Integrated Physical Therapy in the UCHealth Seniors Clinic
Thomas Johnston, MD | Sarah Tietz, MD | Leah Sechler, BSN, RN | Katie Malanga | Elie Neuman, PT, DPT | Julie O'Brien, PT, DPT, OCS | Cynthia Armstrong, PT, DPT | Hillary Duffy, MPT | Christopher White, PT, DPT, MBA, OCS
Increasing the Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in Geriatrics
Salwa Zahalka, MD | Danielle Fixen, PharmD | Sunny Linnebur, PharmD | Doris Hoody, PharmD | Sarah Teitz, MD | Thomas Johnson, MD | Viridiana Reyes, MA
Optimizing Inpatient Insulin Management for Renal Impairment
Tuong Phan, MD | Jonathan Pell, MD | Katie Raffel, MD | Cecilia Low-Wang, MD | Elaina Thompson | Kathryn Rice
Improving Depression Screening in Post-Stroke Patients in the Outpatient Setting
Jennifer Bitzan, NP | Sharon Poisson, MD | Austin Momii, MD | Jennifer Simpson, MD | Carter Faust, Rn | Cornelia Kern, MA | Kerri Jeppson
Implementation of Myeloid Genetic Testing
Meredith Beaton, NP | Dan Pollyea, MD | Christine McMahon, MD | Glen Peterson, NP | Sydney Redland, RN | Raith Leider, RN | Erin Stoehner, RN | Jaycee Guspar | Michelle Springer | Lisen Axell
Penicillin Allergy Triage Chatbot Helper (PATCH) to Improve Penicillin
Hanna Long, PA-C, MIPAS | Matthew McCulloch, MD | Laura Wang, MD | Levi Keller, MD | Anjeli Kalra, MD | Amanda Hutnick, RN | Susan Moore, PhD
A Critical Gap in Support: Improving Distress Screening to Improve Breast Cancer Patient Care
Madeline Higgins, MD | Sarah Tevis, MD | Erin Baurle, PsyD | Adrienne Marsh, LCsW | Kylee Mills, LCSW | Jane Jachowicz, RN | Gretchen Ahrendt, MD | Ashley Arkema, FNP-BC, MS
Identifying Quality Improvement Approaches to Reduce Resource Over-Utilization in Reconstructive Surgery in Patients
Zain Aryanpour, MD | Katie Egan, MD | Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, MD | Rachel Grossman, RN, MSN
Natriuresis-Driven Diuresis Protocol for Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure
Karan Rai, MD | Sarah Beilke, MD | Laura Rodriguez, MD | Sam Porter, MD | Caitlin Dietsche, MD | John Kaufman, MD | Hillary Landau, MD, MBA | Laura Meimari, MS | Danielle Vaughn, BSN, BA, RN, CMSRN | Jessica Zaske, RN, MHSU
Pursuing Equity: A QI Project to Improve Initial Lung Cancer Screening
Oliver Bawmann, MD | Nick Breitnauer, MD | Katherine Anderson, MD | Daniel Kortsch, MD | Michael Root, MD | David Naeger, MD
Promoting Engagement with Outpatient Primary Care to Improve Post-Hospitalization Outcomes for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Amanda Johnson, MD
Hospitalist-Driven Penicillin Allergy Delabeling at a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center
Anita Moudgal, MD | Anjeli Kalra, MD | Misha Huang, MD, MS | Tara Ward, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC | Sam Porter, MD | Eric Grimm, BS, MS
Optimizing Pleural Effusion Management through a Complex Effusion Management Team (CEMT)
Christopher King, MD | Andrea King, PA-C | Jeffrey Sipple, MD | Arun Kannappan, MD | Nicole Huntley, MS, APN, ACCNS-AG, RNA | Henry Kramer, MD
Defining Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities among UCHealth Primary Care Patients
Laura Macke, MD | Elena Lebduska, MD | Blake Jones, MD | Prashanth Francis, MD, PhD | Andrea Dwyer | Abigail Braun, MD | Brian Hughes, MD | Hannah Carr, MD
Reducing Post-Operative Morbidity through Targeted Prevention of Perioperative Hypothermia
