University Hospitals Health System HSII Capacity Building Project

The University Hospitals Health Systems (UH) Capacity Building Project outlines three major activities that will build the capacity for UH to efficiently and effectively respond to and conduct HSII implementation projects and evaluations:

1. Implementation Science Training will be provided to key clinical staff across the UH system who will gain a better understanding of implementation science and learn how to design and conduct implementation projects, evaluate outcomes, collaborate with stakeholders and disseminate and translate implementation research findings to diverse audiences. They will become Implementation Champions.
2. Data and Analytics Training will grow the breadth and depth of UH’s data analytics capacity using its new EHR system, Epic. The UH Epic system has been designed for more efficient data capture and evaluation, and to make EHR data more accessible and user friendly. Participants will learn to use these improved resources and access data that will help enhance their analytics capacity and prioritize HSII activities, and will allow greater and faster access to data necessary for program evaluation.
3. Establish System Processes to Effectively Respond to Future Implementation Calls. Project leads, Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., and Marlene Miller, M.D., MSc, will design a standard operating procedure to enable UH to prioritize and respond efficiently and effectively to implementation funding opportunities from the PCORI HSII. They will utilize existing quality improvement and operational leadership meetings and work flows to facilitate and accelerate UH’s ability to respond to HSII implementation proposals.

A project manager (PM) will be hired to launch and oversee the Capacity Building Project activities, support Pronovost and Miller in initial participation in the HSII Learning Network and assist with establishing internal communications and coordination for HSII. The PM will provide dedicated administrative support to Pronovost and Miller for all capacity-building efforts under the HSII, including planning and documenting the successful execution and completion of the proposed project activities. The position will be sustained through funding allocated through future HSII Implementation Projects.

Health System Name

• University Hospitals Health System

Principal Investigator(s)

• Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer
• Marlene Miller MD, MSc, Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chair, Department of Pediatrics at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital