Run This Month's Meeting
1 · Safety huddle first
Any sentinel event or near miss since the last meeting → RCA status. Near misses are gold — log them too.
| Date | Event / near miss | Type | RCA status |
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2 · Dashboard review by run chart
Walk the KPI set. Flag special-cause signals only — don't tamper with common-cause noise.
| Metric | Signal? | Note / decision |
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3 · PIP standup
Each active Performance Improvement Project: current PDSA cycle, data, next step, barriers. Keep 1–3 running — don't boil the ocean.
| PIP | Cycle # | Data / finding | Next step | Barriers |
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4 · New / red metrics → charter or escalate
For every metric flagged red on the scorecard this month, decide: monitor, quick fix, or new PIP.
| Metric | Decision | Notes |
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5 · Technical & medical audits, infection & water, registry compliance
PSN §D.5 audit items. Check off what was reviewed this meeting and note anything outstanding.
6 · Actions with owner + date
Every action needs an owner and a date — a meeting that adjourns without both has produced a discussion, not a decision.
| Action | Owner | Due date | Status |
|---|
Why This Agenda Order
The six-step order mirrors the standing agenda in the QAPI vs. CQI field manual, §8.2, itself built on the CMS QAPI five-element framework and the PSN 2024 HD Guidelines' monthly documented CQI-meeting mandate (§b10). Leading with a safety huddle is deliberate: structured huddles improve information-sharing, accountability, and collective situational awareness in healthcare teams, and catching a near miss early is cheaper than discovering it as next month's sentinel event. Reviewing the dashboard by run chart rather than as monthly bars — and reacting only to special-cause signals — is what separates a functional CQI meeting from "QAPI theater."
