GME Quality and Safety Incentive Program
The GME Quality and Safety Incentive Program works to align quality and safety initiatives between clinical training sites and residency and fellowship programs. The Incentive Program is a collaborative effort between GME, the affiliated hospitals, and the Housestaff Association. Please note eligibility requirements (pdf) for participation in this program. The reporting period for the 2024-2025 Incentive Program is July 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025.
Which metric(s) apply to my program? (pdf)
2024-2025 Program Metrics
Click Here to see up-to-date 2024-2025 Incentive Metric Data
University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) metric for 2024 – 2025 is based on resident/fellow attendance at certified UCHealth Collaborative Case Review conferences (CCR) and completion of the UCH Quality/Safety Module.
CCR conferences will be certified by the University of Colorado Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Team. To promote inter-departmental collaboration, residents/fellows from any training program may attend any certified CCR including those outside their parent department, and some are be offered virtually. Please note that if a conference is not listed on the document below at the time of attendance, it will not count toward attendance for the incentive program.
Click here to see the active list of available certified conferences.
Individual attendance must be tracked and submitted to GME for payout determination. Residents can complete a CCR attendance form via the link below or on MedHub.
Complete the UCH Quality & Safety Module
Click Here to Complete and Submit a CCR Attendance Form
Denver Health
Residency and Fellowship programs with a designated amount of clinical time at Denver Health will be responsible for Denver Health Metrics as a part (50%) of the incentive. The 2024-2025 metric for programs who rotate at Denver Health is based on trainee submission of patient safety occurrence reports through the STARS system at Denver Health and attendance at Denver Health Collaborative Case Reviews (DH CCR - formerly called "loop closure meetings").
To achieve the incentive, training programs need to meet a pre-specified number of submissions (pdf) determined by the monthly average of trainees in the program rotating at Denver Health.
The STARS reporting metric is based on program-wide reporting and accounts for 50% (up to $250) of the possible payout. Each resident in the group will earn the same amount depending on the final performance.
The DH CCR Attendance metric is based on individual attendance. Each individual must document attendance in at least 2 case reviews throughout the year to earn the rest of the DH payout (up to $250).
For these programs, the other 50% (up to $500) of the incentive is determined by meeting University of Colorado Hospital metrics.
About Denver Health Collaborative Case Reviews
Residents and fellows can attend CCRs from any specialty; it does not have to be one hosted by your program. DH CCRs could be morning huddles, existing outcomes or case conferences, etc. – they do not need to be newly established meetings just for addressing patient safety (STARS) reports. We want to encourage these discussions regularly and in settings that work best for a particular team. DH is working on expanding a central list of meetings happening in each department, it’s a great idea to reach out to other departments/programs with whom you work to share schedules and give opportunities to your residents for attending discussions across specialties.
Denver Health CCR Opportunities (pdf)
Click to Complete and Submit a Denver Health CCR Attendance Form
Helpful Resources
Click here to see reporting tier requirements for the Denver Health Metric. (pdf)
Click here for a helpful guide about Collaborative Case Reviews (pdf)
Click here for examples of events to report (pdf)
Click to go to STARS Reporting System
Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO)
Pediatric Residency* Metrics:
There are two quality incentive metrics for the Pediatric Residency (and combined residencies) for 2024-2025: Participation in hospital-wide quality metrics (Emergency Transfers, Adverse Drug Events) AND participation in at least 2 Children's Hospital Collaborative Case Reviews (CHCO CCR).
Achievement of the hospital-wide metrics will be measured over the course of the year and averaged to determine final incentive payouts. CHCO CCR attendance measures individual achievement.
CHCO CCR Opportunities
Click to Complete and Submit a CHCO CCR Attendance Form
How to participate in the Hospital-wide Quality Metrics
For those with CHCO Intranet Access, follow this path for more information on steps you can take to reduce Emergent Transfers: CHCO Intranet Home Page > Quick Links Tab > Codes Program > Resources > RAPID Watcher Program Resources.
Download the Watcher Program process and script (pdf)
Tips for preventing prescribing errors (pdf)
Pediatric Fellowships Metrics:
Pediatric Fellows have 2 options for participation in the Quality & Safety Incentive Program.
Option 1: Complete a QI project (opt-in by October 1, 2024 if this is your preferred metric)
CHCO ORRQIRP Submission
Click and complete this form to submit your QI project to the GME for incentive credit
Option 2: Participation in Resident metrics (Hospital-wide QI Initiatives and CCR attendance). If you do not opt-in to Option 1/QI project, this is the default metric.
Helpful Resources
CHCO QI Project Instructions & Tips (pdf)
Download A3 Templates & Information
Example A3 (pdf)