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Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19: Age-Friendly Care During a Pandemic
June 12, 2020 | The 4Ms Framework of an Age-Friendly Health System can be adapted and offer critical guidance to care for older adults, who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
IHI Welcomes New President and CEO
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a global leader in health and health care improvement worldwide, today announced that Kedar Mate, MD, will become its new President and CEO, effective July 1, 2020. Dr. Mate, IHI’s current Chief Innovation and …
To Solve Big Problems, Look for Small Wins
Even if we do face a “next normal” in health care, the best way for leaders to move forward isn’t by making sweeping changes but rather by embracing a gradual, improvisational, quietly persistent approach.
Report: Complex Care Field Needs Standardized Quality Measures
A new report from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) recommends several steps to help establish a set of standardized quality measures for the emerging field of complex care.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19: Caregiver Mental Health and Well-Being
June 5, 2020 | Learn how to improve, address, and respond to the daily mental health needs of caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future needs.
Statement from IHI: IHI Speaks Out on Recent Racial Injustices
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement IHI is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization. This is necessary for our mission to improve health and health care worldwide. The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black communities …
Are States Still Seeing Growth in COVID-19 Deaths?
The number of states in a ‘growth phase’ has dwindled, but modeling still indicates the U.S. could see more than 500 coronavirus deaths per day by the Fourth of July.
Top doctors, mental health experts answer your questions on ‘Coronavirus House Calls’
Weekends at 3 p.m. CT, a panel of the nation’s top health experts answer YOUR questions on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual Learning Hour Special Series: COVID-19 and Reopening Health Care
May 29, 2020 | Establishing immediate priorities and cautious approaches are critical to resuming health care services for non-COVID-19 patients, and reopening health care may present an unprecedented opportunity to make improvements.
Top docs offer advice, encouragement to new medical school grads
During the virtual celebration hosted by actor/comedian Brian Unger on Facebook and YouTube, several of the nation’s leading physicians offered their insights and encouragement to the newest members of the physician family. Here’s a look at what they h…
