University of Texas Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Program Second Year Evaluation Sherry Martin, Chancellor’s Health Fellow in Clinical Safety and Effectiveness

University of Texas Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Program Goal: To integrate quality and safety concepts into the way we do our work everyday and enhance organizational knowledge through disseminated successful practices across the UT System The Clinical Safety and Effectiveness (CS&E) quality improvement course Annual conference and recognition event University of Texas CS&E Fellowship Core UT

CS&E Course Objectives and Related Measures Establish the course at each of the UT healthcare organizations # of organizations achieving full implementation Achieve a critical mass of graduates, completing successful projects # of graduates # of successful projects

CSE Course Implementation Second Year Results Fully implemented at MDACC, UTHSC – Houston, UTSW, and UTHSCSA 608 Graduates + 81 enrolled 300 Completed projects + 26 underway UTMB - ready to implement before hurricane; ready to resume implementation UT-Tyler collaborating establishing course together with local affiliate All campuses have course graduates

University of Texas CS&E Annual Conference and Recognition Event Goals: Transfer learning and applicable best practices across the UT health care organizations Recognize exceptional individual and team improvement efforts Develop ideas and concepts to drive system-wide improvement initiatives

UT CS&E Conference Organizational Learning Goal Measures # of abstracts submitted and accepted for presentation # of conference participants # of participants adopting CS&E project practices # of projects achieving sustained results # of publications by CS&E graduates

First Year CS&E Conference Results 60 abstracts submitted; 55 accepted 205 participants 64% physicians 21% nurses, pharmacists, technologists “Met my expectations”- 96% “Do you intend to make a change or apply the information learned?” – 86%

Second Year CS&E Conference Results 80 abstracts submitted; 95% accepted Score to be considered for awards = greater than 825 Registration closed at 270 No projects submitted under “Adopted ” Several projects demonstrated sustained results over 2 years or more 18 publications by CS&E graduates in peer-reviewed journals; numerous graduates presented at national and state meetings

Course/Conference Results Quality Pays! The return-on-investment for the projects presented at the 2010 conference: $13.4M in project savings/revenue realized $7.8M projected savings/revenue if even 50% of the projections are realized

UT System Fellowship Program Goal: Establish a body of healthcare providers who demonstrate exceptional improvement expertise and commitment to apply these skills to make regular improvements and to educate others Inducted 13 Fellows from all six UT health care organizations

Graduate and Undergraduate Training Programs Integrated quality and patient safety inter-professional education into medical and nursing students curriculum Established two chapters of the IHI Open School student quality improvement project Developing internal medicine residency program focused on CS&E principles