An Innovative Academic Clinical Partnership: A Practice Quality and Patient Safety Initiative

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) evaluates quality and patient safety (QPS) metrics and goals for the hospital enterprise and at each hospital site. The hospital QPS committee lead an initiative focused on C-difficile fi cile (C-diff) with a multifaceted strategy to meet the standardized infection ratio (SIR) goals for 2021. As part of this program, an innovative practice partnership between NYPH and Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) emerged to create an audit program while providing students fi rst-hand experience with hospital-based quality improvement initiatives. The elements of the program were integrated within their fi nal semester leadership coursework. This article describes the hospital QI initiative, curriculum integration, and student-supported activities.