As an incoming faculty member of University of Chicago’s Department of Neurology and the MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, I am so excited and grateful to the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI) for the opportunity to increase …
In October 2019, UChicago Medicine’s Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI) embarked on a two-year, multi-institutional project to move the conversation forward around managing chronic pain. Supported by a $4 million contract from the Agency for Healthcare …
For Jay Koyner, MD, it began four years ago when he and other University of Chicago colleagues, published a paper around predicting acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients and thought that if he could intervene early, patient outcomes could be …
Clayton Shuman, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan School of Nursing
“Mom is Medicine: Examining Factors Affecting Implementation of Maternal-Delivered Care for Opioid-Exposed …
By Laura Fritsche- 8/6/19
Chicago hosts an abundance of healthcare organizations from small health-tech startups to large health system conglomerates and insurance companies. These organizations all provide different products and services, yet they’re all working towards improving the health of Chicagoans …
On a bright, sunny Monday in July, Pritzker School medical students, UChicago Medicine administration trainees, and faculty mentors made their way downtown to visit healthcare startup incubator MATTER. After a brief tour …
The University of Chicago Medicine is joining the Cochrane U.S. Network, a group of 11 centers promoting evidence-based decision making in health care.
By Sharon Markman, MHA
At the forefront of medicine, the University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) has some of the most prolific researchers and the greatest innovative minds in the country. But some would say that they never knew what sort of …
By Michael O’Connor, MD
Several years ago, the University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) made reducing the rate of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) one of its annual operating goals. Hospital leadership …
By Natasha Pettit
With the help of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation’s Travel Grant Scholarship, I was able to attend the AAMC Integrating Quality earlier this month. This was a completely different type of conference …
By Cyndi LaFond, PhD, RN, CCRN-K
On May 20th, the University of Chicago Medicine Nursing Skin Care Team was awarded the Sixth Annual 3M Award for Excellence in Skin Safety at the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society Conference in Salt …
