AFFINITY GROUP
Stanford Community of
Improvement Professionals
PURPOSE:
Are you passionate about driving positive change in healthcare? Join our vibrant community where improvement professionals from Stanford Medicine and beyond connect, collaborate, and transform together. Our monthly virtual meetings provide the perfect platform to share innovative ideas, network with like-minded individuals, and build a strong community focused on revolutionizing healthcare. Expand your knowledge, foster meaningful connections, and access valuable resources to enhance your professional journey. Be part of the movement that is shaping the future of medicine.
On November 21, 2025, we heard from a couple of Stanford graduate students and researchers at Systems Utilization Research for (SURF) Stanford Medicine, Chena Lee and Eliza Ennis, who are looking to apply LLMs to mine data from Voalte to help improvement teams with data collection and workflow analysis. Listen to the discussion in the link below.
We will meet again in January. Stay tuned.
Connect with us!
See the recording from our November meeting below or on our YouTube Channel
In July and September, we discussed the concepts of spread, scale and adoption in healthcare improvement. The discussions were led by Jake Mickelsen and Dakota White, both members of Stanford Medicine’s Improvement Team.
In May, we learned from Don Hoffman, who is a member of Stanford Medicine’s Improvement Team. He discussed Change Management in Improvement Science.
In April, we learned about A3's and how to use the various types for your improvement work. We heard from Brian Mackey, who is the Senior Director of Performance Improvement for Stanford Medicine - Health Care.
For our February meeting, we had Jay Arthur, creator of QI Macros, as our special guest. He discussed the importance of using SPC Charts in publications, presentations and posters.
Click here to watch a clip about strategy A3s
SCIP
Leadership
Jakaria Stewart
Co-Chair
Ryan Darke
Co-Chair
Check out our YouTube channel.
To see the most recent video recording, check out the video shown below. To see the full list of videos, click on the drop-down menu in the upper right part of the video screen below.
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