Quality Improvement Program (NCG - QI)
The National Cancer Grid (NCG) is committed to achieving its vision of high-quality cancer care by nurturing the capacity and culture of quality improvement (QI) across cancer care services in India. To develop competencies in quality improvement, the NCG collaborated with Tata Trusts and Stanford University to initiated the EQuIP Program in 2017.
In 2021, the program had build independent capacity of mentors and know how to run the national training program self sufficiently under the umbrella of NCG activities. Since then, NCG has supported the EQuIP Program activities. The program broadly includes yearly training programs. Since 2023, concept of QI-Hubs was introduced so that not only new centers are trained but broader network and understanding in each sensitized institute is created for new teams as well as HUB teams. The program now operates in two scopes: enrolling new clinical teams each year through a call for application process into a structured 7–10 month online training program which comprises of hands-on in-person workshop and supporting QI Hub centers that have trained multiple teams over the years, building internal QI capacity while continuing to sensitize and mentor additional teams.
The program offers both conceptual understanding and hands-on training to empower healthcare professionals in addressing real-world quality challenges within their institutions. As of today , we have pool of more than 100 faculty memebers with 14 HUBS centers and we enroll 10-15 new teams each year ensuring scalable, and 30-50 hub teams for ensuring the broader base of QI culture across the India's cancer care ecosystem.
The Vision
QI Hub envisions that quality and its continuous improvement are integrated within the care processes of cancer centres across India.
The Mission
Through its flagship educational program EQuIP-India, QI Hub-India will foster the capacity for Quality Improvement within cancer centres, and facilitate its integration within preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and palliative care processes.
EQuIP India - Learning Objectives
The participants will learn to:
- Nurture state-of-the-art clinical practice improvement projects;
- Utilise quality improvement methods to evaluate and improve care processes;
- Inspire positive attitude for continuous quality improvement, and
- Foster internal quality improvement capacity.