Life QI – Guidance
Life QI is our online home for QI projects at ELFT. In this collection you can find guidance on using the platform for Project Leads, Sponsors and Coaches.
The platform is now your main workspace for QI. You can very simply submit new projects, review QI projects across the Trust and beyond. Easily create and edit driver diagrams, plan and track PDSA cycles, measure your data and best of all see your data in run and control charts that are generated automatically by the system!
This platform is designed to save you time and keep all of your QI project resources in one place.
Life QI aids your communications with your project team; Your project team can see all the changes too and your QI sponsor is also kept up to date. Another benefit of this platform is that you can access it anywhere via the internet once you are registered! Review and develop your project on the go!
Anyone in the Trust who is currently working on a QI project will be automatically signed up for Life QI, look out for your log in details in your emails, we’ll let you know when to expect them. When you’re ready to start using Life QI please go ahead and log in!
Registering on Life QI
A step by step guide for registering on the Life QI platform
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Register a new ELFT QI Project on Life QI
A how to guide on registering a new ELFT QI project on the Life QI platform.
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Leading an ELFT QI Project
A how to guide for leading an ELFT QI project. Click on the image to open the file.
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Coaching an ELFT QI Project
A how to guide for coaching an ELFT QI project. Click on the image to open the file.
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Sponsoring an ELFT QI Project
A how to guide for sponsoring an ELFT QI project. Click on the image to open the file.
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Life QI Charts Manual
Use our step by step QI Life Charts Manual to learn how to create run and control charts. We also help you to phase the charts, add notes and PDSA cycles.
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Create a Driver Diagram on Life QI
A how to guide for creating a driver diagram on Life QI. Click on the image to open the file.
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Change an ELFT QI project’s progress score
Requesting to change the project’s progress score
To change your project’s progress score, you need to follow the instructions below:
- On the general page of your project, click the “Change score” button
- Select the score you want to change it to
- You can click on each score to view the operational definitions
- You will be asked to explain why you think the progress score should be changed
- The request will then be sent to your project’s Improvement Advisor to approve
- The progress score field will appear locked (in yellow) until the request has been actioned
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Using the Analytics area of Life QI
The Analytics area of the Life QI platform provides statistics on all the projects taking place within the Trust. Below are some instruction on how to locate and interact with the dashboards.
Locating the dashboards in Analytics area
- Log into the Life QI platform
- Click on the “Analytics” area on the left ribbon
- Every ELFT directorate has two dashboards. A “Project List” and a “Dashboard of QI activity”
Pinning a dashboard to your pinboard for quick access
- Click on the pin icon next to the dashboard
- Click on the pin icon on the top right of the platform which is available on any page on Life QI
- Your pinned dashboards will be available for quick access
Using the “Project List” dashboard
- Click on the “Project list” dashboard you’re interested in
- The dashboard is split into three sections
- The first section provides high level statistics on the QI projects taking place within the directorate
- The second section provides a table of information for all the QI projects that are linked to a Trust or directorate priority
- The third section provides a table of information for all the QI projects that are not linked to a Trust or directorate priority
Using the “Dashboard of QI Activity” dashboard
- Click on the “Dashboard of QI activity” dashboard you’re interested in
- The dashboard will provide statistics on all the active and completed projects taking place within the directorate.
Drilling down to project level information from the dashboard
- To see the projects that make up a specific statistic value, click on the chart
- This will provide you with a list of all the projects that relate to that piece of information
- For example, if you click on the “Number of Active QI Projects” statistic, you will get a list of all the projects that are taking place in that directorate
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Complete a Life QI monthly report for an ELFT QI Project
STAGE 1 – Lead User Update
- The reporting cycle starts on a Wednesday at 10am, a new report is created called “ELFT Progress Update to Sponsor – Lead User Update (MONTH YEAR)”.
- An email notification is sent to the Lead User of the project requesting them to complete their update within 7 days.
- This report will also appear on the “Featured Reports” section on the “General” page of your project.
- The report is split into two parts:
- The first section includes fields from the “General” page of the project.
- The second section consists of six questions (Q1 – Q6). The Lead User of the project is responsible for answering these questions.
STAGE 2 – Coach Update
- On the following Wednesday at 10am, a new report is created called “ELFT Progress Update to Sponsor – Coach Update (MONTH YEAR)”.
- An email notification is sent to the Coach of the project requesting them to complete their update within 7 days.
- This report will appear on the “Featured Reports” section on the “General” page of your project.
- The report is split into three parts:
- The first section includes fields from the “General” page of the project.
- The second section consists six questions (Q1-Q6) which have been answered by the Lead User.
- The third section consists of one question (Q7). The Coach of the project is responsible for answering these questions.
STAGE 3 – Improvement Advisor (IA) Check
- On the following Wednesday at 10am, a new report is created called “ELFT Progress Update to Sponsor – Final Report (MONTH YEAR)”.
- An email notification is sent to the IA to review this report within 2 days. The email notification includes a copy of the report.
- The report will appear on the “Featured Reports” section on the “General” page of your project.
STAGE 4 – Sponsor receives the final report
- On the following Friday at 10am, the final report is emailed to Sponsor of the project.
- All the reports disappear from the “Featured Reports” area of the “General” page. You can locate the reports in the “Documents” area of the project.
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Cancel an ELFT QI Project on Life QI
Cancelling a QI project (when the progress score is 2.5 or less)
To mark your project as cancelled, follow the instructions below:
- On the general page of your project, click the “Edit” button
- Scroll down to the “Status” field and select the “Cancelled” option
- Scroll back up and click “Save”
- Your project will now be marked as cancelled
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Complete an ELFT QI project on Life QI
Completing a QI project (when the progress score is 3.0 or above)
To mark your project as complete, follow the instructions below:
- On the general page of your project, click the “Edit” button
- Scroll down to the “Status” field and select the “Completed” option
- Click on “Proceed and request approval” and then “Save Changes”
- The request will then be sent to your project’s Improvement Advisor to approve
- The status field will appear locked (in yellow) until the request has been actioned
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Life QI Dummy Data
Click on the link below to download dummy data that you can use to practice creating run/control charts
Please note: This is made up data.
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