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  • JAMA

    Gestating Healthy Policies for Young ParentsOpens in a new window

    Aug 3, 2023
    Recent IHQSE graduate Shannon Acker, MD, was an author on an article published by JAMA advocating for better support systems for trainees during pregnancy and early parenthood. In addition to new policies from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Dr. Acker and her colleague emphasize the importance of a cultural shift and a comprehensive network of support for your parents.
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  • Journal of Hospital Medicine

    Take Your PICC: IHQSE Faculty Develops Support Tool to Improve Appropriate Catheter UsageOpens in a new window

    Apr 13, 2023
    Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) provide reliable central vascular access for hospitalized patients, but PICCs are associated with morbid and potentially lethal complications. To curb these outcomes, IHQSE Faculty Dr. Tyler Anstett and team developed a decision support tool in the EHR to help hospital-based providers utilize more appropriate catheter devices for their patients.
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  • Applied Clinical Informatics

    A Nudge in the Right Direction: IHQSE Faculty Member Engages Clinicians to Rethink EHR DesignOpens in a new window

    Jan 14, 2023
    The transfusion of blood is a life-saving measure but is sometimes overused leading to worse outcomes for patients and excess costs for health systems. A team including IHQSE Faculty member Dr. Tyler Anstett engaged clinicians from different specialties to rethink the design of blood transfusion orders in the EHR at University of Colorado Hospital.
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  • journal of clinical microbiology

    IHQSE Alum Publishes Study to Address Antimicrobial Over-Prescribing for Mechanically Ventilated PatientsOpens in a new window

    Oct 11, 2022
    Andrea Prinzi, Ph.D., MPH, a member of the 2020 cohort of the IHQSE Certificate Training Program published their work in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, showing that endotracheal aspirate cultures commonly overreport lower respiratory tract infections due to contamination, often resulting in excess antimicrobial therapy.
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  • Applied Clinical Informatics

    IHQSE Faculty Member Employs QI Methodology to Address Add-on Test Failures Across Health SystemOpens in a new window

    Aug 13, 2022
    Venipunctures are clinically necessary for hospitalized patients, but failed add-on lab tests can lead to excess venipunctures and patient harm. In a recent publication in Applied Clinical Informatics, IHQSE faculty member, Tyler Anstett, DO and team used QI methodology to identify a root cause of add-on failures and then implemented a simple and effective solution.
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  • The Laryngoscope

    Tonsillectomy Patients: Should they Stay or Should they Go?Opens in a new window

    Aug 1, 2022
    IHQSE Certificate Training Program Graduates Dr. Norman Friedman, Renee Crowder and Sarah Derieg developed a set of screening criteria to predict children who would need overnight monitoring after surgery for sleep-disordered breathing. They report that 75% of patients did not have a prolonged oxygen requirement making them candidates for same day surgery. The probability of a prolonged oxygen requirement was only 18% if patients did not have a diagnosis of asthma or a resting pulse oxygen measurement of < 96%. They conclude that all patients who are off oxygen within 3 hours of surgery and pass a sleep room air challenge are safe for discharge to home.
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  • annals of surgical oncology

    Study Shows Patients Lack Education on Sexual Side Effects of Cancer TreatmentOpens in a new window

    Aug 1, 2022
    IHQSE Faculty member, Dr. Sarah Tevis, and team surveyed patients with stage 0-IV breast cancer about the information they received about potential sexual side effects of their treatment. The survey revealed that patients—most of whom receive little to no information—desire personalized education early and often to better navigate these effects during treatment.
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    IHQSE Faculty Member Evaluates Measurement and Interventions to Decrease Diagnostic ErrorOpens in a new window

    Jul 25, 2022
    Diagnostic errors are common and important causes of preventable morbidity and mortality in a variety of medical settings. Diagnostic errors leading to harm are most likely to involve diagnoses of cancer, vascular events, or infection. IHQSE Faculty, Dr. Katie Raffel, along with Sumant Ranji, MD, takes a look at approaches to measurement, etiologies, and interventions to decrease diagnostic error.
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  • Joural of Graduate medical education

    Dedicated Residency Training Yields Quality, Safety and Hospital LeadersOpens in a new window

    Jun 6, 2022
    IHQSE faculty members, Drs. Emily Gottenborg, Jeff Glasheen, and Tyler Anstett, along with IHQSE alumna Dr. Julia Limes, published the first program evaluation of a residency training program focused on Hospital Medicine. The paper describes the University of Colorado’s experience of training over a hundred hospitalist residents over 15 years. Notably, the program found that graduates were highly likely to choose careers in hospital medicine with over 80% holding quality, safety and operational leadership roles.
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  • Jour Hosp Med

    Valuing Hospital-Providers Beyond Clinical ProductivityOpens in a new window

    Jun 2, 2022
    Dr. Moksha Patel, IHQSE Lead Physician Informaticist, authored a perspective piece, looking at ways to reimagine the way we measure hospital-provider productivity. This paper focuses on the limitations of traditional measures of hospital-provider value, such as clinical productivity and emphasizes the patient, employee, and institutional outcomes such as quality, safety and experience.
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