Publications
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Oct 30, 2020IHQSE faculty, Dr. Sarah Tevis and team, evaluated pain management practices in relation to postoperative prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing breast surgery. The authors suggest that a revaluation of pre- and perioperative pain management practices and a multidisciplinary approach using ERAS protocols could potentially lead to improved patient outcomes while mitigating opioid over-prescription. -
Oct 8, 2020IHQSE faculty published the six-year follow up of the success of University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå School of Medicine’s Health Innovations Scholars Program. The program has shown a lasting impact on students' ongoing participation and leadership of quality and innovation work. -
Jun 15, 2020As part of the Leadership & Professional Development series in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, IHQSE faculty member Emily Gottenborg, MD, and her colleague, Manuel Diaz, MD, share insights on building a personal leadership brand. They emphasize reflecting on your strengths, values, goals, and organizational priorities. Sharing your brand and personal vision statement will help others understand what you bring to the team and will help you maximize your strengths. -
Nov 17, 2019A team led by Dr. Justin Honce, Nancy Pritchard, Julia Drose, and Nancy Cheung set out to reduce the inpatient MRI turn-around-time (TAT) from order entry to 1st image acquisition. Pre-intervention TAT was 751 minutes. Through multiple PDSA cycles including redesign of the MRI scheduling and role clarity around which team members would transport the patient and do the MRI screening forms the team was able to reduce the TAT to 401 minutes. Review of the process a year later found most of this gain was sustained. -
Nov 1, 2019Dr. Ethan Cumbler, an IHQSE faculty member, and Drs. Mary Anderson, (Hospitalist), Jason Stoneback, (Orthopedic Surgeon) and Kelly McDevitt (Registered Nurse), Certificate Training Program graduates, publish the outcomes of a comprehensive geriatric hip fracture program. Completed as part of the Certificate Training Program, the program resulted in a statistically significant improvement in 1-year survival in geriatric patients suffering a hip fracture. -
Oct 4, 2019Drs. Christine MacBrayne, Jason Child and Sarah Parker shared the 5-year follow up of the ‘handshake stewardship’ program developed in the Certificate Training Program. The program has resulted in a sustained 26% reduction in antimicrobial use and saved millions of dollars all without changes in balancing measures such as length of stay, mortality or readmissions. -
May 20, 2019IHQSE graduates, Ricky Mohon, MD, program coordinator Su Linstrom, Susan Hines, CPNP, and Susan Crane, PsyD, presented the outcomes of their Certificate Training Program project to improve care of pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Through the implementation of an innovative EMR process, the team significantly increased the percentage of patients who scheduled follow up appointments from 72% to 92% as well as those who completed their visits from 60% to 85%. The increased follow up enhanced patient adherence to necessary positive airway pressure treatment. -
Feb 1, 2019Founding IHQSE faculty members Drs. Read Pierce and Patrick Kneeland published the results of a 3-year intervention to improve well-being and reduce burnout in a hospitalist group. The intervention resulted in a 27% reduction in burnout. -
Mar 20, 2018IHQSE faculty member, Dr. Patrick Kneeland, publishes his work on the importance of integrating patient perspectives to improve health care delivery. -
Mar 14, 2018Drs. Read Pierce and Patrick Kneeland, founding faculty members of IHQSE, show how addressing the limits of brainpower can lead to better patient outcomes.