IHQSE - Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Efficiency

08/02/2023

📣 Check out this awesome story featuring a team of IHQSE Alumni. What an honor it's been to work with Mikita Fuchita & team to get SOAR off and rolling. Outcomes like this and the triumphs of patients like Chenille are why we do what we do! 💙

A new initiative spearheaded by a CU School of Medicine faculty member is keeping more patients awake and mobile, reducing the risks of deep sedation.

06/06/2023

Wishing a happy, healthy and empowering to all of our colleagues, patients, friends and family in LGBTQ+ communities. We see you. We hear you. We are with you.

05/12/2023

Happy to the hardworking individuals who make up the backbone of our healthcare system 💪
THANK YOU for your dedication and commitment to helping patients day in and day out 💙

04/26/2023

There's no transforming healthcare without some serious administrative muscle 💪. To our own IHQSE administrative staff and all the administrative professionals that keep our healthcare systems running, we salute you 🫡 and wish you a happy 💼📝💻

03/31/2023

Welcome to our 2023 IHQSE Fellows! ⚕

Dr. Katherine Green joins us from the University of Colorado Dept. of Otolaryngology where she serves as Medical Director of the University of Colorado Hospital Sleep Center, Director of sleep surgery and Asst. Professor of Otolaryngology.

The IHQSE Fellowship blends practical skill development, application & coaching to accelerate a career in quality leadership. Fellows are positioned to apply these skills to project-level improvements, quality program building & health leadership roles. Learn more and register for the Fellowship here ➡ https://bit.ly/3mUKSoy

03/30/2023

Sending a world of gratitude and appreciation to all the AMAZING here on The CU Anschutz Medical Campus and across the country 👨‍⚕️ 👩‍⚕️ We are honored to work alongside you to improve healthcare! 🏥

03/09/2023

Welcome to our 2023 IHQSE Fellows! ⚕

Dr. Patricia Santos joins us from the University of Kentucky Division of Hospital Medicine where she serves as Associate Chief of Quality & Safety, core faculty for the internal medicine residency, and co-chair of oncology co-management service. Dr. Santos begins her Fellowship with Foundations in Healthcare Leadership in May!

The IHQSE Fellowship blends practical skill development, application & coaching to accelerate a career in quality leadership. Fellows are positioned to apply these skills to project-level improvements, quality program building & health leadership roles. Learn more and register for the Fellowship here ➡ https://bit.ly/3mUKSoy

03/06/2023

NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE 🏥🪜
Sending a BIG congratulations to FHL 2022 grad Dr. Amy Tyler for her new role as Division Chief of Hospital Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. 👏👏👏

03/02/2023

NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE 🏥

Join us in saying congratulations 👏 to FHL alum Dr. Sansrita Nepal for her new appointment to CDI Physician Advisor in the Department of Patient Safety and Quality at Denver Health Hospital.

Learn how Foundations in Healthcare Leadership can help you take your career to the next level: https://bit.ly/3NtWyKJ

02/03/2023

Today we recognize and applaud the exemplary work of women physicians on our team, in our state and throughout the country 👩‍⚕️
You help move medicine forward and we thank you for it 👏

Learn more about the Women Physicians on our Faculty at IHQSE.org

01/20/2023

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the one and only Dr. Emily Gottenborg, who has been selected as TEACHER OF THE YEAR for her work with students in their longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) year. Nominated by her students, she is recognized as a positive and supportive mentor and coach. Congrats, Dr. Gottenborg! 👏 👏 Glad to have you on our team!

01/12/2023

In recognition of , check out this team that decided it was about time to rethink medication delivery to discharging patients 💊 Read more about this and other outcomes in the IHQSE Performance Portfolio: https://bit.ly/3sL81fz

12/07/2022

Unnecessary consults can be a real pain in the neck! That’s why a 2020 CTP team intervened and substantially reduced inappropriate PT consults. Read more about this and other outcomes in the IHQSE Performance Portfolio: https://bit.ly/3sL81fz

12/02/2022

A warm welcome to the newest member of the IHQSE team, ✨Sloan Garcia✨. Sloan joined the team back in October as the Program Coordinator and has been hard at work keeping our current Certificate Training Program (and everything else) running smoothly ⚙️. WELCOME!!

Sloan is the Program Coordinator for the IHQSE. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Health from Texas State University and a master’s in Public Health in Health Systems, Management & Policy from the University of Colorado School of Public Health. Prior to joining the IHQSE, Sloan worked for UCHealth as a Patient Access Representative. Learn more about Sloan and the rest of the IHQSE at https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/patient-care/clinical-affairs/ihqse/faculty-staff

11/16/2022

CONGRATS to Heather Hallman, Program Manager of the IHQSE CEPS Grant Program, for receiving the Staff Innovator Award from the CU Department of Medicine. 🏆 👏 The award recognizes staff who consistently demonstrate outstanding achievements that go above & beyond the expectations for their jobs.

Read more about Heather's achievement and the other Dept. of Medicine Award recipients here: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/department-of-medicine/department-of-medicine-celebrates-its-best-and-brightest

11/10/2022

IHQSE Alum Candice Kmetz-Parkinson was recently featured on 9NEWS discussing UCHealth's new Virtual Respiratory Therapist program that is helping to streamline workflow and get patients off ventilators sooner. Truly awesome stuff! 👏 Check it out 👇

The new position will focus on getting patients off of ventilators sooner.