wa hiv-stic kick-off february, 2012 elizabeth strauss, niatx pi coach
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WA HIV-STIC Kick-off February, 2012 Elizabeth Strauss, NIATx PI Coach. Reduce Waiting & No-Shows Increase Admissions & Continuation. The Change Process. Current State. Desired Future. 1. Your Name/Organization/Role. 2. If the bike represents your organization’s current - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WA HIV-STIC
Kick-offFebruary, 2012
Elizabeth Strauss, NIATx PI Coach
Reduce Waiting & No-Shows Increase Admissions & Continuation
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CurrentState
DesiredFuture
The Change Process
1. Your Name/Organization/Role2. If the bike represents your organization’s current “change process”, what part of the bike are you?
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AGENDA• Implementing SHIELD for HIV Prevention
• Introduction to Process Improvement
• Experience Rapid Cycle Testing
• How can the NIATx Way help with the implementation of SHIELD?
• NIATx Tools:– Nominal Group Process– Aim Measures and Cycle Measures – Change Project Form– Flowcharting
• What’s next?
• Closing
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The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx)
• Started in 2003 with 13 substance abuse
treatment provider organizations, funded by RWJF and SAMHSA/CSAT
• Today, nearly 1000 payers and providers participating in initiatives in 50 states
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NIATx Provider Results
Reduce Waiting Times: 23.6% reduction (82 change projects in 34 agencies)
Reduce No-Shows: 32% reduction (51 change projects in 29 agencies)
Increase Admissions: 25.3% increase
(52 change projects in 25 agencies)
Increase Continuation: 13.5% increase (102 change projects in 34 agencies)
(As of November 2006)
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SAMSHA Targeted Capacity Expansion/HIV Program
AIM:
• Increase admissions, HIV testing, follow-up/continuation in HIV programs. (17 sites)
RESULTS:
• Increase from 30% to 90% of clients attending next 4 sessions after intake (LA, CA).
• Increase from 10% to 80% of clients agreeing to HIV testing (Newark, NJ).
• Increase from 44% to 100% of clients completing intake/assessment (Detroit, MI).
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Denver Public Health Infectious Disease Clinic Referral Process
• Increased the number of HIV+ patients referred to OP Behavioral Health Services from 1/month to 1-2/week
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Denver Public Health Infectious Disease Clinic Referral Process• CHANGES:
– Offered weekly groups for HIV+ patients, publicizing with flyers, posters, and tickets at the ID Clinic and Primary Care Clinic.
– Did outreach to individuals.– Scheduled appointments rather than having walk-ins.– Social Workers from the ID Clinic held monthly
meetings with ID Clinic, PCC, and OBHS staff to provide education about services available for HIV+ patients.
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The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx)
• Applied the access and retention aims to
Corrections
• Used the NIATx Way for Prevention
• Implemented Evidence-Based Practices using the NIATx model
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HIV Services and Treatment Implementation in Corrections
(HIV-STIC)• NEW - Apply the NIATx Way to:
– HIV Services in Corrections– HIV Prevention– Implementing an Evidence Based Practice --
SHIELD
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1. Conduct implementation research on how to more effectively implement and sustain improvements in the HIV Services Continuum for offenders under correctional supervision
2. Evaluate relative effectiveness of a local change team process improvement approach for improving HIV service implementation in criminal justice settings
Overall Research Goals
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• Randomized design (matched pairs of facilities) will compare HIV implementation and service outcomes in facilities using a local change team/process improvement approach to control sites receiving baseline training only
• 4 facilities/sites per Research Center; 36 facilities total
• Each agency (through Executive Sponsor) selects an area of HIV services continuum and instructs facilities to improve these services
• Control sites receive training and access to resources, and staff is charged with improving HIV services
• Experimental sites receive same training and resources as Controls PLUS local change team process improvement approach with a Coach
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Why Process Improvement?
• Customers are served by processes
• 85% of customer related problems arecaused by organizational processes
• To better serve customers, organizations must improve processes
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What is Process Improvement?
