Quality Improvement Program

Steps to Quality Improvement Worksheets (A-L) - Use the worksheets to establish the QI committee and committee processes.  Follow the worksheets in alphabetical order and by the time you have filled in the last worksheet, you wil have completed your first quality improvement project.

Recommended Pain QI Questions - These six questions represent significant issues in the overall pain management program.  These questions can be used to initiative a straightforward but comprehensive QI program for pain management.

Institutional Commitment to Pain Management - This document acknowledges the many factors that make pain assessment and management in the long-term care setting challenging.  It details the Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative that has developed a process that can guide an organization through the development of a pain management program.