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For more information contact:

David J. Ballard M.D., M.S.P.H., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.
Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Baylor Health Care System
Executive Director and BHCS Endowed Chair
Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement
8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75206

Tel: 214-265-3670
Fax: 214-265-3640
Email: dj.ballard@baylorhealth.edu

Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement (IHCRI)
The Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement (IHCRI) was established in 1999 to conduct and support research related to clinical effectiveness and quality improvement throughout Baylor Health Care System (BHCS).

IHCRI research grants are managed by the Baylor Research Institute.

Leadership
David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP, BHCS Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, is Executive Director and BHCS Endowed Chair of the IHCRI.

Health Care Research
Clinical Scholars
The IHCRI engages Clinical Scholars, who provide clinical care across BHCS and pursue research on health care quality and effectiveness. Research projects are funded through National Institutes of Health/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, private-sector research grants, and generous philanthropic benefactors.

Health Care Analysis and Research
The Center for Health Care Analysis and Research features in-house biostatisticians and data analysts, epidemiologists, health economists and policy analysts, medical writers, health services researchers, health equity researchers, and research project managers. Together, they participate in the design, proposal, and publication of clinically important research.

Quantitative Services
The Quantitative Services group includes biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and data coordinators and analysts. They pursue clinically important research and also offer their quantitative expertise in support of efforts to improve health care and operational processes across BHCS.

Health Care Improvement
Center for Health Care Improvement
The Center for Health Care Improvement implements and oversees health care improvement strategies including education programs, measurement of evidence-based processes of care, and collaboration with other organizations focused on quality improvement through operational change and research.