Tools & Resources

To support teams with measurement expectations, the following document describes steps, tools, and tips to assist your team to select, compile, report, and analyze your quality improvement findings.

This document includes a list of ideas for improvement and change that your team can test using the PDSA method described in the Preparation Manual.

A driver diagram is a visual display of a team’s theory of what “drives,” or contributes to, the achievement of a project aim.

The Project Charter defines roles and responsibilities, outlines the Collaborative objectives and identifies the main stakeholders. It will serve as a reference of authority for the future of the Collaborative.

Use this booklet to help you and your team navigate the Quality Improvement journey ahead!

Use this document to prepare your team for success in the BOOST Collaborative.

Updated 2018-08-28. Use this tool to track your key Collaborative metrics over time.

Updated 2018-08-28. Use this tool as a guide to complete the simplified Excel Reporting Tool.

This scale gives information on how to assess a team’s progress throughout a Collaborative Improvement Project. Copyright © 2004 Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Updated 2017-12-18. Use this tool to track your key Collaborative metrics over time.

Updated 2017-11-14. Use this document to chronicle your quality improvement journey. This document should grow each month and will accompany your Quality Metrics Reporting Tool.

A cheat sheet of the POS abbreviations found on the daily OUD form report

A microdosing handout prepared by the DTES Connections team

An outreach protocol prepared by the DTES Connections team

Nursing guide on Suboxone induction prepared by the DTES Connections team

Suboxone patient instructions prepared by the DTES Connections team

A paper on “Uniform assessment and ranking of opioid Mu receptor binding constants for
selected opioid drugs”

A Letter to Pharmacies created by the South MH&SU team

Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy  nursing policy by Portland Hotel Society

A signed Memorandum Of Understanding between Pier Pharmacy and PHS Health Care

Patient instructions on Suboxone self start by Raven Song PC

One-page resources for clients starting Suboxone at home.

Two-page OAT information handout for clients developed by the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction in Toronto.

Lost to Care Protocol developed by the Overdose Outreach Team.

Lost to Care letter template developed by the Overdose Outreach Team.

Resource for patients going through withdrawal management.

Brief presentation by Dr. Niloofer Baria for the Intensive Case Management Teams on opioid agonist therapy.

Questionnaire developed by Three Bridges Primary Care team to gather more information about why clients miss doses of oOAT.

Questionnaire developed by Portland Hotel Society team to gather information about what barriers clients face to achieving an optimal dose.

Brief staff satisfaction survey from Health Connections Clinic in the Comox Valley Nursing Centre.

Brief client satisfaction survey from Health Connections Clinic in the Comox Valley Nursing Centre.

Resource from the START team for family engagement.

Resource from the START team for client engagement.

An assessment scale by the Institute for Healthcare improvement (IHI) to assess a team’s progress throughout an IHI Breakthrough Series Collaborative.

A Big Picture Story of Family Inclusion in Substance Use Services.

By: Stephanie McCune, Bernadette Pauly, and Sarah VanBoven

Use this resource to help you and your team plan your Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.

Use this resource to help create a workplan for carrying out your Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.

Use this checklist to make sure you are on the right track leading in to Learning Session 1 on December 7th.

Using Change Concepts to Come Up with Ideas. From: Langley GL, Moen R, Nolan KM, Nolan TW, Norman CL, Provost LP. The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers; 2009.

Use this document to help you and your team set a great aim statement!