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The University of Louisville School of Medicine’s Center for Health Process Innovation (CHPI) seeks to transform the science of healthcare delivery.

We believe this takes active engagement from all stakeholders, including patients, enterprise systems, industry, and state and federal government. There is a critical need for more robust data to inform the rollout of new health delivery models. This need has never been more acute as healthcare systems and payers face mandates to demonstrate value and improved patient outcomes in the face of deteriorating margins.

Mission & Vision

We identify, evaluate, and implement innovative solutions to shared problems of rising health costs, inadequate patient safety and health system inefficiencies. In collaboration with strategic partners, we want to ensure that patients receive safe, high quality care at the lowest possible cost.

Student Profile

Using bedside ultrasound in the pediatric emergency room lessens the length of stay in the ER and provides images equal in accuracy to x-ray without exposing children to potentially harmful radiation.

Alex Thai, a third-year University of Louisville medical student, led a group of researchers from five universities showing that bedside ultrasound-known as “point-of-care ultrasound” or POCUS-is cost-effective as well.

With In K. Kim, MD, and Brad Sutton, MD, of UofL’s Department of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine division, and colleagues from Columbia, Northwestern, George Washington, and Jefferson Medical College, Thai presented results from the study at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference in San Diego, Oct. 10.

Analyzing Medicaid data from Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, the researchers found that annual average costs of using POCUS in the ER total $75,240. The annual average realized is $115,969, resulting in net annual operating revenue of $40,729.

“Alexander distinguished himself with an outstanding presentation,” Kim said. “The common theme from the positive feedback we received was that his presentation was well above his level of training.”

Presentations

National Poster Presentations
Mar 11, 2022

Savanna Holland's Poster Presentation Acceptance
Dec 07, 2020

CHPI Researchers Find Public-Access AED Readiness Alarmingly Low
Apr 17, 2017

CHPI Authors Publish in Collaboration with Hopkins' Peter Pronovost
Apr 17, 2017

DIBL Student Nathan Wiedemann to present at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 2017 Annual Congress
Oct 28, 2016

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