Cath Lab Quality improvement programPresented by: Abdulrahman Al Quait

Quality improvement in healthcare

• What is Quality improvement? the combined and unceasing efforts of all healthcare professionals

to make the changes that will lead to better patient outcomes (health), better system performance (care) and better professional development(learning).

• How can it be achieved?Quality improvement programs.

How to establish a good quality program?

8- Write new policies

7- Check for improvements

6- Repeating steps 1 to 3

5- Establishing new quality improvement measures

4- Identifying areas for improvement

3- Data analysis

2- Data verification

1- Data collection

Examples from our Cath lab

Quality Programs1. Lab Utilization2. Staff Productivity

Tool

In house designed software for data collection

Examples from our cath lab

Example 1LAB UTILIZATION

Data Collection & Data Verification

Data Collection & Data Verification

Lab utilization

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Lab Utilization

Average Total Sessions Time Average Puncture Time Average Preparation Time Average Patient Transfer TimeAverage Procedure Time

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Puncture time by operator

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Average Puncture Time Per Physcian

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Cases Distribution During the Day

92%

8%

Cases Distribution During the Day

Total Number of Sessions Inside work-ing Hours

Total Number of Sessions Outside work-ing Hours

Examples from our cath lab

Example 2STAFF PRODUCTIVITY

Staff Productivity

Staff Productivity

Staff productivity

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