Rober Meguid, MD, MPH | Christina Stuart, MD | Adam Dyas, MD | Michael Ronsert, PhD, MS | Kathryn Colborn, PhD, MPSH | Alyson Dare Kelleher, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CPHQ | Benjamin Abrams, MD | Ethan Bumbler, MD | Michelle Ballou, BSN | Jamie O'Brien, BSN | Simran Randhawa, MBBS | Eliabeth David, MD, MAS, FACS | John Mitchell, MD, FACS | Elisa Birnbaum, MD, FACS | John Vogel, MD, FACS
Improving the Discharge Process and Care Coordination for Patients with a Drain
Marisa Brightman, PA | Michelle Knees, DO | Sam Porter, MD, Jessica Chandrasekhar, MD | Shelley Rio, NP | Brittany Lewis, RN | Laura Mathes, RN
Improving Care for Patients with Difficult Airways Project: Leveraging the EMR for Standardized Documentation, Head-of-bed Signage, and Tracking for High-risk Patients
Ben Cloyd, MD, MIPH | Michael Root, MD, MBA | Arun Kannappan, MD | Emily Robbins, BSN, RN, RN-BC | Candice Kmetz-Parkinson, RT | Christina Math, RN | Brian Cervenka, MD | Daniel Fink, MD | Daniel Resnick-Ault, MD | Peter Sottile, MD | Frank Wright, MD | Jason Brainard, MD | Viviane Abud, MD
Sedation Off, Awake, and Rehabilitate (SOAR)
Mikita Fuchita, MD | Caitlin Blaine, MSHS, PA-C | Alexis Keyworth, MSHS, PA-C | Blake Primi, MD | Alyson Kelleher, RN | Breandan Sullivan, MD | Kyle Ridgeway, PT, DPT | Laura Rosenthal, DNP, ACNP, FAANP | Jeffrey Glasheen, MD | Gina Whitney, MD
Hillary Lum, MD, PhD | Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD, FAPTA | Alexander Garbin, PT, DPT, PhD | Bennett Parnes, MD | Sarah Tietz, MD | Thomas Johnson, MD | Noelle Moreau | Hillary Duffy
Standardizing the OPAT Discharge Process: Improving Transitions in Care
Lorna Allen, FNP-C | Brian Montague, DO | Larissa Pisney, MD | Cory Hussain, MD | Matt Miller, PharmD | Kyle Molina, PharmD | Sandra Koehler | Justine Rodriguez | Ray Brown | Tara Ward, NP | Henry Kramer, MD | Ann Czyz, RN | Mechelle Hibpschman, RN | Heather Hallman, MHA, MSHS
Improving the Delivery of Evidence-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in the University of Colorado Hospital Emergency Department
Jason Hoppe, DO | Nat Truszczynski, PhD | Sean Michael, MD, MS | Kelly Bookman, MD
Postoperative Mobility Milestones for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Colorectal Surgery Patients
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, MD, PhD | Elisa Birnbaum, MD | Mikita Fuchita, MD | Cristina Winchester, BSN, RN, CMSRN | Christopher White, PT, DPT, MSPT, OCS, EMT | Danielle Sockolosky King, PT | Kyle Ridgeway, PT | Lisa Casanova-Sidoti, DNP, RN, CNOR, RNFA, CPHQ | Alison Abraham, PhD, MS, MHS | Ed Melanson, PhD
Improving Outcomes in Patients with Alcohol-associated Liver Disease (ALD) Admitted to University of Colorado Hospital Non-Hepatology Service Lines
Paul Cannon, PA-C, MPH | Anunta Virapongse, MD | Sam Porter, MD | Jay Burton, MD | JP Norvell, MD | Sara Stowell MSW, LSW | Maura Burton, NP | Arun Kannappan, MD | Annie Chen, MD | Minami Yamamura, MD | Angela Keniston | Lauren McBeth | Eric Grimm | Adnan S Syed
Duplicate Charts and the Inpatient Contact Move Process
Hillary Landau, MD | Jonathan Pell, MD | Kendra Adams, MD | Edie Seffrood, MD | Jenna Rushin, RN
An Intervention to Expand Hepatitis C Treatment among Hospitalized Patients with Substance Use Disorders with Linkage to Specialty Addiction Medicine Care at Discharge
