At this point, you have tested change ideas through your PDSA cycles and determined which were successful. Now you will formally implement these changes into practice in your unit or department, and once implemented, you will spread the change to other units or departments.
Key activities include:
- Formalizing and standardizing the changes, and documenting the new processes
- Communicating the new processes widely among staff
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Generating buy-in by sharing the improvement story and the impact on patients and staff
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Using your measurement plan to monitor adoption and improvement
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Collecting data and displaying it visually using run charts and control charts to understand variations in performance
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Creating a spread plan
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Using your measurement plan to monitor adoption and improvement