1.0Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvementhttps://www.med.unc.edu/ihqihuemmerhttps://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi/author/huemmer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XydJbPelo1"><a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi/resources/pdsas-and-counting-things/">Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi/resources/pdsas-and-counting-things/embed/#?secret=XydJbPelo1" width="600" height="338" title="“Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)” — Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement" data-secret="XydJbPelo1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) is a structured, iterative method for testing changes to see if they lead to improvement. PDSAs are often considered the engines that drive QI projects because they encourage teams to learn from their change ideas and how to best proceed. Initial PDSA cycles typically start small (i.e. involving one or two patients) with … Read morehttps://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi/wp-content/uploads/sites/463/2022/01/Icon-Read.png137137