• An experiment in change…
using a structured process, guided by the customer, driven by data
Based on the Model For Improvement in The Improvement Guide,by Langley, Nolan, Nolan, Norman, & Provost
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Five Key PrinciplesEvidence-based predictors of change
Gustafson and Hundt, 1995
1. Understand & Involve the Customer
2. Focus on Key Problems
3. Appoint an Influential Change Leader
4. Seek Ideas from Outside the Organization
5. Do Rapid-Cycle Testing (PDSA cycles)
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1. Understand and Involve the Customer
• Most important of the Five Principles
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1. Understand and Involve the Customer
• What is it like to be our customer (inmate, patient, client, peer educator)? Do a walk-through Flowchart the process Hold focus groups Ask the customer
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Walk-throughComplete a walk-through of the area you are trying to improve
1. Select 2 people to play the roles of inmate and friend.
2. Let staff know in advance.
3. Act as if you were a typical inmate.
4. Observe and record your experiences and feelings.• What barriers, discomfort, information gaps,
positive experiences are there?• Ask staff what changes would make their job
easier or make it better for inmates.
5. Make a list of the areas that need improvement and specific changes you would want to make.
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2. Focus on Key Problems
– What keeps the Executive Sponsor awake at night?
– What processes have staff and customers identified as barriers to prevention education?
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3. Appoint an Influential Change Leader
Who has: Influence, respect and authority across
levels of the organization A direct line to the Executive Sponsor Empathy for staff and customers Time available to lead change projects No fear of data Enthusiasm
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4. Seek Ideas from Outside the Organization
• To provide new ways of looking at the problem
• What can be learned from other organizations and businesses?
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5. Do Rapid-Cycle Testing
Rapid-Cycle changes Are quick, small, do-able in 2 weeks
PDSA cycles Plan the changeDo the planStudy the resultsAct on the new
knowledge (adapt, adopt or abandon)
Plan
DoStudy
Act
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The role of data (and graphs) in decision-making
Chg 1
Chg 2
Chg 3
Month
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Model for ImprovementModel for Improvement
3. What CHANGES can we make that will result in an improvement?
1. What are we trying to accomplish? (AIM)
2. How will we know that a change is an improvement? (MEASURE)
Reference: Langley, Nolan, Nolan, Norman, & Provost. The Improvement Guide
Plan
DoStudy
Act
4. How can we sustain the improvements?
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What makes this approach to change different?
• The customer is involved
• Change is a big experiment
• No mistakes, no right or wrong
• Data tells you if the change was an improvement
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Who’s Who in Process Improvement?
• The Executive Sponsor articulates the vision and removes barriers to change.
• The Change Leader provides day-to-day leadership with energy and enthusiasm to motivate and empower the Change Team.
• The Change Team plans and implements change cycles.
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The Change Leader
• Facilitates change team meetings• Supervises changes and helps team with
implementation issues• Is empowered to overcome barriers to
implementation of change experiments• Supervises measurement, compilation and
interpretation of data• Keeps executive sponsor aware of change
team activities
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The Change Team
• A small group of 5-7 people designated by the Executive Sponsor to work on a specific area for improvement (i.e. a change project focused on 1 aim)
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The Change Team• Plans and implements change cycles
• Identifies possible changes that could improve the aim
• Decides how to implement the change
• Creates and conducts rapid cycle pilot tests until the goal is achieved
• Collects data
• Studies results to see if the change should be adopted, adapted or abandoned
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What Change Teams Say• Rapid cycle testing has given us the
opportunity to see that even small changes can have a large impact.
• Analyze your data - it can tell you what the problem is - it’s continuous - Turn to Data to Indicate Need for Change & Problem Solving.
• Successful collaboration leads to better client outcomes.
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What Change Teams Say
• In addition to favorable results directly related to the change, we had an unintended positive side effect: Increased client return rate… from 76% to 85%, saving counselor time.
• Taking time to study the results and process how each member of the team felt about results helped to support decisions.
• “The walk-through opens your eyes to what a client goes through—invaluable.”
• Used “WALK THROUGH” for other processes.
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Experience small scale, rapid PDSA cycles
The Ball Pass Exercise
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Model for ImprovementModel for Improvement
3. What CHANGES can we make that will result in an improvement?
1. What are we trying to accomplish? (AIM)
2. How will we know that a change is an improvement? (MEASURE)
Reference: Langley, Nolan, Nolan, Norman, & Provost. The Improvement Guide
Plan
DoStudy
Act
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The Ball Pass Exercise• AIM: to pass the ball from person to person as
quickly as possible. • RULES:
– Only one person may touch the ball at a time; each person must touch the ball with both hands.