Erin Bredenberg, MD | Susan Calcaterra, MD, MPH | Robin Bricker-Ford, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP | Sara Scherrer, MD
Improving the Quality of Obstetric Post-partum Hemorrhage Care through Use of a Vacuum-induced Hemorrhage Control Device (VHC)
Robyn Shaffer, MD | Cosette Kathawa, MD | Kristin Powell MD | Amy Sailor, RN | Karen Hampanda | Meggan Zsemlye, MD | Anne Behring, RN | Cynthia Aubol, RN
Implementation of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Determined from Prospectively Collected Data of Postoperative Patients
Sudheer Vemuru, MD | Sarah Tevis, MD | Laura Leonard, MD | Maksym Goryachok, MS1 | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Kyle Bata, MS
Implementation of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve Adherence Rates in Screening for Barrett’s Esophagus
Sridevi K. Pokala, MD | Sachin Wani, MD | Blake Jones, MD | Camille Hochheimer, PhD
Improving Evidence-based Clinical Documentation for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Ambulatory GI Clinic through Pre-clinic My Health Connection Survey
Improving Family Engagement through Virtual Participation in Nursing Care Sessions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Allison G. Dempsey, PHD | James Barry, MD | Lani Bowler, RN | Stephanie Takamatsu, PhD
Improving Umbilical Cord Toxicology Testing Practices in the Level 1 Newborn Population
Christine Gold, MD | Katharine Lyle Holmes, PNP | Anne Behring, RN | Kim Vann, RN | Sarah Beatty, LCSW | James Barry, MD | Jessica Anderson, CNM
Increasing Advanced Care Planning in Specialty Ambulatory Clinics
Laura Peters, DNP, FNP-C | Jeanie Youngwerth, MD | Jennifer Rodgers, DNP, ACNP-BC | Colleen McIlvennan, DNP, PhD, ANP | Devyn Bontus, LSW | Amanda Ravare, RN
Identifying User/Non-User Priorities to Develop and Implement Effective Surgical Electronic Health Records-Based Clinical Pathways
Jeniann Yi, MD | Anunta Virapongse, MD | Sarah Scarpato, MD | Alyssa Dominguez, MD | Sarah Wendel, MD | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Ryan Gupta, MD | Alyson Kelleher, RN
Clinical Indications for Emergent Brain MRI Use in Patients Presenting with Acute Focal Neurologic Deficits
Igor Malenky, MD | Sharon Poisson, MD | Jennifer Simpson, MD | Justin Honce, MD | Matthew Salzberg, MD | Stefan Sillau, PhD
Improving Transitions of Care Following Acute Ischemic Stroke
Jarrett Leech, MD | Jennifer Simpson, MD | Michelle Leppert, MD | Stefan Sillau, PhD | Brandy Ravare | Kerri Jesperson | Lacy Franks | Elizabeth Tolve, LSW | Darlene Tad-y, MD
Improving Patient Understanding of Breast Pathology Reports
Laura Leonard, MD | Sarah Tevis, MD | Gretchen Ahrendt, MD | Dulcy Wolverton, MD | Benjamin Himelhoch, MD | Sharon Sams, MD | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Darlene Tad-y, MD
Improving Antithrombotic Adherence and Patient Education Following Lower Extremity Revascularization
Ryan Gupta, MD | Jeniann Yi, MD | Katharine Perica, PharmD, BCPS | Michael Bronsert, PhD, MS | Henry Kramer, MD | Kerry Schwarz, PharmD
Multidisciplinary Intraoperative Assessment of Breast Specimens in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Lumpectomy
Sudheer Vemuru, MD | Sarah Tevis, MD | Dulcy Wolverton, MD | Lauren McLemore, MD | Amber Berning, MD | Madeline Paton | Michael Bronsert, PhD | Gretchen Ahrendt, MD | Robyn Gerthoffer, RN | Allie Kovar, MD
