Sankalp is committed to enabling delivery of better quality in each of the blood donation drives. A critical component in quality assurance is the systematic capturing of the data which could be used to quantify performance. Ever since 2007, when we started our blood donation drive, we evolved several tools which are used to assess the quality of the blood donation camp including feedback for each stakeholder, performance as against targets, noncompliance, complications, deferrals etc.
We are taking the data management associated with the blood donation camps to the next step. Rather than capture data on paper and then digitalize it later, we are keeping pace with the enhanced internet connectivity and performance on mobile devices and switching to a truly paperless blood donation camps quality assessment scheme. We are working steadily to render the paper forms only as backups for the occasional outages.
One of the key benefits digitization brings in is reducing the delays and errors in transcribing the paper forms. This, in turn, feeds back into the quality process in a quicker manner - enabling shorter turn around times to see the impact of learning from a particular event. It also makes unnecessary the need to visit the same tasks again after the camp - taking the full quality management process to completion.
So, now you know why Sankalp folks are carrying more portable electronic devices.
Happy donating!