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Understanding Variation in Reported COVID-19 Deaths with a Novel Shewhart Chart Application
A novel Shewhart chart helped health care leaders and frontline teams understand if day-to-day variation in COVID-19 deaths may be attributed to meaningful signals of change.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: Transforming Moral Distress into Moral Resilience
July 10, 2020 | Tools and changes are needed to help caregivers mitigate and recover from moral injury while continuing to work in systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New IHI Chief Executive: “There Is No Quality Without Equity”
Equity is an underpinning consideration in efforts to improve US health care, says Dr. Kedar Mate, the new president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Mate recently shared his perspectives on health care improvement and leading IHI w…
Q&A: Science Must Lead Healthcare’s Redesign Says New IHI CEO
On July 1, Dr. Kedar Mate takes over as president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He says that now, more than ever, the industry needs to rely on a science- and evidence-based approach to problem-solving.
Health Care Leaders Commit to Focus on Racial Disparities
At an online summit hosted by the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care, prominent Brigham and Women’s surgeon and writer Atul Gawande, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts CEO Andrew Dreyfus, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’…
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19: Grief Leadership and System Supports
June 26, 2020 | Learn about specific leadership behaviors and system supports needed to address the mental health and well-being needs of caregivers, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Forced by the Pandemic, Health Care Plunges into the Digital Age
This new kind of medicine — called telehealth — swept across the normally change-resistant world of health care with astonishing speed. And it is transforming doctor-patient interactions in ways that will continue to evolve.
Hopes, Worries for US Health Care in Wake of COVID-19: A Q&A With Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
To mark the 25th anniversary of the American Journal of Managed Care, each issue in 2020 will include an interview with a healthcare thought leader. For the June issue, AJMC turned to Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, president emeritus and senior fellow at …
Telehealth Explosion Points to Need for More Research on Quality of Care Provided
As telehealth adoption takes off in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, quality analysts and health systems claim much is still unknown about the quality of these virtual visits.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19 and the Case for Contact Tracing
June 19, 2020 | Explore the key components of a contact tracing model and the importance of engaging health care systems, community health workers, social workers, and public health departments.
