An Interinstitutional Collaboration:

The Development of the PSU & OHSU IHI Open School Chapter Kelsey Priest, Kim Lepin, Karri Benjamin, Morgan Van Fleet, Jordan Johnson, Thuy Le, Laura

Zeigen, Tessa Steel, Chad Johnson, Malia Band, Rory Dunnaback,

Sherril Gelmon and Jim Huntzicker

Leadership Team:

Chapter Faculty Adviser: Dr. Sherril Gelmon, PSU

Alumni Adviser: Rory Dunnaback, MPA:HA

Chapter President: Kelsey Priest, MPH:HMP

Student PSU

Learning Coordinator: Kim Lepin, CPHQ, MS:

Healthcare Management Student OHSU

Social Media Coordinator: Morgan Van Fleet,

MPH:HMP Student PSU

Treasurer: Jordan Johnson, MPH:HMP

Student PSU

Communications Coordinator: Karri

Benjamin, MPH:HMP Student PSU

Membership Coordinator:Thuy Le, MPH:HMP

Student PSU

Student and Faculty Representatives:

OHSU Division of Management Faculty

Representative: Jim Huntzicker, PhD

MPH: HMP PSU Student Representative:

Laura Zeigen

MD/MPH OHSU Student Representative:

Tessa Steel

OHSU School of Dentistry Faculty

Representative: Kevin Kwiecien, DMD

Additional participating members:

Malia Band, MPH:HMP Student at PSU

Chad Johnson, MPH:HMP Student at PSU

Vision:

To become a sustainable

chapter developing innovative

leaders that aspire to improve

the quality of health and

healthcare for the community.

Mission:

To connect healthcare leaders

from across the Portland

Metropolitan area, with the goal

of developing skills in the areas

of quality and safety

improvement in healthcare.

2008

PSU Chapter Founded

July

2011

Rory MPA:HA

PSU student attends Student Quality

Leadership Academy (SQLA)

December 2011

Rory the Chapter leader attends National Forum

April

2012

Rory solicits student interest

in Continual Improvement

course at PSU

May

2012

New leadership

team is formed

June

2011

New leadership team is

contacted by students from

OHSU

Consensus is gathered from both groups and a joint

PSU & OHSU Chapter is

formed.

July

2012

Three leadership team members attend

SQLA

September

2012

The Chapter co-hosts a

pre-screening of Escape Fire

with over 110

attendees.

October

2012

The Chapter hosts “Realizing the Triple

Aim in Oregon” panelist event.

40 attendees.

The IHI Open School West Coast

Regional Leader attends and speaks

at the event.

About Us:

We are an inter-

disciplinary organization

comprised of students and

faculty from Portland State

University and Oregon

Health and Science

University in Portland,

Oregon sharing a common

interest in quality

improvement and

improving care for patients

and populations.

Activities & Achievements cont.

External

Creation and development of

the Chapter Facebook Page

and Chapter Website

Networking and connecting with

QI groups/specialists at OHSU

Incorporating IHI Open School

curricula into the curriculum at

OHSU School of Medicine and

PSU

Creation of the PSU & OHSU

IHI Open School email specific

listserve

Increased active membership

[27 persons on original email

list-serve, currently have 96

persons on email list-serve].

Project

Leadership team members have

started a collaborative QI project

with the division of Continuing

Medical Education at OHSU.

The project is the creation of a

systematic tool for incorporating

improvement into the Morbidity

and Mortality series. M&M

MM&I

Looking Towards the Future:

Chapter sustainability

Expansion of our Chapter to

other institutions

To continue to engage other

health care disciplines

To encourage the development

of other Chapters in the state of

Oregon.

Goals:

Short term:

Leadership team members complete the

Basic Open School Certification

Focus on establishing our infrastructure

as a chapter including leadership role

development, PSU and OHSU

sponsorship as a student group.

Work on a QI project in the community as

a leadership team

Long term:

Becoming a community organization

Have 100 active participants

Getting state/national recognition

Incorporating IHI Open School curricula

into the curriculum at PSU and other

institutions.

Collaborate to achieve the first West

Coast IHI Open School Chapter Regional

Conference.

Activities & Achievements:

Chapter Development

Internal

Establishment of a monthly Leadership

Team meeting

Obtain recognition from OHSU as an

official student interest group

Working towards student group

recognition from PSU

Leadership Team members with expert panelist

at Escape Fire event, September 2012

Morgan, Tessa and Kelsey at

SQLA July 2012 Kelsey , Don Berwick

and Morgan at SQLA

July 2012

Triple Aim Event, October 2012 Escape Fire Event, September 2012 Jessica Schwartz, IHI Open

School West Coast Regional

Leader at the Triple Aim Event,

October 2012

Acknowledgements:

This poster presentation would not have

been possible without the support of

PSU Division of Public Administration

and the PSU AAA Committee grant.

For more information contact: ihipsuohsu@gmail.com