Dr. Bajaj leads patient safety at Children’s Hospital Colorado, while also overseeing the department of clinical effectiveness and diversity, equity and inclusion. He is also one of the primary medical leads on the hospital system’s work with value-based care and outcomes reporting. Dr. Bajaj partners closely with the chief medical officer and chief nursing executive to drive the safest, most effective and most equitable care for patients systemwide. He also works with teams across the enterprise to ensure the prioritization and support of coordinated initiatives to improve outcomes for all patients and families. He led the creation of Children’s Hospital Colorado Health Pavilion, bundling traditional healthcare services with wraparound services, including those that address food, housing and environmental issues. Dr. Bajaj has also dedicated his professional life to integrating research into his approach to medicine. At Children’s Hospital Colorado, he built a research team within the emergency department so that its providers could perform high-quality research and participate in multicenter research networks. He also helped with the initial creation of the Children’s Colorado Research Organization, and then turned his attention toward implementation of research into practice with the creation of the department of clinical effectiveness.
