Updating a Registered Project

The QI Registry may be used for either tracking progress on a project in development or reporting a completed project. While many sections and fields of the project profile may be used in both of these cases, some functions, such as PDSA cycle tracking, may be particularly useful for projects in development.

To Update a Registered Project:

1. Use the search function or the “Your Project” listing to locate the registered project you wish to update.
2. Click on the project title to open the project’s “Project Profile” page (Figure 2). If you have been granted permission to edit the project, each section of the Project Profile will display an Edit button (Figure 5). Select the respective Edit button for the section you wish to update.

Figure 5. Project Profile: Selection edit buttons (green arrows); delete and archive buttons (red); PDF export button (orange)

• For any newly registered projects that are at the start of or in the early stages of its project lifecycle: Users are encouraged to utilize the data elements of the QI Project Registry to guide the development of their project, from initiation through implementation to completion. For example, prescribed options are available to assist project teams in capturing, documenting, and tracking iterative PDSA cycles of their project.
• For any newly registered projects that were previously completed (before being registered/added to the QI Project Registry): Users may wish to enter only the salient descriptions of the project and omit providing some developmental details, such as the iterative PDSA cycles.
• While indicating an Aim Statement is not required to register a project, users are encouraged to provide an Aim Statement for their project. Doing so benefits the user by helping to identify and articulate clear and focused project goals, as well as to inform many basic components of an improvement project, such as stakeholder and resource identification and development of appropriate improvement interventions. Further, a clear and specific Aim Statement also greatly assists other users, when perusing the QI Project Registry, to accurately understand and interpret the intended goals and scope of your registered improvement project.
• Important: With the above items in mind, although some data elements of the QI Project Registry are not required to save a project record, they will be required later if an eligible physician on the project team should choose to pursue MOC Part IV credit for their active participation in the project. For informational purposes only, these respective fields are identified by a purple “MOC” badge (Figure 4). Additional instructions forthcoming.