Quality improvement is about improving processes and systems to ensure improved patient experience and outcomes. This allows for standardisation, shared learning and working staff to achieve improvement. It involves identifying areas for improvement and following the improvement cycle of plan-do-study-act and implementing change. This allows for investigation of what may work but links to the implementation of science frameworks as we merge the two areas to ensure quality improvement is achievable and sustainable. 

Postpartum Haemorrhage Quality Improvement Initiative

• The NPEC MOH audit showed that there are good practices being followed in our 19 maternity hospitals/units however, standardising these practices and learning from one another will provide an opportunity for all clinical staff and inform training requirements.

• Following recommendations from the NPEC and the Irish Maternity Indicator System (IMIS) and the State Claims Agency (SCA) a joint venture between the NWIHP and the NPEC developed the PPH quality improvement initiative. (PPHQII)

Learn more about this national quality improvement initiative.