QI Awards

The 27th ACHS Annual Quality Improvement Awards for 2024 are now open for submission!

The QI Awards are an annual recognition of achievement and encouragement for quality improvement activities, programs or strategies that have been implemented into healthcare organisations.

The QI Awards are open to ACHS Members based in Australia, for all International entries please submit to the ACHS International QI Awards

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About QI Awards

Introduced in 1998, the QI Awards acknowledge healthcare organisations that achieve excellence and innovation in clinical care, organisation-wide practice, service delivery and performance measurement.

Judging panel consists of an ACHS Councillor, an ACHS assessor and a representative from an ACHS member organisation. Judging is conducted externally with separate panels of three judges for each of the three QI Awards categories.

Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety

The Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Award recognises innovation and demonstrated quality improvement in the delivery of safe, effective consumer / patient care.

Previous winning submissions in this category have included:

The introduction of an improved hospital-wide medication safety system
The implementation of a system to better manage dialysis access
A system to reduce the waiting time in an Emergency Department

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Non-clinical Service Delivery

The Non-Clinical Service Delivery Award acknowledges a demonstrated outcome in improvement and innovation to patient / consumer services and organisation-wide practice including services provided by community and allied health.

Previous winning submissions in this category have included:

Building capacity and skill for healthcare communication
The introduction of a hospital-wide, integrated human resource, education and training system
A volunteer-supported laundry to assist palliative care patients

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Healthcare Measurement

This category recognises organisations which have measured an aspect of clinical management and/or outcome of care, taken appropriate action in response to that measurement, and demonstrated improved consumer / patient care and organisational performance upon further measurement.

Previous winning submissions in this category have included:

Sustaining Improvements in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Nutrition Outcomes
Taking staff influenza vaccination rates to a record level
Development of an integrated performance management system

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Who is eligible to enter?

Entry is open to all current members of the ACHS Accreditation and Clinical Indicator programs in Australia
Organisations outside of Australia are invited to apply for the ACHS International Quality Improvement (QI) Awards
Application must relate to a quality improvement activity that has been implemented within the last two (2) years
All entrants agree to the publication and distribution of their submission(s) by ACHS
Projects that have been entered in other awards are eligible to be entered in the ACHS QI Awards 2024

Submissions close on Friday, 6 September 2024 at 5pm (AEST)

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