Project Grants

Current Quality Improvement Project Grants

The LEAD™ Initiative: Clearing the Path to a Clinical and Neuropathological Diagnosis of Early Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease in an Academic Center

• Project Champion: Yasmin Mohiuddin, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
• Educational Partner: PeerView Institute for Medical Education
• Project Objectives:
  • Improve rates of screening for cognitive impairment in primary care settings at UF Health
  • Adapt artificial intelligence (AI), including natural language processing tools, to stratify patients at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
  • Improve the accurate neuropathological diagnosis of AD by forming a new Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Clinic at the Fixel Center, where patients can receive a comprehensive diagnostic assessment, including biomarker testing.

RiskReady: A Systems Approach to Improving the Recognition and Treatment of High-Risk HR+, HER2-Early Breast Cancer

• Project Champion: Karen Daily, DO, Associate Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UF Department of Medicine
• Educational Partner: PeerView Institute for Medical Education
• Project Objectives:
  • Create a UF Cancer Center registry to document, track, and report on all the relevant clinical, pathological, and biological factors used for risk assessment to identify patients with HR+ HER2- early-stage breast cancer at high risk of recurrence.
  • Utilize the registry to monitor patients with high-risk HR+, HER2- EBC undergoing treatment with adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitor + ET to rapidly detect and mitigate adverse events and achieve optimal adherence/persistence.

Moving Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Excellence into the Fast Lane: Harnessing Technology to Reconfigure Clinical Workflows in an Academic Medical Center

• Project Champion: Mohammad Al-Ani, MD, FACC, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UF Department of Medicine
• Educational Partner: PeerView Institute for Medical Education
• Project Objectives:
  • Purchase cardiac MRI-compatible pedal ergometer to improve the accuracy of diagnosis and prognostication for patients with suspected HCM
  • Develop protocols to accelerate and expand screening and coordination of care for patients at risk for HCM
  • Develop a visiting professor lecture series focused on HCM
  • Support UF Health’s pursuit of status as a recognized Center of Excellence by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association

2023 Quality Improvement Project Grants

Making the Connection: A Call to Action Against Atrial Fibrillation

• Project Champion: Kun Xiang, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UF Department of Medicine
• Educational Partner: PeerView Institute for Medical Education
• Project Objectives:
  • Increase the number of diagnosed AF patients started on OAC treatment
  • Increase in AF documentation in the EH (eg, record of diagnosis of AF; reason for non-treatment; record of CHA2DS2-VASc Score)

Ensuring the Rapid Recognition and Optimal Management of Hemophilia in the Emergency Department: The Role of Inclusive Decision-Making

• Project Champion: Tung Wynn, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UF Department of Pediatrics
• Educational Partner: PeerView Institute for Medical Education
• Project Objectives:
  • Develop treatment protocols for suspected bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia who present to the emergency department that incorporate shared decision-making
  • Increase bleeding control rates among patients with hemophilia who present to the emergency department

Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) IMPACT Initiative: An Initiative to Individualize Treatment and IMprove Pediatric to Adult HealthCare Transition

• Project Champion: Christopher D Jolley, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, UF Department of Medicine
• Educational Partner: PeerView Institute for Medical Education
• Project Objectives:
  • Increase the number of patients who have individual treatment goals established
  • Receive care/treatment in accordance with current evidence and expert recommendations
  • Successfully transition from pediatric to adult care