A two-day residential training on Quality Improvement (QI) for health facilities on the CHAG CRIB project has opened in Sunyani Today. The training forms part of the FCDO funded project to build capacity of institutions on Quality Improvement.
Opening the day, Dr James Duah, deputy executive director of CHAG, tasked all participants to participate fully in order to build the necessary capacity which will reflect in the level of care and patronage at their respective facilities adding that if services are improve it benefits not just the people that patronizes it but also staff of the same hospital who unknowingly may fall victim to it.
Participating in the training includes head of faciltiy and clinical staffs selected from the 40 facilities under the CRIB project.
Expectations
Quality Improvement coach and facilitator, Dr Obed Sarpong Adusei, said participants will be oriented to useful tools as well as the overview of Quality Improvment including its principles and how to improve patient flow using QI methods. He mentioned that he was hopeful the training will lead to the creation of mini-coaches to intensify the advocacy and implementation of QI at every facility level in the CHAG system.
Quality Improvement
Quality improvement aims to make a difference to patients by improving safety, effectiveness, and experience of care; a systematic, formal approach to the analysis of practice performance and efforts to improve performance
Understanding and properly implementing QI is essential to a well-functioning practice, and is necessary for any practice interested in improving efficiency, patient safety, or clinical outcomes.
The CRIB Project
The CRIB project is a 2-year project by CHAG sponsored by FCDO in 40 districts where CHAG facilities are district hospitals. The project seeks to support the Government of Ghana’s response to Covid-19 in strengthening Ghana’s Health Systems to maintain the delivery of essential healthcare services and mobilize all available resources for Covid-19 response actions.