James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

Webinars and Videos

“Improving Discharge Efficiency through Medical Readiness,” Feb. 20, 2018, a webinar presented by Laura Brower, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine; Angela Statile, MD, MEd, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine; and Christine White, MD, MAT, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine

“Optimizing Patient Flow and Institutional Capacity,” Sept. 30, 2013, a webinar with Fred Ryckman, MD, Pam Kiessling, RN, MSN, and Denise White, PhD, at Cincinnati Children’s.

“Developing Quality Improvement Leaders: The Transformational Impact,” May 7, 2021, a virtual session presented Patrick Brady, MD, MSc, Research Director, Division of Hospital Medicine; Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine and The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's; Maria Britto, MD, MPH, CCRF Endowed Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, The James M. Anderson Center of Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's; Catherine Hart, MD, MS, Ambulatory Associate Chief of Staff, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology; David Johnson, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine; Director of Quality, Department of Pediatrics; Medical Director of Inpatient Quality and Patient Safety, Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Mary Anne Lenk, BS, Director, Improvement Science Education, The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's; Mark Paterno, PT, PhD, MBA, ATC, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy; Senior Clinical Director, Division of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy; Professor, Division of Sports Medicine, Cincinnati Children's; Ndidi Unaka, MD, MEd, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program; Medical Director, A6NC Inpatient Unit; Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s; Moira Weir, MBA, MSW, President/CEO, United Way of Greater Cincinnati

“Leaning Healthcare -- Lean Collaborative at Cincinnati Children's,” Aug. 11, 2017, a webinar by Melody Siska, vice president, quality improvement and analytics, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's, and Smriti Neogi, PhD, senior analyst, quality and transformation, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's

“Quality Improvement in Care Delivery for Chronic Conditions,” May 26, 2017, a webinar by Donna J. Claes, MD, MS, BS Pharm, pediatric nephrologist, Division of Nephrology; Sarah D. Corathers, MD, director, Diabetes Transition Program, Division of Endocrinology; and Jennifer L. Lail, MD, assistant vice president, Chronic Care Systems, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

“User Centered Design Principles and Tools to Improve Patient and Family Experience,” June 5, 2015, a webinar with Anne Boat, patient experience officer, director of Fetal Anesthesia and associate professor; Julie Elkus, director, Quality of Care, Innovation and Design; Jason Phibbs, project manager, Patient Experience, Quality Improvement Systems.

“Transforming Healthcare Delivery,” April 22, 2014, a webinar with Uma Kotagal, MBBS, senior vice president, quality, safety and transformation; executive director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s.

“Operationalizing High Reliability,” May 15, 2013, a webinar with Stephen Muething, MD, vice president for safety at Cincinnati Children’s.

“The Value of Analytics,” Aug. 8, 2018, a webinar by Blair Davis, director of Quality & Transformation Analytics, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

“Breakthrough Analytics: Utilizing Advanced Analytics for Improvement,” Nov. 18, 2015, a webinar with Denise White, PhD, assistant professor and director of quality and transformation analytics, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence; and Smriti Neogi, PhD, senior analyst quality and transformation analytics.

“Data Analytics: A Game Changer,” Jan. 14, 2015, a webinar with Denise White, PhD, MBA, assistant professor and director of Quality and Transformation Analytics, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence.

“Managing by Prediction,” Dec. 6, 2011, IHI’s 23rd Annual National Forum.

“Learning Networks: Healthier Together,” April 20, 2021, a virtual session presented by Katie Bates, MD, MSHP, NPC-QIC Executive Leadership Team; Associate Chief Clinical Officer for Quality, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Michigan Medical School; Trey Coffey, MD, FAAP, FRCPC, Medical Officer for Patient Safety, SickKids; Associate Clinical Director, Solutions for Patient Safety; Jennifer Foster, Community Activist; Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, Senior Faculty Lead, Learning Networks Core; American Board of Pediatrics Senior Quality Advisor; The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s; Christian Lawson, Student; former Co-Chair, ImproveCareNow Patient Advisory Council; Stacey Lihn, Parent lead, NPC-QIC; President, Sisters by Heart; Peter Margolis, MD, PhD, Co-Director, The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence; Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s; and Michael Seid, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Research, Pulmonary Medicine; Faculty, The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's

"A Learning System to Improve Community Health,” May 26, 2021, a virtual session presented by Emily Campbell, MEd, Director, Curriculum and Instruction, Cincinnati Public Schools; Robert Kahn, MD, MPH, Associate Chair, Community Health UC Department of Pediatrics; Physician Lead, Population and Community Health; Professor UC Department of Pediatrics; Melody Siska, MBA, MBB, ACHE, Vice President, Quality Improvement, Transformation, and Advanced Analytics, The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's

“The Power ‘We’: Co-Producing Solutions for Healthier Kids through Human Centered Design,” June 7, 2017, a webinar by Dawn Denno, EdD, senior director, Population and Community Health, Cincinnati Children’s; Julie Elkus, MBA, director of innovation and design, Center for Patient and Family Experience, Cincinnati Children’s; and Amy Howton, EdD, senior manager, leadership and evaluation, Design Impact

“The Power of Learning Networks: Lessons from the First 10 Years,” April 26, 2017, a webinar by Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, senior faculty lead, Learning Networks, the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s, professor of pediatrics, University of Cincinnati; senior quality adviser, American Board of Pediatrics; Keith Marsolo, PhD, associate professor, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children’s, associate professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics; and K-T Overbey, MBA, assistant vice president, program development and innovation, executive director, Learning Networks, the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

“The Power of Learning Networks,” Sept. 30, 2015, a webinar with Carole Lannon, MD, MPH, director of the Learning Networks, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence.

