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Institute for Health Care Delivery Research

Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
Education Programs

Courses offered by Intermountain's Institute for Health Care Delivery Research:

Advanced Training Program (ATP)
miniAdvanced Training Program (miniATP)
Developing a Culture of Patient Safety
Introduction to Clinical Quality Improvement
Internships & Fellowships
Program Director

COURSES OFFERED

Advanced Training Program (ATP) – 20 Day Course
For Executives & QI Leaders
The Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Improvement is a practical, in-depth course for health care professionals who need to teach, implement and investigate quality improvement, outcome measurement, and management of both clinical and non-clinical processes. The purpose of the ATP is to give participants the understanding and tools necessary to conduct state-of-the-art clinical practice improvement projects, use quality improvement methods to manage and integrate non-clinical processes, implement quality improvement programs and conduct internal quality improvement training. The ATP also allows participants the opportunity to join a national/international network that provides ongoing support and information sharing for future collaborations.
The ATP differs from the miniATP (listed below) by covering topics such as national health policy, consumer markets and health care economics.
Audience: Individuals in organizations with the responsibility to design quality improvement training initiatives, direct the management of quality improvement, or are in positions of clinical leadership.

miniAdvanced Training Program (miniATP) – 11 Day Course
For Practicing Clinicians
The miniATP is a practical, clinically focused course for health care professionals who are responsible for the implementation of quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and management within clinical processes.
The ATP differs from the miniATP (listed above) by covering topics such as national health policy, consumer markets and health care economics.
Audience: Individuals, especially practicing clinicians, who wish to improve their own processes.

Developing a Culture of Patient Safety – Two Day Course
For Local Clinicians
This course is designed as an introduction to the core principles of process management critical to the success of patient safety strategies. Intermountain's strategies for addressing the current health care delivery environment and opportunities for clinician participation in the development of these strategies are discussed.
Audience: Intermountain-affiliated clinicians.

An Introduction to Clinical Quality Improvement – Two Day Course
For Local Clinicians
This course is designed as an introduction to the core principles of clinical quality improvement. Intermountain Healthcare's strategies for addressing the current health care delivery environment and opportunities for clinician participation in the development of these strategies are discussed.
Audience: Intermountain-affiliated clinicians.

Internships & Fellowships
The institute offers mentored internship and fellowship opportunities for people who have interests or specific projects in the area of healthcare delivery quality and process improvement.
Program Director
The program is under the direction of Brent James, M.D., M.Stat. Dr. James is the executive director of Intermountain Healthcare's Institute for Health Care Delivery Research and Intermountain's vice president for medical research. He is a national leader in applying quality management principles to reduce costs by improving healthcare delivery.
Dr. James is at the forefront of Intermountain Healthcare's quality effort adding a strong emphasis on patient care, clinical medicine, and the scientific method to Intermountain's management strategy. He has been instrumental in showing that quality improvement is a natural extension of clinical research and medicine's long-standing commitment to patient care. He has published numerous scientific articles, book chapters, and monographs with a focus on quality theory and clinical research. Additionally, he represents Intermountain on a number of national task forces and committees that examine healthcare quality and cost control.
Dr. James is an adjunct professor in the University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. He also holds a visiting lectureship in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He received his medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine (1978), followed by residency training in General Surgery. His undergraduate degrees in Computer Science (1974) and Medical Biology (1975) supplement a master of statistics degree (1983) all from the University of Utah, with subsequent fellowship training in biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health (1983).
Dr. James came to Intermountain Healthcare in 1986 from the Harvard School of Public Health, where he was assistant professor of biomedical computing in the Department of Biostatistics and a biostatistician with the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Prior to that he served as the Cancer Department assistant director and consultant on computers for the American College of Surgeons.