Improving Management of Dyslipidemia in Type 1 Diabetes to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
G. Todd Alonso, MD | Shoshana Tell, MD | Gail Spiegel | Viral Shah, MD | Emily Nease | Ann Rottler
Development of an Effective System to Provide Ambulatory Virtual Care to New Patients with Epilepsy
Christine Baca, MD | Samuel Destefano, MD | Laura Palmer, QI | Ramsey Antoun, MBA | Kathy Deanda, RN, MSN | Beth Wilbur, Intake Coord | Jennifer Simpson, MDErin Bredenberg, MD | Gregory Misky, MD | AK Kopperud, MSW | Jason John, MD | Amanda Johnson, MD
The Initial Prenatal Visit: Evaluating Adherence to American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologist Guidelines
Diane Christopher, MD | Amy Markese, MD | Shawna Tonick, MD | Margo Harrison, MD | Dawn Maupin | Jennifer Alexander
Improving Inpatient and Emergency Room Management of Parkinson's Disease
Michelle Fullard, MD | Caroline Goldin, MD | Kathryn Tremolet de Villers, PharmD
Improving Guideline-Concordant Opioid Prescription Practices in Surgery Using Multimodal Approach
Victoria Huynh, MD | Sarah Tevis, MD | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Darlene Tad-Y, MD | Nicole Christian, MD | Mark Nehler, MD | Clark Lyda, PharmD
Screening for Emergent Large-vessel Occlusions using Focal Objective Neurologic Symptoms in Patients Arriving to the Emergency Department
Rebecca Pollard, MD | Sharon Poisson, MD | Michelle Leppert, MD | Jennifer Simpson, MD | Vincent Timpone, MD | Matthew Salzberg, MD | Stefan Sillau, PhD
Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Protocols for Patients Undergoing Breast Surgery to Reduce Opioid Use and Improve Perioperative Pain Management
Sarah Tevis, MD | Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, MD | Tori Huynh, MD | Amy Reppert, MD | Laura Pomerenke, MD | Inge Tamm-Daniels, MD | Allison Lock, PA | Jenn Romig, RN | Patricia Chlopik, RD
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Admissions: Improving Quality of Care After Endoscopy
Timothy Yen, MD | Swati Patel, MD | Frank I. Scott, MD | Sarguni Singh, MD | Kellie Haygood, BSN
UP to PPAR - Using Prompts To Promote PDMP Assessment Regularly
Richard Altman, MD | Peter Smith, MD | Jason Hoppe, DO
Akshay Chauhan, MD | Typhanie Beasley, DNP, APRN, FNP | Richark Schulick, MD | Cathy Ehrenfeucht, CNO | Jonathan Schoen, MD | Kevin Rothchild, MD | Cate Roskind, CBN, Morgan Arranda, RN
Rebecca Mullen, MD | Shandra Brown Levy, PhD
Ensuring High Quality Colonoscopy: Development of an Automated Adenoma Detection Rate (ADR) Tracking and Reporting Tool
Blake Jones, MD | Swati Patel, MD, MS | Steve Edmundowicz, MD | Sachin Wani, MD | Greg Austin, MD | Kellie Haygood, BSN | Dylan Ray, MS | Lisa Schilling, MD, MSPH
Khooshbu Dayton, MD | Sarah Scarpato, MD | Li-Kheng Ngov, MD | Dimitry Levin, MD | Elizabeth Kessler, MD | Matthew Salzberg, MD | Robin Tyner, PA-C
Nonmydriatic Ocular Fundus Photography in Emergency Department Patients
Jennifer Simpson, MD | Victoria Pelak, MD | Christopher McStay, MD | Marc Mathias, MD
Alexandra Kovar | Sarah Tevis, MD | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Matt Iorio, MD | Veronica Broslawik, MLS, MPH | Michelle Barron, MD | Kelly Joiner, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR | Cassandra Pender, MBA
Dr. Kovar’s goal was to develop a standardized checklist for ChloraPrep surgical site preparation. This work has been published in the AORN Journal here.
