Nick Meo, MD and Erin Aas, MSN, ARNP, CPHQ presenting on QI/Patient Safety Opportunities at HMC during the QI Ambassadors Program Kickoff Meeting
This month, the Housestaff Quality & Safety Committee (HQSC) proudly celebrates 16 years of dedication to quality improvement! To mark this milestone, current HQSC co-chairs Drs. Emily Schildt and Jaspreet Bahia launched the HQSC QI Ambassadors Program. The program kickoff featured a dinner at the South Lake Union Board Room, symbolizing a new alliance between housestaff and UW Medicine’s QI leaders.
Dr. Anneliese Schleyer, UW Medicine’s Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Byron Joyner, Vice Dean & DIO for Graduate Medical Education, opened the event with a warm welcome, then quality improvement leaders from our five major hospitals took the stage to address 20 housestaff who were hand-selected for their interest in quality improvement. These residents and fellows, now our HQSC QI Ambassadors, were introduced to ongoing initiatives, working committees, and engaging activities in which they could participate. The evening’s theme resonated: “The best way to connect with your workplace is to have a voice in creating change.”
The recent Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) site visit is helping us to understand the six critical domains and where we can make improvements to our system of safe, quality care. With the new HQSC QI Ambassadors, we can do more. We can do better. We know that the best ideas come from those on the front line – our housestaff who are doing the work.
Our goal is that these presentations will create conversations, networks and actions that will give the new HQSC QI Ambassadors a chance to help create a better, healthier system of care – and help them really connect with UW Medicine and the care they are providing.
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| Byron Joyner, MD, MPA Vice Dean for GME and DIO |
Jaspreet Bahia, MD HQSC Co-Chair |
Emily Schildt, MD HQSC Co-Chair |