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Dr. Jennifer Weiss is featured in a recent blog post by the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. In it, Dr. Weiss discusses how UW Health increased its colorectal cancer screening rates from 61% to 81% over the last six years. She also discusses her research to identify predictors of colorectal cancer screening variation and barriers to screening,… Read more »
Several HIP investigators were named in the Best Doctors in America® list for 2015-16. The list results from a validated peer review process in which doctors who excel in their specialties are chosen by their peers. You can read more about the selection and review process, as well as view the list of the over… Read more »
The Society of Hospital Medicine is now offering CME credit for a webinar led by Dr. Elizabeth Cox and Dr. Michelle Kelly on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a family-centered rounds checklist and associated toolkit of materials to support best practices in family-centered rounding. The CME activity is free. You can view details and register… Read more »
Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Pandhi and her research team on winning the Patient Choice Award for their Dane 1 in 4 work. The winning poster, titled “Engaging the Community in Identifying and Prioritizing Outcomes for Integrated Primary Care Behavioral Health,” was presented at the annual North American Primary Care Research Group in October.
Nasia Safdar has been awarded a contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to improve research on the prevention and treatment of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Dr. Safdar’s project creates a sustainable panel of older rural Wisconsin patients and their families, and other stakeholders including UW Health Infection Prevention staff and the Wisconsin Division of… Read more »
Dr. Gretchen Schwarze and co-investigators were recently awarded $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how to improve how older adults make decisions about high-risk surgical treatments. Congratulations, Dr. Schwarze!
Dr. Elizabeth Cox and Dr. Kathryn Flynn are part of a team of researchers who were recently awarded a 4-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fine-tune tools for clinicials to improve outcomes for children with chronic illnesses. Dr. Cox and Dr. Flynn’s energies will be focused on understanding how children’s experiences… Read more »
The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality(link is external) recently partnered with HIP to make 3 improvement toolkits available on HIPxChange. The toolkits present evidence-based strategies and a variety of supporting resources that healthcare provider organizations can use to improve care and outcomes in 3 areas: blood sugar (A1c) control for patients with diabetes, blood pressure… Read more »
Dr. Elizabeth Cox will be speaking at the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) first annual meeting, which will focus on progress in building a patient-centered comparative effectiveness research community. Dr. Cox will be speaking about her project, Family-Centered Tailoring of Pediatric Diabetes Self-Management Resources, at a plenary session that highlights innovative patient engagement in… Read more »
The video of the “Partnering with Patients in Health Care” Mini Med School that was recently held by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health is now available online. Several HIP investigators and affiliates spoke at the event, which focused on how patients can help improve health care, research, and policy. You can read… Read more »