HiQuiPs explores resident education on quality improvement, and describes major components that underline QI education in the field

The final installment 4-part series on patient safety fundamentals with the University Health Network!

Part 3 of our 4-part series on patient safety fundamentals with the University Health Network!

Part 2 of our 4-part series on patient safety fundamentals with the University Health Network!

Authors: Ahmed Taher, Joseph Choi You are attending your first Quality Committee meeting in your ED. The team is discussing a project...

Author: Ahmed Taher Welcome to another HiQuiPs post, where we discuss the concept of variability and its relation to QI processes. You...

Authors: Samuel Vaillancourt, Ahmed Taher You are about to start a Quality Improvement (QI) project in your ED. You have noted that...

Authors: Cori Atlin, Ahmed Taher, Shawn Mondoux, Lucas Chartier PDSA, Lean, and Six Sigma are three different frameworks that can be part...

Authors: Ahmed Taher, Shawn Mondoux, Lucas Chartier In this two-part series, we will take a deeper dive into several QI conceptual...

An introduction to key terms and concepts within health informatics.

An outline of the key aspects of a virtual care program, including intake, triage, and the physician encounter.

An introduction to virtual care.

Author: Camilla Parpia, Samuel Vaillancourt You are getting handover at the beginning of a shift in the emergency department (ED) and...

An introduction to electronic health records and their basic functional components.

An introduction to computerized physician order entry systems and how they can help prevent adverse drug events.

Author: Shawn Mondoux You are a Registered Nurse (RN) attending your local ED monthly rounds where a journal club is being held...

Check out part one of our new series on patient safety in the ED with a special emphasis on systems approaches!

Authors: Ahmed Taher, Lucas Chartier You are attending your monthly ED business meeting. There has been a recent effort to decrease the...

Check out the second part of our series on patient safety in the ED with a special emphasis on the systems-based patient safety paradigm

Authors: Matthew Hacker Teper, Shawn Mondoux, Ahmed Taher You are planning to conduct a quality improvement project and your project...