Activity Session – Improving Screening Rates Through a Quality Improvement Approach (Tuesday, May 13th and May 20th, 2025)

Program Information

When: Tuesdays, May 13 and May 20 Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm Eastern / 11:00 - 12:00pm Pacific

Join CHCI for a two-part hands-on activity session exploring quality improvement in team-based care through the lens of breast cancer screenings. Participants will explore each stage of the improvement process, with a focus on enhancing screening rates, using tools like process maps, fishbone diagrams, and PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycles. A quality improvement workbook will be provided, equipping participants with actionable strategies to drive meaningful improvements in patient care.

For more information, please contact Bianca Flowers.

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Acknowledgement of Support

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $550,000 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.

Target Audience

This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:

  • Dental
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physicians' Assistants
  • Psychologists and Counselors
  • Registered Dieticians
  • Social Workers
  • Other members of the team

Learning Objectives

The objective of this activity is to provide free T/TA to FQHCs in the following priority areas:

Part 1:

  • Understand quality improvement (QI) principles
  • Discuss the importance of actionable data
  • Enhance meeting facilitation skills for effective QI-focused meetings
  • Explore a global aim statement using UDS data and practical tools to support screening improvements

Part 2

  • Understand quality improvement (QI) principles
  • Review a process map and fishbone diagram
  • Identify effective solutions and change ideas
  • Discuss a clear and specific aim statement
  • Explore PDSA cycles

Additional Information

AttachmentSize
PDF icon Improving Screening Rates Through a Quality Improvement Approach Part 1.pdf3.01 MB
PDF icon Activity Session - Quality Improvement Workbook 2024-2025.pdf1.56 MB
PDF icon Improving Screening Rates Through a Quality Improvement Approach: Part 23.84 MB
Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Participation Hour(s)
    You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
Activity opens: 
08/22/2024
Activity expires: 
05/30/2025
Part of: 
NTTAP Webinar Series 2024-2025

About our Faculty

The NTTAP Webinar Series 2024-2025 features speakers with subject matter expertise in areas aligned to the series' overarching aim. Faculty members have expertise in areas such as fundamentals of comprehensive care, HIV prevention, preparedness for emergencies and environmental impacts on health, advancing health equity, clinical workforce students and trainees, team-based care, and health profession education/training programs. See the individual sessions for information on faculty speakers and their areas of interest. 

Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.

Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.

Speaker(s)

Deborah Ward, RN QI Consultant

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. and its Weitzman Institute is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.   

By completing this activity, you provide Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. the permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).

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Please note that continuing education credit requirements differ by state, jurisdiction, and licensing agency. It is your responsibility to confirm if your licensing/credentialing agency will accept the credits offered by this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Participation Hour(s)
    You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
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Required Hardware/Software

  • This online activity requires use of a device connected to the Internet, such as a computer tablet or mobile device.