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Tom
Staiger
MD

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Clinical Implementation
Education
Leadership & Management
Mentorship
Policy
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Pinned
Academic
Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine

Bio

Dr. Thomas O. Staiger is a Professor in the University of Washington School of Medicine's Division of General Internal Medicine.  He has been the Medical Director of the University of Washington Medical Center since 2008.  He has extensive experience in operational quality improvement.  He is active in the Society of General Internal Medicine and is past chair of the society’s Health Policy and Clinical Practice Committees.  His academic interests include evaluating the role of anticipatory systems in improving safety in healthcare, the diagnostic evaluation of low back pain, promoting scholarship in quality improvement and educating physicians regarding leadership and quality improvement.

HEALTH SYSTEMS-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Clinical Implementation

Education

  • Leadership

Leadership and Management

  • Quality
  • Patient Safety

Mentorship

  • Policy
  • Leadership and Management

Policy

  • National – Professional Society: Society of General Internal Medicine Leadership in Health Policy Program

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

  • Focus Area: Oversight of hospital QI and safety initiatives, including nosocomical infection and LOS reduction efforts
  • Care Setting: UWMC (Hospital)
  • QI Work: Continuous PDSA, Case Reviews