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Dr. Casey Olm-Shipman has been a longtime valued member of IHQI faculty, and she also started with us as an Improvement Scholar in 2015. We are now pleased to officially welcome her as our newest Associate Director! Learn more about Casey in her bio:https://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi/directory/casey-olm-shipman-md-2/  

Please join us in our belated congratulations to IHQI Associate Director, Dr. Jennifer Elston-Lafata, for being awarded a $750,000 Genentech Health Equity Innovations Fund grant. The grant will fund studies on how health care organizations are considering equity as they establish virtual visit programs in cancer care, and how these...

IHQI is pleased to announce that six projects will be supported through IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program from Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2022. Please join us in extending congratulations to the selected project leads: Sara Abu-Nasser, DO and Elisabeth Dellon, MD, MPH – Improving Telemedicine for Patients with Chronic Illnesses Kate Dickson,...

UNC Medical Center is requesting nominations for its annual Quality and Safety Awards, to be held Tuesday, Oct. 12 at the Medical Center Improvement Council (MCIC) meeting. Janet Hadar, President of UNC Hospitals, and Dr. Tom Ivester, Chief Medical Officer, sponsor the awards. To be eligible for the award, nominations should represent...

UNC Health’s Care Redesign Team is pleased to announce that Lavinia Kolarczyk, MD, FASA, has been named Medical Director for Perioperative Care Redesign, effective March 1. In this new role, Dr. Kolarczyk will lead our System’s Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) program, which works to implement evidence-based surgical pathways across...

Please join us for the Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety Symposium on March 3. Students and faculty mentors will present their presentations on Zoom. Details in flyer below. Register at https://tinyurl.com/CLQS2021

UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) invites applications for two Quality Analysts Applications due Jan. 31, 2021 The position is ideal for someone passionate about improving healthcare and health. The role demands organization, versatility, creativity, confidence, enthusiasm and teamwork. Link to job posting: https://jobs.unchealthcare.org/jobs/6146145-quality-slash-organizational-analyst-inst-of-hospital-quality-innovation IHQI Quality Analyst The UNC Institute...

IHQI congratulates Dr. Matt Nielsen on his recent appointment as Chair of UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Urology. Read the full story in Vital Signs.

The UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) invites letters of intent from clinicians interested in IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program. Letters are due Dec 3, 2020. Improvement Scholars is a structured, experiential learning program. Improvement Scholars learn clinical improvement leadership by proposing, designing and leading a project with guidance and support from experienced...

Dr. Lavinia Kolarczyk and Dr. Carlton Moore have accepted appointments as Associate Directors of UNC’s Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI). Dr. Kolarczyk and Dr. Moore were selected from a highly-qualified pool of candidates following a competitive search process. Dr. Kolarczyk is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Division Chief, Cardiothoracic...