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 for participation in this program. The reporting period for the 2022-2023 Incentive Program is July 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023.
The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) metric for 2022 – 2023 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.
NOTE: If you do not see your conference listed you think is a Collaborative Case Review conferences, please inquire with the conference coordinators to fill out this certification request form: UCH Collaborative Case Review Certification Survey (to request certification for your conference by UCH).
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.
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 2022-2023 metric for programs who rotate at Denver Health is based on trainee submission of patient safety occurrence reports through the STARS (Formerly Safety Intelligence-SI) system at Denver Health and completion of loop closure events. To achieve the incentive, training programs need to meet a pre-specified number of submissions and loop closures determined by the monthly average of trainees in the program rotating at Denver Health. For these programs, the other 50% of the incentive is determined by meeting University of Colorado Hospital metrics.
*NEW* Denver Health SI System Transition to STARS - Info Sheet for Residents
Click here to see tier requirements for the Denver Health Metric.
Click here for a helpful guide about Loop Closure Events
Click here for examples of events to report
Pediatric Residency* Metrics:
There are three quality improvement metrics set by the Pediatric Residency for 2022-2023: ICU Summary Completion, QSRS/PSI Safety Event Reporting, Flu vaccination rates.
Achievement will be measured over the course of the year and averaged to determine final incentive payouts.
*includes Pediatrics/Medical Genetics & Genomics, Pediatrics/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Pediatric fellowships Metrics: