2011

► March 11, 2011: Root Cause Analysis Tools
Request: "Tony Nease from Tennessee is looking for information from other QI Peer Network members who use root cause analysis.  Specifically, do any of you have any root cause analysis tools you have used that you would be willing to share with Tony (and other members of the Network who might be interested)?  Also, do you have any recommendations for root cause analysis resources Tony and others could access?"
Materials shared in response to this request:
- Virginia Root Cause Analysis for Process Improvement
- The Home for Little Wanderers, Boston, MA - A Framework for a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan

2010

► October 18, 2010: QA and Administrative Review Processes
Request: "Rhode Island would like to revise/supplement its current foster care review process to include some key principles and practice issues related to the CFSR as well as the state's new System of Care approach.  The goal of this effort is to focus more consistently on key outcomes and principles across various QA and review processes, and through resulting data reports distributed to local managers and supervisors. Have any of you tried something similar or related in your agencies?  If so, do you have any advice, sample instruments and/or resulting data reports your Rhode Island colleagues could review as they develop ideas for revising their foster care review process in this way?”
Materials shared in response to this request:
- Michigan's Foster Care Review Board Report
- Michigan's Guidelines Re: Recommendations and Report of Items Reviewed
- Kentucky's Citizen Foster Care Review Board Annual Report (FY 2009)

► July 7, 2010: CQI Team Charters
Request: "Nebraska is in the process of creating a Statewide CQI team and local Service Area CQI teams and would like to formalize these teams with charters that specify their goals, membership, operations etc.  If any of you have examples of CQI Team charters we could review or advice about and experience with creating similar charters (e.g, the process for creating them, key elements within the charters, etc.), would you share that with us so Nebraska can benefit from your work?"
Materials shared in response to this request:
- APHSA Chartering Template (used by TX)
- Fairfax, VA: QA Team's Vision, Mission, and Values Statement
- Fairfax, VA: QA Plan (draft)
- TN Team Charter for the Smoky Mountain Assessment and Resource Team

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