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Telemedicine: Ensuring Safe, Equitable, Person-Centered Virtual Care

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This white paper describes a framework to guide health care organizations in their efforts to provide safe, equitable, person-centered telemedicine. The framework includes six elements to consider: access, privacy, diagnostic accuracy, communicatio…

Almost 1 in 3 U.S. Seniors Now Sees at Least 5 Doctors Per Year

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This article, based on a new report from the Annals of Internal Medicine, discusses the complexity and burden for seniors who see multiple providers and how that needs to be balanced with “what matters” to each older adult.

IHI Launches Development Project on Maternal Health and Neonatal Care

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This article reports on the opening of the Designing Maternal & Newborn Spaces for Quality of Care project, which is IHI’s first development project on maternal health and neonatal care in Bangladesh.

IHI Marks 30 Years of Quality Improvement in Healthcare Worldwide

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) today is celebrating 30 years since its founding in 1991 as an organization with a bold vision: That everyone has the best health and care possible.

Making Healthcare Safe

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Written by Lucian Leape, a pioneer of t​he patient safety movement, this book describes how patient safety became recognized as an important problem, the underlying science, and the efforts to implement changes.

Providers are Putting More Focus Than Ever on Health Equity. Here’s How Payers Can Support Them

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This article is based on an interview with IHI’s President and CEO Kedar Mate discussing the role regulators and payers can play in health equity.

The Less-Discussed Consequence of Healthcare’s Labor Shortage

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This article focuses on the health care industry’s staffing shortage and its impact on care quality and patient safety and includes quotes from IHI Vice President McGaffigan, RN.

IHI Leader – Data Key Component in Addressing Health Equity

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This article features an interview with IHI’s President and CEO Kedar Mate discussing what’s needed to advance health equity. IHI’s Pursuing Equity work is also mentioned, as well as lessons learned in partnership with health systems.

Thought Leadership Interview with Dr. Kedar Mate, President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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In this thought leadership interview, President and CEO Kedar Mate discusses IHI’s health equity poll and Pulse Report, as well as the work IHI is doing to help health systems and communities eliminate inquities.

IHI CEO Kedar Mate, M.D., on Overcoming Barriers to Progress on Equity

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This article features IHI President and CEO Kedar Mate discussing IHI’s health equity poll and Pulse Report​. Dr. Mate discusses key findings from the poll and offers his thoughts on the changes that regulators, payers, and health care delivery organiz…