{"id":210,"date":"2015-12-09T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-dev.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/moc-unc\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:16:00","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of QI resources and tools, organized by common processes in a project cycle. Each process is denoted by a particular color. Tools used throughout a project cycle are placed where initial progress most often begins.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Joy.Martin@unchealth.unc.edu; Matt.Huemmer@unchealth.unc.edu; Cristina.Palaciovelasquez@unchealth.unc.edu\">Contact us<\/a>\u00a0to share feedback and ask questions about these resources.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"resource\">\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/root-cause-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Identifying Gaps &amp; Root Causes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/project-charter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Charter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/key-driver-diagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Driver Diagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/project-team-composition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Team Composition<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/partnering-patients-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partnering with Patients &amp; Families<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/training\/resources-1\/institutional-review-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institutional Review Board (IRB)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"problem-definition\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/project-kickoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Kickoff Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/stakeholder-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stakeholder Analysis &amp; Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/data-collection-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Collection Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/data-visualization-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Visualization &amp; Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/process-mapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Process Mapping<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/project-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/communication-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communication Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/sponsor-selection-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working with Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"testing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/ncmoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Approval<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"testing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/visual-management-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visual Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"testing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/pdsas-and-counting-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"implementation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/project-sustainment-and-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainment Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"implementation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/scholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publication Planning &amp; Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"implementation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/presenting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presenting QI Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"sustaining-change\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/project-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spread<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/qi-methodologies-2\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QI Methodologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/patient-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient Safety Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/meeting-planning-facilitation\/\">Meeting Planning &amp; Facilitation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of QI resources and tools, organized by common processes in a project cycle. Each process is denoted by a particular color. Tools used throughout a project cycle are placed where initial progress most often begins.\u00a0Contact us\u00a0to share feedback and ask questions about these resources. Identifying Gaps &amp; Root Causes Project Charter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Resource Center\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68816,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-210","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Resource Center - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resource Center - Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Below is a list of QI resources and tools, organized by common processes in a project cycle. 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