Accelerate Improvement Community Podcast

Dr. Linda Tyler, PharmD and Dr. Erin Fox, PharmD built Utah’s Drug Information Service into the nation’s premier source of expertise in projecting, understanding and mitigating drug shortages. They discuss two drug shortage and their work to prevent patient harm.

Dr. Bob Pendleton, Utah's Chief Medical Quality Officer, interviews Dr. Mark Eliason, Utah's chief value officer for the Department of Dermatology. They talk about engaging the whole team in value improvement, the importance of peer to peer comparison, and the joy Dr. Eliason finds in helping his colleagues.

Dr. Mark Eliason describes one way to improve clinical practice: by comparing one doctor against another.

Dr. Bob Pendleton, Utah's Chief Medical Quality Officer, interviews Dr. Peter Weir, Utah's Executive Medical Director of Population Health, about the goals of population health and the skills physicians need to lead teams.

Dr. Peter Weir reflects on the skills that physicians need to lead interdisciplinary teams.

Dr. Steve Morris, MD, and Brad Wiggins, RN, lead the intermountain west’s only burn center at the University of Utah. They have worked together for over 25 years, sharing a passion and commitment for the “mission” of caring for burn patients. Accelerate’s Chrissy Daniels and Mari Ransco learn about their unique and enduring connection.

Dr. Steve Morris, MD, and Brad Wiggins, RN, lead the intermountain west’s only burn center at the University of Utah. They have worked together for over 25 years, sharing a passion and commitment for the “mission” of caring for burn patients. Accelerate’s Chrissy Daniels and Mari Ransco learn about their unique and enduring connection.

Dr. Bob Pendleton interviews Dr. Susan Pohl about Utah's Family Medicine Residency program. Dr. Pohl's innovative approach includes skill-building around value.

Dr. Susan Pohl describes the interviewing experience of Utah's third year residents. They have spent years leading teams working on value.

Dr. Bob Pendleton interviews Dr. Brigitte Smith about the future of teaching value to undergraduate and graduate medical students.

Dr. Brigitte Smith and Dr. Bob Pendleton reflect on the length of time needed to change perspective on value in an academic medical center.

Just 10% of patients develop sepsis, but it contributes to as many as half of hospital deaths across the United States. In 2014, new faculty Dr. Kencee Graves and Dr. Devin Horton decided to save these patients’ lives at the University of Utah. In the first Practicing interview, Accelerate’s Chrissy Daniels and Mari Ransco learned about their challenges leading value improvement and the importance of their partnership.

Dr. Horton and Dr. Graves discuss how it felt when the first sepsis patients were saved.

In Episode 1 of "Practicing," Drs. Devin Horton and Kencee Graves discuss leading their physician peers in improvement.