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Call for Letters of Intent – Improvement Scholars Program

November 2, 2022
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...

IHQI Improvement Scholars and Fellows Symposium

June 30, 2022
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...

Grand Rounds – Dr. Steve Pantilat

May 6, 2022
Dr. Steve Pantilat is an internationally-recognized expert in Palliative Care and Board Chair for the Palliative Care Quality Collaborative, a national organization dedicated to improving the quality of care for seriously ill people and their families. “When we or our loved ones become seriously ill, many of us don’t know...

Former IHQI Improvement Scholar, Dr. Sarah Ro, Discusses Complexity of Treating Obesity in Medscape Article

May 3, 2022
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...

Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety Scholarly Concentration (CLQS) Symposium

February 3, 2022
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,...

IHI Forum 2021

November 10, 2021
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,...

IHQI Improvement Scholars Symposium 2021

October 6, 2021
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...

Congratulations to IHQI’s Director, Dr. Darren DeWalt, for co-leading a first-of-its kind study to establish sustainable best practices to improve food security

September 30, 2021
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...

IHQI Faculty, Dr. Casey Olm-Shipman, Announced as IHQI Associate Director

July 9, 2021
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/  

IHQI Associate Director, Dr. Jennifer Elston-Lafata, Awarded $750,000 Grant

May 12, 2021
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...