“Engagement and Co-Production in a Learning Health System,” April 23, 2015, a webinar with Michael Seid, PhD, director, health Outcomes and Quality Care Research, Pulmonary Medicine.

“Why Outcomes Matter,” April 21, 2016, a webinar by Uma Kotagal, MBBS, MSc, Executive Leader for population and community health, Senior Fellow Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Professor UC Department of Pediatrics and Senior Fellow Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

“To Change the Outcome: Chronic and Complex Condition Outcomes Improvement at Cincinnati Children’s,” Feb. 22, 2016, a webinar with Jennifer Lail, MD, FAAP, AVP for Chronic Care Systems, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence and Associate Professor of Pediatrics Complex Care Center; and John Jefferies, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Programs, Professor of Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Cardiovascular Diseases.

“Systematic Implementation of Patient Reported Outcomes in a Pediatric Health System,” Feb. 12, 2015, a webinar with Evaline Alessandrini, MD, associate chair of outcomes and process improvement and assistant vice president, improvement integration; Wendy Gerhardt, director of outcomes systems; Ian Kudel, scientist, patient reported outcomes; and Jason Napora, assistant vice president, information services.

“Writing and Publishing – Quality Improvement at Cincinnati Children’s” Sept. 14, 2017, a webinar by Patrick Brady, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine; James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE, Associate Professor, Perinatal Institute; James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Christine White, MD, MAT, Associate Chief of Staff, Inpatient Services; Medical Director, Destination Excellence; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

“Faster, Cheaper, Better and More Impactful Research,” May 11, 2016, a webinar by Peter Margolis, MD, PhD, Co-Director of the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence.

"Improvement Research Meets Patient Experience: Can Applying the Science of Improvement Accelerate Patient-Centered Outcomes?" Dec. 9, 2013, IHI podcast, panelists include Peter Margolis, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children's.

“Perioperative Safety: Engage, Empower, Integrate, Sustain,” May 20, 2021, a virtual session presented by Amanda Carver, MSN, RN, Safety Consultant, The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's; Richard Falcone, Jr, MD, MPH, MMM, Vice President, Perioperative Operations; Director, Trauma Services; Professor of Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s; Meera Kotagal, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery; Director, Pediatric Surgery Global Health Program; Associate Director, Trauma Services, Cincinnati Children’s; Erica Lin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology; Division of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children’s; Stephen Muething, MD, Chief Quality Officer; Co-Director, The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's; Professor of Pediatrics; Michael and Suzette Fisher Family Chair for Safety; Brooke Mullett, MBA, Senior Director, Operations – Periop, Surgical Services, Cincinnati Children’s; Christina Unger, RN, MSN, CNOR, Clinical Director – Operating Room, Cincinnati Children’s; Eric Wittkugel, MD, Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesia and Pediatrics; Anesthesia Director, ENT Pulmonary GI Aerodigestive Microsystem; Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Leadership and Professional Development Coach

"SaferTogether™: Evolution of Safety Culture Training for a 21st Century Health System,” April 30, 2021, a virtual session presented by Eszter Jakab, MS, Business Director, Divisions of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics & Epidemiology and The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's; Kendra Liddle, MBA, Certified Facilitator, Lead SaferTogether Master Facilitator, Crucial Conversations Facilitator and Facilitating Social Change Facilitator, Cincinnati Children's; Alison Muth, JD, Director, Occupational Safety & Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children's; Jeff Simmons, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine; Safety Officer and Assistant Vice President for Safety and Regulatory Readiness, Cincinnati Children's

“Employee Safety Culture Collaborative: Making Safety Safe,” Mar. 29, 2019, a webinar presented by Rachel Smith, manager, Radiology Quality Assurance and Compliance, and Alison Muth, director, Occupational Safety & Environmental Health

“Ten Years of Our Safety Journey: What We Learned & Where to Next,” Jan. 27, 2017, a webinar with Steve Muething, MD, co-director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence; Alison Muth, director, Occupational Safety & Environmental Health at Cincinnati Children's; and Jeffrey Simmons, associate professor of pediatrics, associate division director of quality, Division of Hospital Medicine, and chief safety officer, Cincinnati Children’s

“Reducing Serious Harm by Improving Antibiotic Stewardship,” April 12, 2017, a webinar by Joshua Courter, PharmD, director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Stuart L. Goldstein, MD, FAAP, FNKF, director, Center for Acute Care Nephrology; and David B. Haslam, MD, director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

“Situation Awareness and Patient Safety,” March 9, 2016, a webinar by Patrick Brady, MD, MSc, assistant professor Division of Hospital Medicine and James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

“Employee & Patient Safety as One System,” Jan. 14, 2014, a webinar with Stephen Muething, MD, Alison Muth, JD, and Dawn Hall, RN, BSN, MHA, at Cincinnati Children’s.

“Improving Safety: Moving from Reaction to Prediction,” Feb. 16, 2012, American Hospital Association.