Congratulations to Melina Smith, who presented her QI poster: “What is the Physician Role in Hospital Fall Prevention?: A Quality Improvement Initiative on the Impatient Cardiology Service” at the American Geriatrics Society in May 2023. Melina was a Cohort 7 (2022-2023) CLQS Scholar mentored by Dr. Andrew De La Paz. Read the Poster Abstract here … Continued
The Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety (CLQS) scholarly concentration provides an opportunity for 4th-year Medical Students and Ph.D. Nursing Students to conduct a Quality Improvement project with a clinical improvement team under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The annual CLQS Symposium will be held virtually this year on Thursday, March 2nd at 2pm … Continued
The deadline to apply for 2022 MOC Board Certification credit is December 12, 2022. Please review the flyer below for additional details and whether or not you qualify. If you have any question, please email ncmoc@med.unc.edu.
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 2, 2022. 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 clinical improvement leaders. IHQI provides project … Continued
IHQI’s Improvement Scholars and Fellows Symposium was held on September 20, 2022. Presenters, IHQI faculty mentors and staff convened in Old Clinic Auditorium and were joined by more than 160 audience members via Zoom. Improvement Scholars presented results of their quality improvement projects. View the video recording. After acknowledging the tremendous accomplishments of the Improvement Scholars Cohort … Continued
IHQI Improvement Scholar, Dr. Sarah Ro and her colleague Dr. Jennifer McCauley, recently published the article, “Battling Obesity by Breaking Down Barriers” in the online magazine Medscape. In the article they discuss the challenges faced by patients with obesity and how diet and exercise often is not enough to support effective weight loss. Over the … Continued
The Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety (CLQS) course provides an opportunity for 4th-year Medical Students and Ph.D. Nursing Students to conduct a Quality Improvement project with a clinical improvement team under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The annual CLQS Symposium will be held virtually this year on Wednesday, March 2 2:30 – 4:45PM. … Continued
The IHI Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is a four-day conference that has been the home of quality improvement (QI) in health care for more than 30 years. It brings together health care visionaries, improvement professionals, world leaders and industry newcomers. This year, the conference will be virtual, December 5-8. Mark your calendars … Continued
IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Symposium was held on September 21, 2021. Presenters, IHQI faculty mentors and staff convened in Old Clinic Auditorium and were joined by 135 audience members via Zoom. Improvement Scholars presented results of their quality improvement projects. View the video recording. IHQI’s Director, Dr. Darren DeWalt, acknowledged the Scholars’ impressive improvement results despite … Continued
IHQI’s Director, Dr. Darren DeWalt, is co-leading a large clinical study to address food insecurity among Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s at-risk members who also have hypertension. The study will measure how to best help people who are food insecure achieve better health through nutrition. Co-leads are Dr. Alice Ammerman and Dr. … Continued
