Transforming healthcare delivery in the pursuit of perfect care.

Current medical research is often focused on the what, not the how – ignoring that the health care delivery system is itself a complex organism.

It’s in the overlap

Discovering How

Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI) represents the overlap between healthcare operations and innovation and research. The healthcare system itself is the organism under both evaluation and treatment. These are not necessarily patient-level interventions and questions: instead, they are often the study of changes in the way in which patient-level interventions are delivered. Healthcare delivery science integrates research-quality methods into what we actually do in the real world.

Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation

Our Services

Analytic Interventions Unit

The Analytic Interventions Unit (AIU) was formed to identify key clinical applications of predictive analytics and support the development, deployment and evaluation of such initiatives at UChicago Medicine.

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Innovation Intake

HDSI has created a streamlined process for UChicago Medicine to learn about new ideas and partnership opportunities to improve clinical practice, patient experience and workflow.

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Pilots, Research and Innovation Operational Review (PRIOR)

PRIOR helps to educate investigators during the planning process, ensuring researchers and hospital staff understand the impact on health system operations and facilitating successful implementation of their project.

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Quality Improvement Determination

QI Determination is a formal review process required to ensure clear distinction between human subjects research and quality improvement initiatives for all quality improvement projects that will be shared outside of UChicago Medicine to protect our patients, investigators, and the institution.

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ID Equitable Healthcare Lab

ID Equitable Healthcare Lab, a partnership between UCM and the Illinois Institute of Design, uses design methods to examine health systems’ processes and develop inclusive strategies and solutions.

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