I bring deep institutional knowledge and a sustained record of advancing quality improvement (QI) and population health initiatives in both academic and corporate health system settings. My work overlaps both Health Services Research and Improvement Science–for more on how I conceptualize this overlap, see my Research page.
At the University of Colorado School of Medicine, I led multidisciplinary QI efforts to improve asthma management and emergency department discharge processes, co-directed the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Council at Children’s Hospital Colorado, and served on the Clinical Informatics Committee to guide Epic-based workflows and clinical decision support. These efforts reflect my commitment to data-driven practice transformation based on scientific rigor and aligned with institutional strategy and the Quadruple Aim.
As the Director of the Research Scientist Team at OCHIN, Inc., I founded and led a 24-member team supporting research as well as collaborations with QI and population health across a national network of community health centers. In this role, I collaborated closely with QI and data analytics teams to align our research with value-based care and CMS/HEDIS performance targets, achieving measurable improvements such as a 4% increase in childhood vaccination rates. My work at OCHIN emphasized scalable strategies for improvement science, provider engagement, and the operationalization of research to drive performance outcomes.
Marion R. Sills, MD, MPH 