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Congratulations to the eight Quality Improvement Teams that received a 2022 Quality and Safety Award or Honorable Mention.  The Improving Obesity Treatments in Primary Care Team won a 2022 Quality and Safety Award. A special shout out Sarah Ro who was a 2019 – 2020 IHQI Improvement Scholar! The MICU...

Lavinia Kolarczyk, MD, FASA was recently interviewed for the May 2023 SOCA Newsletter. She was featured in the “AWEsome Woman Interview” which can be found on page 15 at this link.

Congratulations to Cameron Ulmer, BSN, RN who’s poster “Supporting Advance Care Planning in the Nursing Home with the Electronic Health” was accepted to be presented at the American Geriatrics Society in May 2023. Cameron was a student of CLQS Cohort #7 and was mentored by Laura Hanson, MD.   

Congratulations to Brittany Cureton, MPH who presented her poster “Improving Cesarean Hemorrhage Through the Use of a Protocolized Checklist; a Quality Improvement Initiative” at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) during May 2023 in New Orleans. Brittany was a student of CLQS Cohort #7 and was mentored by...

Congratulations to Dr. Claire West, MD for presenting the poster of her IHQI Improvement Scholars project “Expanding Outpatient Access to OUD Treatment in Academic Internal Medicine: A QI Story” at the SGIM conference in Aurora, CO in May. Dr. West was a cohort 8 (2021-2022) IHQI Improvement Scholar. 

Congratulations to Monika Nanda, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Anesthesiology, who shared a QI project as a moderated presentation at the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine) Annual Spring Meeting in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, April 21. Monika was an IHQI ISP Cohort 8 (2021-2022) who...

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. ...

Congratulations to Dr. Emily Fink, who was selected as a recipient of the Star Research Achievement Award by the Society of Critical Care Medicine for her abstract “Implementation of 2HELPS2B Seizure Risk Score: A High-Value Approach to Seizure Detection in the ICU.” The Star Research Award is intended to recognize...

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...

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.