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 … Read more

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. … Read more

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 programs can improve cancer care … Read more

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, MD, MPH and Donald Rosenstein, … Read more

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 a team from the Medical … Read more

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 UNC Health and has proven … Read more

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 for Healthcare Quality Improvement’s (IHQI) … Read more

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.