Transforming Healthcare through the TIARA Program: Implementation Practice to Accelerate Evidence Adoption.

August 26th, 2025

The TIARA (Training in Implementation: Actionable Research Approaches) Program, offered by the Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), addresses the significant gap between the development of evidence-based practices and their application into clinical settings. This gap results in a slow innovation uptake, whether that be processes to improve healthcare delivery or potentially lifesaving clinical interventions. TIARA equips healthcare professionals with the tools and knowledge needed to rapidly implement evidence-based practices in real-world settings. We will introduce TIARA’s innovative approach to implementation practice, the novel intersection of implementation science and quality improvement.

Stacy Farr, PhD, MPH

Stacy L. Farr, PhD, MPH, is Co-Director of the Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality and Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine; and Director of Outcomes Research at Saint Luke’s Hospital, part of BJC Health System. A trained health services researcher in health policy, she brings over twenty years of teaching, research, and policy experience in healthcare leadership, implementation, and mixed methods evaluation on a variety of health-related topics. She holds a BS in Psychology, Sociology, and English from Nebraska Wesleyan University, an MPH from University of Kansas Medical Center, and a PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was an NIH-National Research Service Award fellow.

Danielle Olds, PhD, MPH, RN

Dr. Danielle Olds, MPH, PhD, RN, is the Director of Training and Education for the Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality; Research Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine; and Manager of Outcomes Research at Saint Luke’s Hospital. She has over twenty years of experience in healthcare quality improvement, implementation science, and health services research. She holds a BA in Biology from Colorado College, an MSN and MPH from Case Western Reserve University, a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and fellowship training in the VA Quality Scholars program.