RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT
Strengthening Your Quality & Risk Management Systems Quality improvement should be more than a plan that gets reviewed once a year. Virginia DBHDS provides tools, templates, training, and guidance designed to help providers strengthen their quality improvement and risk management practices. Whether you're reviewing your QI Plan, evaluating organizational risk, analyzing serious incidents, or strengthening your root cause analysis process, this is a valuable resource to keep bookmarked. Explore DBHDS Quality Improvement & Risk Management Resources
The Quality Corner Takeaway: Don't just download the template. Ask whether the process behind it is actually working in your organization.
DBHDS Clinical & Quality Management Resources
Understanding Quality Beyond Compliance
Quality management is more than identifying what went wrong. This DBHDS resource helps providers explore the relationship between quality assurance, risk management, data, and continuous quality improvement. It’s a helpful starting point for organizations looking to build stronger systems and make more informed decisions about the services they provide.
The Quality Corner Takeaway: Quality isn't just about identifying problems. It's about using what you learn to make the system better.
Explore DBHDS Clinical & Quality Management Resources
CARF: Measurement-Informed Care
Using Data to Improve the Services People Actually Receive
Collecting data is only valuable when organizations know what to do with it. This CARF resource explores measurement-informed care and how organizations can use meaningful information and outcomes to guide services, support decision-making, and continuously improve the experience of the people they serve.
The Quality Corner Takeaway: Don't collect data just because you're required to. Collect information that helps you understand whether what you're doing is actually working.