
• To download sections of the toolkit, use this file [ Zipped - 17.11 MB]

Note: PDF files are accessible.

Section A: Assessing Readiness To Change

Section B: Applying QIs to Your Hospital's Data

Section C: Identifying Priorities for Quality Improvement

Section D: Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies To Improve Clinical Care

Please note that the D.3 tool no longer exists, but we have kept the existing numbering for the remaining tools.

Section E: Monitoring Progress and Sustainability of Improvements

Section F: Analyzing Return on Investment

Section G: Other Quality Improvement Resources