QIPS Day
12th Annual QIPS Day
The 12th Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Day, held on April 11, 2025 was another great success thanks to the support of Erlanger, Erlanger Auxiliary and all attendees, judges, and organizers! This year marked a record for attendance at the event and we appreciate everyone who attended QIPS Day 2025.
Congratulations to the following Pediatric Residents on being recognized as the "Top Presentation": Jennifer Lee, MD, Rachael Underwood, MD, and Katelyn Ward, MD. We also congratulate the following Urology Residents for having their poster, Implementation of a Standard Gross Hematuria Scale, recognized as "Top Poster": Mark Mikhail, MD, Ketch Cowan, MD, Sunny Roy, MD, Alex Huang, MD, Amy Cherry, MD, Megan Sweeney, MD, Gregory Loftis, MD, and Anne Hoselton, MD.
QIPS Day is a great engagement in the effort of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and is a noble representation of our partnership with Erlanger and we look forward to all the hard work continued into next year!
"Top presentation" winner, Jennifer Lee (Right) with Adam Campbell (Left).
Jeffrey Bennett (Left) with Tammy Elliott (Right)
Dr. Jeffrey Bennett (Left) with 2025 keynote speaker, Lisa Duncan (Middle), Adam Campbell (Right).
National Hospital Patient Safety Week and 11th Annual QIPS Day
Our 11th Annual 2024 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Day (QIPS) was a great success thanks to the efforts of so many teams sharing their stories, lessons, and successes. We featured 19 Quality Improvement Teams working on a variety of projects. Six Teams presented oral podium presentations with 13 Teams displaying their QIPS work as posters in the Medical Mall. It was exciting to see how many folks are engaging in these efforts, and we are only getting started! Please review our schedule for the 2024 event with all our teams and their presentations and posters.
Congratulations to Kara Robinson, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN; and Kristi Ramirez, BS, RTT, from the Pediatric Critical Care Team on being recognized as the "Top Presentation" by our esteemed panel of judges. The project, "Journey to Zero Harm: Reducing Unplanned Extubations in Pediatric Patients." Their team has done amazing work to reduce unplanned extubations in our NICU and PICU through development of standard work, visual awareness, and team-based care, with lessons learned from immediate ACA review of events and ideas garnered from our partnership with the Solutions for Patient Safety network.
Similarly, the poster session depicted great efforts spanning Erlanger Health to align care with organizational priorities and patient requirements.
It is truly a delight to be partnered with you and we are looking forward to the next ideas, lessons learned, and breakthrough changes that advance our noble cause.
Adam Campbell, PhD
Erlanger Senior Vice President
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Jeffrey Bennett, MD, MBOE
CLER Integration Director and Chair, QIPS Day
Tammy Elliott
Administrative Assistant, Pediatrics Clerkship
Administrative Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics and Administrative Assistant
for QIPS
- Eligibility is open to any UT Clinical Program, including Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy
- Submission materials completed
- QI Proposal Submission Form signed by Department Chair (College of Medicine) or other department-designated official (see official guidance: Instructions to Chair/ Authorizing Authority)
- IHI Charter Template describing the project aims and structure
- IRB approval/ exemption letter (if obtained; see IRB Requirements)
- Submission Deadline: Friday, March 7, 2025
- Submit to: QIPS Day Box link
- Reply confirmation of upload from qips@erlanger.org will be emailed by next business day
- Team notification of acceptance to Platform or Poster Presentation: Monday, March 17, 2025
- Publication of Program Agenda: Friday, March 21, 2025
- Finalized posters and Powerpoints Submitted: Monday, March 24, 2025
- QIPS Day: Friday, April 11, 2025
Please note: COVID-related mitigation measures may require adjustment to this plan - you will be updated about any adjustments at the time of acceptance.
- Maximum presentation time is 12 minutes, with a 5 minute Q&A period to follow
- QIPS Day Presentation Guide
- Presentation will utilize one of the following QIPS Day Presentation Templates:UT Colors or Erlanger Colors
- Judging of platform presentations will be based on the following criteria:
- The top presentation will be announced after conclusion of platform presentations
- Posters must be sized no greater 46" x 36" inches
- Poster will utilize one of the following QIPS Day Poster Templates: UT Colors or Erlanger Colors
- Presenter will be given a set time when a representative will be at poster to engage viewers