IMPROVING OUTCOMES

42% Reduction in Readmission Rate in Medical Patients

IMPROVING OUTCOMES

Reduced no-show rate from 37% to 16% amongst high-risk patients living with HIV.

CREATING THE SCIENCE

Handshake Stewardship Program becomes National Standard for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

The Joint Commission

IMPROVING OUTCOMES

48% Reduction in 1-year Mortality in Hip Fracture Patients

IMPROVING OUTCOMES

$2 Million Annual Reduction in Antibiotic Costs

IMPROVING OUTCOMES

$3 Million Annual Savings with Earlier Palliative Care Intervention

The mission of the Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety & Efficiency is to create healthcare systems that ensure every patient receives the highest quality of care while avoiding harm, minimizing inefficiencies, and developing leaders in quality and safety.


Transformation, Not Just Education

At IHQSE our overarching goal is to fundamentally improve the care provided to patients by developing people, improving care processes and building higher-achieving organizations. 



In other words, our goal is to transform:

to transform

INDIVIDUALS

We develop the capacity of frontline clinicians to drive change.

to transform

PROCESSES

We drive improvements in clinical care processes, leading to better outcomes.

to transform

ORGANIZATIONS

 We help build higher-performing systems through sustained changes.



Results that Matter

Our formula for transformation combines expert training, intensive, tailored coaching, a deep catalog of successful projects to tap into, and a relentless drive for outcomes.

500+ qi/ps projects completed
$200 million in reduced inefficiencies
200K patients impacted
150+ Graduates in Quality or Health System Leadership Positions
2 to 5 improvement in CMS star rating

*IHQSE supported improvement at the University of Colorado Hospital


IHQSE Newsroom


For over a decade, our dedicated faculty have built an integrated set of programs aimed at developing programmatic leaders in quality, creating high-quality, safe and efficient clinical care processes and, ultimately, driving profound organization-level improvements.  Here are just a few of our recent successes. 

For more, please see our
newsroom.

‘Handshake Stewardship’ Program Backbone of TJC's Best Practices in Antimicrobial Stewardship

Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Efficiency (IHQSE)

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IHQSE@cuanschutz.edu

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