Time

Topic

Speaker

9:00am - 10:05am

Intro & Recap

Anit Saha 

9:05am - 9:25am

Key Driver Diagrams

•Synthesize the components of a key driver diagram (KDD).
•Learn how to design a KDD with an aim statement, key drivers, and interventions.

Stephanie VerNooy

9:25am - 9:35am

Breakout: Review Aims

Participant Led (Groups of 2)

9:35am - 10:15am

Quality Improvement Data Fundamentals

•Learn about data and how it is used in quality improvement.
•Identify common chars used to track metrics.
•Choose the appropriate chart for different data types.

Jacky Harnarine & Miranda Beuerlein

10:15am - 10:25am

Break

 

10:25am -10:45am

Process, Outcome, and Balancing Measures

•Differentiate between process, outcome, and balancing measures.
•Analyze the relationship between measure types.
•Explain how each measure type supports and sustains improvement work.
•Create outcome, process, and balancing measures for your project.

Sarah Isbey

10:45am - 10:55am

Problem Analysis Tools

•Understand problem analysis tools.
•Choose which tool to use for your project.

Jacky Harnarine

10:55am - 11:10am

Determining Key Drivers

•Transform contributing factors into drivers of change.
•Identify the drivers that align with your project aim and resources for change.
•Practice writing drivers in the standardized Key Driver Diagram methodology.

Alia Fink

11:10am - 11:25am

Quality Improvement and the Environment

•Identify three ways QI and the environment are linked.
•Articulate how the environment will be considered in your project and interventions.

Shreya Doshi

11:25am - 11:55am

Breakout: Start Data Worksheets

Breakout Leads (Groups of 3)

11:55am - 12:00pm

HW, Questions, & Next Steps

Anit Saha

Session date: 
02/12/2026 - 9:00am to 12:00pm EST
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Faculty List: 

Jessica Cronin

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Katherine Moore, MHA, CPHQ

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Committee member(s)

Miranda Beuerlein, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-NNIC

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Course Director(s)

Miranda Beuerlein, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-NNIC

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Alia Fink, MS, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ

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Jacqueline Harnarine, MPH, CPHQ, CSSBB

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Anit Saha, MSHA, MBA, CPHQ

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Moderator(s)

Nimisha Bajaj, MD/PhD

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ElShadey Bekele, MD

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Miranda Beuerlein, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-NNIC

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Alia Fink, MS, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ

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Jacqueline Harnarine, MPH, CPHQ, CSSBB

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Neena Jube-Desai, MD/MBA

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Elizabeth Kariuki

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Sridaran Narayanan, MD

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Sahar Romem

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Anit Saha, MSHA, MBA, CPHQ

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Stephanie VerNooy, RN, BSN, CPPS, CPHQ, EM-CQSL

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Peer reviewer(s)

Alia Fink, MS, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ

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Planner(s)

Miranda Beuerlein, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-NNIC

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Alia Fink, MS, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ

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Jacqueline Harnarine, MPH, CPHQ, CSSBB

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Anit Saha, MSHA, MBA, CPHQ

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Speaker(s)

Miranda Beuerlein, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-NNIC

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Shreya Doshi, MD

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Alia Fink, MS, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ

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Jacqueline Harnarine, MPH, CPHQ, CSSBB

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Sarah Isbey, Attending Physician and Medical Director of Quality and Safety, Emergency Department

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Anit Saha, MSHA, MBA, CPHQ

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Stephanie VerNooy, RN, BSN, CPPS, CPHQ, EM-CQSL

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