3. What is QI?
Quality Improvement/Assurance (QI/QA) is a
systematic, data-guided activity designed to bring
about immediate improvement in health care,
education or other service delivery in a local
setting.
Ann Intern Med 2007;146:666-73.
22. Permission to publish
• Define publication as an objective
• Meet with institutional leadership
▫ What will be published?
▫ What measures will be published?
▫ Will negative results be published?
• Secure written permission to publish
27. SQUIRE Guidelines
• Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence
• www.squire-statement.org
• Framework for reporting QI projects
▫ Published in 2008
▫ Required by many journals that publish QI
28. SQUIRE Guidelines - Introduction
• Background knowledge
• Local problem
• Intended improvement
• Study question(s)
29. SQUIRE Guidelines - Methods
• Ethical issues
• Setting
• Planning the intervention
• Planning the study of the intervention
• Methods of evaluation
• Analysis
42. Protocol Development Assistance
• SIU Center for Clinical Research
• Vice Chair for Research & Scholarship
▫ Dr Jakoby
• SIU Healthcare Quality & Safety
▫ Dr Sattovia
43. SIU Center for Clinical Research
• Administration & Financial Management
• Clinical Research Operations
• Population Health Science
• Research & Development
• Statistics
48. IRB approval
• Many journals require approval for publication
• Visit SCHRIS website and submit the
“Determination of Human Subject Research”
form
• Submit the appropriate SCHRIS application
49. Types of IRB application
• Full application
• Expedited
▫ Identifiable data, no or minimal risk to subject
• Exempt
▫ Anonymous data, no risk to subject
50. Types of IRB application
• Full application
• Expedited
• Exempt Most QI Projects
61. Writing your article
• Choose journal
• Read and understand submission criteria
▫ SQUIRE
▫ IRB
• Write article
62. Areas for careful attention
• Methods
▫ Setting
▫ Measures
▫ Analysis
• Discussion
▫ Limitations (generalizability)
63.
64. Summary
• QI projects are publishable as research
• Publishing QI can be challenging
• QI Publication requires careful planning
▫ IRB
▫ Generalizability