--- title: January Roundup 2021 description: Catch up on what happened at Life QI in January. We have some helpful articles about staff involvement for a sustainable approach to QI. image: https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hubfs/January%20Roundup%20-%2003.png --- # January Roundup 2021 ![Picture of Reka Toth](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hubfs/Reka%20-%2001.png) Published on 1 February 2021 at 14:56 by [Reka Toth](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/author/reka-toth) ![January Roundup 2021](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/January%20Roundup%20-%2003.png?width=1332&name=January%20Roundup%20-%2003.png "January Roundup 2021") ## Staff engagement, QI during the pandemic, and Life QI dashboards Staff engagement has shown to be a key factor in the success of quality improvement techniques. A growing number of organisations are increasing staff involvement for a sustainable approach to QI. This month we looked at the impact of staff engagement in QI and how patient care can be enhanced by engaging healthcare staff in improvement.   Also featured this month is an article showcasing the themes of improvement work undertaken by the Life QI community during the pandemic. Check out the article to learn about the overall themes as well as a few specific examples from successful projects.   And finally - we have just released a series of articles outlining how analytics dashboards can be used to power your QI governance. Dive into the articles for some great tips and videos!     | [![Staff Engagement in QI](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Staff%20Engagement.png?width=300&name=Staff%20Engagement.png)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/staff-engagement-qi)   | ## Staff engagement in QI: benefits and impact on the quality of care Engaged, motivated and empowered staff provide better outcomes – not only better outcomes for patients - but also other benefits that can be felt across the healthcare continuum.  [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/staff-engagement-qi)  | | --- | --- |        | [![Leadership Skills for Engaging Staff in QI](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Leadership%20Skills%20for%20Engaging%20Staff%20in%20QI.png?width=300&name=Leadership%20Skills%20for%20Engaging%20Staff%20in%20QI.png)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/leadership-skills-for-engaging-staff)   | ## Leadership skills for engaging staff in quality improvement Today, successful healthcare leaders must have the necessary skills for staff engagement to improve quality and to achieve transformation in their organisation.  [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/leadership-skills-for-engaging-staff)  | | --- | --- |        | [![Improvement themes during the Covid-19 pandemic](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Better%20patient%20care%20-%2002.png?width=300&name=Better%20patient%20care%20-%2002.png)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/improvement-themes-covid-19-pandemic)   | ## Improvement themes during the pandemic Even during these difficult times, we have seen fantastic examples of collaboration and Covid focused improvement work across the Life QI community. [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/improvement-themes-covid-19-pandemic)  | | --- | --- |        | [![Utilising Dashboards](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Utilising%20Dashboards%20-%2002.png?width=300&name=Utilising%20Dashboards%20-%2002.png)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/utilising-dashboards-in-life-qi)   | ## Utilising Dashboards in Life QI Customised analytics dashboards in Life QI provide a powerful and a methodical way to analyse and organisation’s improvement work and help to understand its impact. Discover the different levels of dashboards to allow monitoring at the required levels. 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