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Clinical Quality Improvement

Clinical Quality Improvement (QI) is a key activity for our Clinical Board communities. QI activities can vary from a great discussion about a clinical case, through to clinical audit and significant event meetings. QI is about learning from each other and our past experiences. It’s about questioning what we do and exploring ways we can progress our standards and consistency of care, for the benefit of the patients we treat, our clients and our teams.  

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QI promotes a positive clinical workplace as it enables us all to see that we are doing a great job. It empowers our teams to make positive changes to the way they work and to confidently make recommendations to clients.

‘The audit of hypertension in cats undergoing general anaesthetic specifically for dental procedures resulted in a change of premed protocol for all our cats (of course premed choice should be decided on an individual patient basis).

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The results have been amazing, the cats are much more easily handled and therefore less stressed when it comes to placing intravenous catheters prior to induction... Less stressed cats.... less stressed vets and nurses and of course the majority now have improved peri-operative blood pressure! I think when we continue to improve patient care we undoubtedly have greater job satisfaction as the patients are what it's all about for us nurses!’

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Amy Campbell RVN, Parkside Vets

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All our QI projects are undertaken because teams want to continue to progress care in these areas. They are key and important parts of veterinary practice.

You can learn more about our current QI projects below:

Quality Improvement Resources

Quality Improvement in Small Animals course:

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Convenia Audit Case Study

This document looks at how one practice has audited and changed their use of Convenia over five years, it could be used as the basis for a practice meeting:

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Extracting Data from Robovet into Excel

This document is a guide to extracting data from the Robovet practice management system (PMS) into Excel

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Extracting data from Merlin into Excel

This document is a guide to extracting data from the Merlin practice management system (PMS) into Excel

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Visualising PMS Data in Excel

This document is a guide to visualising data from your Practice Management System (PMS). This can be helpful for performing audits and communicating the results with your team. The data within this document have been taken from Robovet. Different PMS systems will have slightly different column titles

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Using Excel to Look at Post-op Codes

This document is a guide to assessing your post-operative codes from your Practice Management System (PMS). This can be helpful for performing audits and communicating the results with your team

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At VetPartners we are fortunate to have an engaging and approachable Clinical Board Support Team (CBST) with both clinical and extensive research experience. To learn more about the work of the CBST and how they empower our teams to undertake clinical quality improvement and research, click here.

To find out more about the work we do visit VetPartners Learning or email us at clinical.board@vetpartnersgroup.com

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