Web Exclusive. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Reaching for Higher Value in Health Care by Bringing Together Clinicians and Researchers-The Michigan Program on Value Enhancement.

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Web Exclusives19 November 2019Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Reaching for Higher Value in Health Care by Bringing Together Clinicians and Researchers—The Michigan Program on Value EnhancementGeoffrey D. Barnes, MD, MSc and Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPHGeoffrey D. Barnes, MD, MScMichigan Program on Value Enhancement, Michigan Medicine Quality Department and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (G.D.B., E.A.K.)Search for more papers by this author and Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPHMichigan Program on Value Enhancement, Michigan Medicine Quality Department and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (G.D.B., E.A.K.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M19-2980 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Hospitalists frequently serve as clinical leaders of quality improvement (QI) projects. Their first-hand knowledge of clinical care processes and breadth of clinical expertise make them perfectly suited for these roles. In many health systems, these clinical QI leads are paired with QI staff or “performance improvement coaches” who have process expertise in one or more QI methodologies (e.g., Lean).However, even with a clinician-QI staff partnership, many well-intentioned QI projects are limited by suboptimal design and analysis. Hospitalists who work in this space should consider collaborating with health services researchers who can assist with rigorous preintervention assessments, innovative intervention design, ...