Michael Jason Tchou MD MSc

Hospitalist

Assistant Professor

Summary

Dr. Michael Tchou is a pediatrician and Director of Quality in the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado. He has an interest in the high cost of healthcare and how to improve the overall quality, patient experience, and value of the pediatric healthcare system.

PEDSnet Scholars ProgramPEDSnet Learning Health Systems Scholar, 2021 - 2023
Adult & Child Center for Health Outcomes Research & Delivery Science, University of ColoradoSurgical/subspecialists Clinical Outcomes Research (SCORE) Fellowship, 2018 - 2020
University of CincinnatiMS, Clinical and Translational Research, 2016 - 2018
James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems ExcellenceQuality Scholar, 2016 - 2018
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2015 - 2018
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityChief Residency, Pediatrics, 2014 - 2015
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2011 - 2014
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 2011

PubMed

Diagnostic evaluation and treatment of UTIs in children with neurogenic bladder.
Jacqueline G Holden, Sowdhamini Wallace, Pearl W Chang, Stephanie Davis-Rodriguez, Rana F Hamdy
Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2025-09-15
Improving pediatric sonographer visualization of the superior mesenteric vasculature: A local quality improvement initiative.
Jeffrey J Tutman, Michael Tchou, Kelly Harris, Colleen Violette, HaiThuy N Nguyen
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2025-07-29
Eliminating Error in Central Line Scheduling and Placement Using Quality Improvement Methods.
Jonathan P Roach, Anna Linton, Michael J Tchou, Laurel Riess, Leanne Adamson
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025-05-01

Abstracts/Posters

Reducing Electrolyte Test Overuse Using Quality Improvement Methods
Tchou M, Tang-Girdwood S, Wormser B, Hagedorn P, Simmons J, Anderson J, Brady P, Pediatric Academic Societies Conference, San Francisco, CA, 5/8/2017
Reducing the Time to Adequate Antibiotic Therapy for Gram-positive Cocci Bacteremia
Tchou M, Andersen H, Ankrum A, Robinette E, Schaffzin J, Washam M, Mortensen J, Haslam D, Courter J., Pediatric Academic Societies Conference, San Francisco, CA, 5/8/2017
Teaching Residents to Provide High-Value Care: Evaluation of Cost-Conscious Care Curricula in Pediatric Residencies
Tchou M, Burgener E, Hensley A, Blankenburg R, Association of Pediatric Program Directors National Conference, Chicago, IL, 3/2015
Outcomes from an Advanced Course in Quality Improvement and Process Improvement
Srinivas N, Tchou M, Platchek T, Bogetz A, Blankenburg R, Destino L, Association for Pediatric Program Directors National Conference, Chicago, IL, 3/2015
Reducing Medication Reconciliation Errors with Lean Methodology in a Resident and Physician-centered system
Tchou M, Chua I, Destino L, Kim J, Everhart J, Platchek T, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, Orlando, FL, 7/2014
Enriched Association of Chromosome 4q25 Locus with Atrial Fibrillation Patients Showing Dissociated Firing after Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Tchou M, Barnard J, Wirka R, Van Wagoner D, Smith J, Bauer D, Chung MK, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL, 11/2009
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Lectures

High-Value, Cost-Conscious Medicine: Teaching Residents to Safely Do Less
Grand Rounds, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford - 6/2015
High-Value, Cost-Conscious Medicine: Teaching Residents to Safely do Less
Grand Rounds, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA - 6/2015

Reducing Electrolyte Testing in Hospitalized Children by Using Quality Improvement MethodsMay 2018
Reducing Electrolyte Testing in Hospitalized Children by Using Quality Improvement MethodsMay 2018
Reducing Electrolyte Testing in Hospitalized Children by Using Quality Improvement MethodsMay 2018
Reducing Electrolyte Testing in Hospitalized Children by Using Quality Improvement MethodsApril 2018
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