Current Collaborative Science & Innovation Studies

The Collaborative Science & Innovation Team collaborates with multiple Billings Clinic and regional partners to improve health care delivery and patient-centered outcomes. Our interdisciplinary team science approach also supports and aligns with research endeavors in Nursing Research and the Internal Medicine and Pharmacy Residency programs to maintain a culture of inquiry and innovation.

Collaborative Science & Innovation Projects:

• Engaging Rural Communities to Identify and Address Gaps and Barriers in Healthcare for Dementia

• Transforming Primary Care to Meet the Needs of Alzheimer’s Patients and Caregivers

• Developing a Risk Prediction Model for Hospital Admission following a Same Day/Express Care Visit

• Adjunctive Triple Chronotherapy in the Acute Treatment of Depression and Suicidality in the Adolescent Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Nursing Research Projects:

• Current nursing studies

Internal Medicine Residency Projects:

• Development and Implementation of Balance Coaching to Improve Medical Residency Quality of Life

• Methods for Focused Echocardiography Training with Internal Medicine Residents and Faculty

• Physician Retention in Rural Areas: A Qualitative Look

• Predictors and Characteristics of Opioid Utilization >15 days following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Pharmacy Residency Projects:

• Assessment of Phlebitis and Infiltrations following Standard versus High Concentration Amiodarone Boluses in Hospitalized Adult Patients without Central Venous Access

• Evaluation of Pharmacist Interventions in Patients with Substance Use Disorder and Mental Illness Managed through a Collaborative Telehealth Educational Model

• Prospective Medication Order Review in the Emergency Department: An Evaluation of Pharmacist Impact on the Medication-Use Process

• Treatment Failure Rates in Patients Receiving Low versus High Oral Bioavailability Antibiotics for Gram-Negative Bacteremia