Patient safety often goes hand-in-hand with quality improvement. As part of , IHQI is highlighting the QI projects of our current Improvement Scholars:
Implementation of Antibiotic Time-outs at Hillsborough Hospital
ºÚÁÏÍø Hospitals-Hillsborough Campus
Lead: Zach Willis, MD, MPH
Malnutrition in Hospitalized Family Medicine Patients
ºÚÁÏÍø Hospitals
Lead: Amir Barzin, DO, MS
Reducing Fall-Related Fractures in Older Adults
ºÚÁÏÍø Hospitals-Hillsborough Campus
Lead: Meredith Gilliam, MD, MPH
Using the EMR for Precision Prescribing and Reducing Unused Opioid Tablets in Postpartum Women
ºÚÁÏÍø Women’s Hospitals
Lead: Christine McKenzie, MD
Reducing Avoidable Gastrointestinal Surgery Readmissions
ºÚÁÏÍø Medical Center
Leads: Stephanie Lumpkin, MDÂ & Nicole Chaumont, MD
Extending Early Sepsis Recognition and Intervention to the Critical Care and Pre-Hospital Environment
ºÚÁÏÍø-Rex Hospital
Leads: Dameion Rutherford, RN, CFRN, NREMT-P (not pictured) & Francis Castiller, MD (not pictured)