Schulich Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy
The Schulich Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy is an innovative partnership between the Centre for Quality, Innovation and Safety (CQUINS) and the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
This ground-breaking course brings together healthcare providers and Honours Business Administration students in a co-learning environment to jointly investigate complex healthcare problems. Participants work in teams addressing a care gap in a clinical setting and apply quality improvement methodology and healthcare economics to sustainably improve an aspect of the healthcare system.
The 24-week course format combines invited speakers, asynchronous learning content, coaching, and project work over the academic year. Notable projects from previous years have included: reducing ICU length of stay and associated medical costs by implementing an enhanced recovery strategy for liver transplant patients (2022); reducing door-to-needle time for ischemic stroke patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment through a benchmarking approach (2023); and decreasing opioid-induced constipation rates in pediatric patients by increasing the percentage prescribed a prophylactic bowel regimen at the time of opioid prescription (2024).
The inter-hospital and cross departmental partnerships have fostered numerous relationships benefiting participants, payers, the healthcare system and most importantly, patients.
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Course Directors
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Dr. Alan Gob |
Andrea McInerney |
