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Thank you to all who attended IHI’s Annual Quality & Innovations Scholars Program Symposium, our capstone event for the year.

The event showcased the work of the 2015-2016 Quality & Innovation Scholars to an audience of over 50 students across the schools of medicine, nursing, business, engineering, public policy, global health, as well as physicians and administrators from many departments of DUHS.

We learned about the efforts of 12 practicum teams through poster exhibitions and of six teams through brief oral presentations. In recognition of their work, Elliot Le (SOM) and Patrick O’Shea (Fuqua/UNC SOM) were awarded full travel scholarships ($1,000 each) to present their project “Standardizing Text Paging to Improve Physician-Nurse Communication: A Pilot Study” at IHI’s National Forum in Orlando, Florida in December 2016. They were mentored by Alicia Clark, MD and Lindsay Boole, MD. Yingna Liu (SOM) and Lauren Teague (SON) each received partial travel scholarships ($500 each) for their project entitled “Standardizing Protocols in the Duke Outpatient Clinic.” They were mentored by Julia Gamble, NP and Lynn Bowlby, MD.

We capped off the evening by hearing from a panel of DUHS leaders: Jon Bae, MD; George Cheely, MD, MBA; Heather Marstiller, MBA; Cary Ward, MD; Janet Bettger, DSc, FAHA. Their discussion added insightful context to the work these students and their mentors have put in over the past academic year.

Congratulations again to the QISP Scholars on a fantastic year!

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Thank you to all who attended IHI’s April OpSwap @ Fuqua with Dr. Jen Perkins, MBA. About 30 students were in attendance from across the schools of medicine, business, policy, and nursing.

Through practical case-based discussion, the attendees learned the challenges of provider scheduling and how to maximize patient access in the common scenario of patient demand exceeding clinic supply.

Student feedback was very positive, including:

“Dr. Perkins was practical and the case study made the session superb. More training on how to do healthcare operations would be even better!”

“The case discussion was really interesting and seemed very relevant to problems we might face in the future.”

A special thank you also to the Fuqua Health Sector Management program for generously co-sponsoring this event.

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Thank you to all who attended IHI’s February OpSwap @ Duke Med with  Dr. Alicia Clark and Dr. Kevin Shah. About 35 students were in attendance from across the schools of medicine, business, policy, engineering, and nursing. Students learned through case-based discussion the importance of QI and how to apply Six Sigma and other management models in healthcare. Attendees also had a brief tour of key areas of the hospital.

Video Recording: A recording of the event is available HERE for those who were unable to attend. A Duke NetID is required to view. Apologies that the first 9 minutes are missing due to technical difficulties.

A special thank you also to the Fuqua Health Sector Management program for generously co-sponsoring this event.

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Duke IHI is mixing it up with UNC’s IHI this Friday at the Durham Bulls baseball game against the Charlotte Knights. If you’re interested, sign up and pay for your ticket by this Monday 4/4. Instructions below. We will be sitting in a block of seats together.

When: Friday, April 8th, 7pm (game start time)
Where: Durham Bulls Athletic Park, 409 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701
RSVP HERE by Monday 4/4
Payment: Venmo $11 to cover your ticket to @Andrew-Bromley

Interested in transforming healthcare? If you’d like to learn more about opportunities and projects targeting delivery and quality improvement at DUHS, please join IHI as we showcase the amazing projects of our interdisciplinary group of 2016 QISP scholars at our Annual Symposium.

RSVP HERE

Learn more about QISP: HERE

Questions: Email DukeQISP@gmail.com

Interested in how business, QI, and equity interact in a healthcare setting? Join IHI for a practical case-based discussion led by Dr. Jen Perkins, MBA on the challenges of provider scheduling and how to maximize patient access in the all too common scenario of patient demand exceeding clinic supply.

Note: Health professions students will benefit most from this session. An equivalent session for non-health professions students was already held previously this semester.

When: Wednesday, April 6th, 5-7pm
Where: 2008 MBA Classroom, Level 1, Keller East, Fuqua (Map)
Food: Dinner will be provided
RSVP HERE

Interested in how business, QI, and health interact in a hospital setting? Join IHI for a case-based discussion on the importance of QI and the application of Six Sigma and other management models in healthcare led by Dr. Alicia Clark and Dr. Kevin Shah. Attendees will also be taken on a brief tour of key areas of the hospital.

Note: Non-health professions students will benefit most from this session. We will have an equivalent Fuqua/business edition for health professions students later in the semester.

When: Thursday, Feb 25th, 5-7pm
Where: Lab Rooms 5 & 6, 3rd floor, TSCHE
RSVP HERE. Space is limited!