Quality Improvement Curriculum
The Quality Improvement (QI) curriculum provides longitudinal training
and hands-on experience with quality improvement methods to improve our
health care system. Residents participate in the QI curriculum during
an optional dedicated Integrated block during their residency.
Past and current projects include:
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Bedside Ultrasound: Hospitalist faculty developed a curriculum for residents to learn basic
bedside ultrasound skills and have obtained several bedside ultrasound
devices for residents to use for training.
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Phenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal: Phenobarbital is a safe and effective medication to use for treatment
of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. This project standardized treatment of
alcohol withdrawal with phenobarbital in the ICU and to trained physicians
to use the phenobarbital alcohol withdrawal order set in the ICU. Research
results from the project were presented at the national ATS meeting in 2024.
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Hypertension: PMG-NE Clinic patients with Stage 2 hypertension were given a free Bluetooth-enabled
blood pressure cuff to use for home monitoring and received regular outreach
from the clinic care team. The project demonstrated substantial improvements
in hypertensive control and was presented at the Plenary Session of the
National Society for General Internal Medicine meeting in Spring 2023.
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Tobacco Cessation: Our clinic worked with the Health Education Department and Xealth to improve
tobacco cessation in our clinic patients. This involved email and MyChart
outreach to patients who smoke encouraging them to quit and connecting
them to resources (online classes, tobacco quit line, their PCP).
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Vaccination Rates: Our clinic worked with American College of Physicians (ACP) Raise the Rates
to improve vaccination rates in our clinic patients. The focus in 2024-25
was on influenza vaccination.