– The ball must be passed to a person who is not right next to you.
– The cycle begins when the Change Leader passes the ball the first time and ends when the Change Leader has the ball at the end.
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The Ball Pass Exercise• Select a:
– Change Leader– Data Recorder
• Cycle #1 (baseline):– Stand in a circle.– The Change Leader passes the ball to another
person in the circle who is not next to them. – Each person passes the ball to another person who
is not right next to them; when everyone has touched the ball, pass it back to the Change Leader.
– The data recorder documents the time from the beginning to the end of the cycle (baseline data).
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The Ball Pass Exercise
• Conduct at least 3 PDSA cycles– PLAN: What can we do to reduce the time required?– DO: Implement the change and measure how long it
takes. – STUDY: Did we get the results we expected? Was the
change implemented as planned?– ACT: Adopt, adapt or abandon this change idea and
decide what the next cycle will be. – Repeat another PDSA cycle.
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The Ball Pass Exercise• Tell your story:
Create a graph to show the data for each PDSA cycle, noting the change that was made for each cycle.
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The Ball Pass ExerciseDiscussion Questions:
• How did you decide on a change?
• Were you able to implement one change at a time?
• Did you decrease the amount of time required?
• Why is it important to collect baseline data?
• What changes were most effective?
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How can the NIATx Way help with the implementation of
SHIELD?
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How can the NIATx Way help with the implementation of
SHIELD? Recruitment Intervention sessions Participant retention Maintenance/Sustaining SHIELD
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Model for ImprovementModel for Improvement
3. What CHANGES can we make that will result in an improvement?
1. What are we trying to accomplish? (AIM)
2. How will we know that a change is an improvement? (MEASURE)
Reference: Langley, Nolan, Nolan, Norman, & Provost. The Improvement Guide
Plan
DoStudy
Act
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Nominal Group Process to brainstorm change ideas and
assign priorities
STEP 1: Preparation (clarify objective, prepare question, prepare meeting room)
STEP 2: Silent idea generation
STEP 3: Round-robin recording of ideas
STEP 4: Serial discussion of ideas
STEP 5: Preliminary voting
STEP 6: Discussion of preliminary voting
STEP 7: Final voting
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Encourage creative thinking!
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Nominal Group Process to brainstorm change ideas and
assign priorities
STEP 1: Preparation
STEP 2: Silent idea generation
STEP 3: Round-robin recording of ideas
STEP 4: Serial discussion of ideas
STEP 5: Preliminary voting
STEP 6: Discussion of preliminary voting
STEP 7: Final voting
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Model for ImprovementModel for Improvement
3. What CHANGES can we make that will result in an improvement?
1. What are we trying to accomplish? (AIM)
2. How will we know that a change is an improvement? (MEASURE)
Reference: Langley, Nolan, Nolan, Norman, & Provost. The Improvement Guide
Plan
DoStudy
Act
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SHIELD AIM Measures
SHIELD Pre-Post Assessment Form (Appendix 8) will measure:
• Communication• Behaviors• Knowledge • Peer educator self-efficacy• Social network
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Aim Measures vs. Cycle Measures
How will you know if a change is an improvement?
• Recruitment
• Participant retention
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How to begin
The Change Project Form
Complete page 1, the Project Charter
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Flowcharting
Flowcharts force an organizational
focus on process.
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Why Flowchart?
Flowcharting is useful for:1. Providing a starting point/baseline view
2. Understanding the process
3. Identifying key problems/bottlenecks
4. Showing where to test ideas for most impact
5. Stimulating thinking - results in brilliant ideas
6. Adding interactivity & fun - gets the team together
7. Creating a simple & succinct visual process overview
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Key Questions for Flowcharts
• Is the name of process clear?
• Where does the process begin?
• Where does the process end?
• What does the process include/not include?
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Key Symbols for Flowcharts
?
No
Yes
A square identifies a step in the process
A diamond is a decision point in the process and asks a “yes or no” question or offers a choice of direction in the process.
Action
Post-It Notes are great for flowcharting.
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What’s next?
• Do a walk-through
• Collect baseline data
• Set up a regular time for the Change Team to meet
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For more information
www.NIATx.net
NIATx e-Learning Course: Process Improvement 101