Northwest Renal Network Quality Improvement

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Many of the Resources on our For Patients page are also useful for professional staff. Our Resources/Links page connects to useful general-information websites. To receive our News Bulletins via email, see our News Bulletins page.
Network Technical Assistance	A flyer on the kinds of Technical Assistance the Network can provide to facilities.
General QI Tools	Sample QI Tools from our own toolbox, in Microsoft Word format, so you can change them to fit your own circumstances: A QI Template, or list of questions to ask yourself when starting a QI project. A QI Plan, or table for keeping track of tasks and timelines once you define a QI project.
Clinical Performance Measures	Our CPM Goals, with tables and charts of our historical CPM data and links to national CPM resources. The NKF Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) home page. In Search of Albumin Best Practices, and Barriers to Achieving High Albumins, which we assembled from interviews with Network dietitians for one of our own QI Projects.
Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative (FFBI)	Our Fistula First Page AV Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative Coalition (FFBI) home page. The FFBI Change Concepts page outlining steps for increasing AVF rates. FFBI AVF Cannulation Video Resources on Buttonhole Cannulation Lynda Ball's Nephrology Nursing Journal articles:       The Buttonhole Technique for AVF Cannulationi (CE credits available)       Improving AVF Cannulation Skills (CE credits available)       Determining Maturity of New AVF Fistulae       A Multi-Center Perspective of the Buttonhole Technique Root Causes of Low AVF Rates Root Causes of High Catheter Rates and potential interventions. Catheter Reduction – More Ways to Make It Happen
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