Evaluating Patient-Reported Penicillin Allergies at UCH Pre-Operative Anesthesia Clinic to Reduce Non-Cephalosporin Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Use
Nicholas Alvey, MD, MPH | Angela Selzer, MD | Frank Newsome, RN | Tim Pratt, RN | Anjeli Kalri, MD
PACT-F: Perioperative Aspirin Continuation Task Force
Tom Gulvezan, MD, MBA | Angela Selzer, MD | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Nathan Clendenen, MD | Kevin Rogers, MD | Toby Trujillo, PharmD
Improving Care Transitions to Home Health Care through an Innovative Video-Teleconference Program: ECHO-HHC
Christine D. Jones, MD, MS | Ethan Cumbler, MD | Hemali Patel, MD | Jan Hagman, RN | Roya Yazdani, CM | Karin Harlan, SW | Karlene Hobbs | Tanya Budnikova, MBA | Gary Ruvins, JD, MBA | Bennett Parnes, MD | Chris Davis, MD, DTMH
Dr. Jones developed a video-conferencing program for UCH clinicians to communicate with PCPs and home health companies to streamline the hospital discharge process and reduce readmissions. They saw a 15% decrease in 30-day readmissions in the (Acute Care for the Elderly) ACE unit. Dr. Jones has since been awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop a Palliative-Translational Home Health Care Model to improve discharges for high-risk patients. This work has been published here.
Knowin’ Troponin: an EHR-based Clinical Decision Support Tool for Guideline Concordant Care of Patients with Elevated Troponin Levels
Karen Ream, PA | Andrew Levy, MD | Debra Anhoff, MD | Kim Marshall, BSN, RN | Jessica Nensel, DNP | Lorna Prutzman, RN, MSN | Ben Easter, MD, MBA | Sean Michael, MD, MBA | Matt Salzberg, MD | Julie A Rosser, DO | John Messenger, MD | Larry Allen, MD, MHS | Michael Ho, MD PhD
Improving Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Referrals to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at the University of Colorado Hospital
Mesha-Gay Brown, MD | Cornelia Drees, MD | Rhonda DeBello, RN | Jennifer Simpson, MD
Burn Intensive Care Unit to Operating Room Transfer: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Increase Efficiency and Improve Utilization in a High Volume Service
Colby G. Simmons, DO, MBA | Jason Brainard, MD | Jason Williams, MD, MBA | Benjamin Scott, MD | Anne Wagner, MD | Arek Wiktor, MD | Jennifer Wilson, RN | Erin Lund, RN | Ethan Clarke, RN | Nate Weitzel | Michelle Ballou | Michelle Feller
Preoperative Enhancement Program (PREP) to Reduce Surgical Site Infections
Maria Albuja-Cruz, MD | Alicia Heelan Gladden, MD | Robin Henrich, MBA | Thomas Garcia
Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Project to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in Upper Respiratory Infections in Seniors Clinic
Lakshmi Chauhan, MD | Kristine Erlandson, MD | Skotti Church, MD | Danielle Fixen, PharmD | Matthew Miller, PharmD
Dr. Chauhan and her team developed a reporting dashboard in the AMC Seniors Clinic at UCH to measure outpatient antibiotic use to reduce prescriptions for respiratory conditions. They were able to significantly reduce antibiotic prescribing for a variety of respiratory tract infections (e.g., sinusitis, p 0.001; otitis, p 0.007) and reduced prescribing of Levofloxacin (e.g., 9% to 3%) and Clavulanate (e.g., 12% to 7%). This work has been published here.
