Schulich Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy
The Schulich Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy is an innovative partnership between the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry 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 gaps in clinical care using quality improvement methodology.
The 24-week course format consists of four Ivey business students paired with one healthcare professional to explore how a healthcare issue can be optimized both from a financial and clinical perspective. The course combines invited speakers, coaching, and project work over the academic year. Notable projects the course has fostered over past years include reducing length of stay post-liver transplant saving the healthcare system $540,000 yearly (2019), developing a policy (i.e., resource stewardship) on the use of IV iron and what formulation to use (2020) and increasing the number of transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVIs) that were done per week by reducing inefficiencies and reallocating resources (2021).
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
Dr. Alan Gob |
Andrea McInerney |