Behavioral Health Program Implementation
Hemali Patel, MD | Sara Stowell, MSW, LSW
Archana Shrestha, MD | Robert Neumann, MD | Annette Hill, R.EEG.T | Pawel Walczak | Mark Spitz, MD | Lauren Frey, MD | Laura Strom, MD | Cornelia Drees, MD | Pearce Korb, MD | Mesha Gay-Brown, MD | Christine Baca, MD | David Vu
Inpatient Opioid Stewardship Program
Caitlin Dietsche, MD | Anunta Virapongse, MD | Hemali Patel, MD | Patrick Kneeland, MD | Essey Yirdaw, MPH | Jonathan Pell, MD
Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality of Vascular Surgery Patients
Ashley Vavra, MD | Melanie Donnelly, MD
Provider Identification Initiative for Inter‐ and Intradisciplinary Communication (PIIII‐C)
Eric Martin, MD | Anunta Virapongse, MD, MPH | Jonathan Pell, MD
Intervening on Social Determinants of Health at AF Williams Family Medicine Center
Heather Bleacher, MD | Autumn Kuehl, LCSW | Martha Kalin, MPH, MSW | Jacqueline Calderone, MD | Corey Lyon, DO, FAAFP | Kathy Cebuhar, MA, LPC
Optimizing Delivery of Antimicrobial Stewardship Educational Resources
Matthew Miller, PharmD, BCPS | Michelle Barron, MD | Meghan Jeffres, PharmD | Gerry Barber, RPh
Seniors Clinic Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Program in UTI Treatment
Skotti Church, MD | Danielle Fixen, PharmD | Dan Matlock, MD, MPH
Transition Intervention Bundle Study
Joshua L Denson, MD (Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow) | Robert Burke, MD (Mentor), MS | Julie Knoeckel, MD | Julia Clemons, MD | Mark Kearns, MD | Michael Wechsler, MD, MMSc. | Heidi Wald, MD | Jonathan Pell, MD | Charlie Wray, DO, MS | Leora Horwitz, MD
Sabrina Newman, MD | Roberta Capp, MD | Theodore Alkousakis, MD | Robert Dellavalle, MD, PhD | Lindsay Boyers, MD | Jenna Peart, MD
Multidisciplinary-Resuscitation Bundle for the Hemorrhagic Trauma Patient
Erik Peltz, DO | Hunter Moore, MD | Robert McIntyre, MD | Regina Krell, BSN | Andrea McFarland, BSN | Stephanie Vega, BSN | Jaclyn Leyba, BSN | Eve Meriashi-Lindemann, BSN | Erik Nelson, MD | Fareed Azam, MD | Christopher McStay, MD | Alicia Heelan Gladden, MD | Joel Kniep, MD | Kelly Bookman, MD
Establish the Feasibility and Safety of an Inter-Disciplinary Patient-Driven Approach to the Management of Hypertension in Patients Seen at UCH
Diana Jalal, MD | Lisa Schilling, MD | Michael Ho, MD, PhD | Sarah Billups, PharmD | Crystal Reingardt, MPH | Anne Grothe, RD | Liza Wilson, PharmD (AFW) | Patrick Klem, PharmD (CKD) | Emily Decker, MS | Zhiying You PhD
Kasey Bowden, NP | Amira del Pino-Jones, MD | Gregory Misky, MD | Kathryn Hassell, MD | Heather Logan, MCPN
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improve Medical Resident Chronic Pain Management - Prescribing Practices, Aberrant Patient Behavior, and Primary Care as a Career
H. Mindy Lam, MD | Katy E. Trinkley, PharmD | Carmen Lewis, MD | Karen Chacko, MD | S. Michelle Nikels, MD | Miranda Kroehl, MS, PhD
Develop and Implement a Protocol to Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications (POPC)