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The 7 Key Factors Driving $1 Trillion in Wasteful Health Care Spending
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement recently released a call to action aimed at an audacious goal:identifying and eliminating 50 percent of all non-value-added waste in the health care system by 2025. This article dives into the report to unde…
IHI Recognizes NHS Highland Telehealth Program
Press release
WIHI: The Benefits of Behavioral Health in the ED
November 14, 2019 | How can emergency departments improve care for behavioral health patients, and improve safety and joy for staff?
Effective Strategies for Hospitals Responding to the Opioid Crisis
This document provides hospital and health system administrators and leaders with specific improvement ideas for five system-level strategies that address the challenges of preventing, identifying, and treating opioid use disorder.
WIHI: Increasing Joy in Work: Notes from a Cardiac ICU Team
November 7, 2019 | Hear how one team at Michigan Medicine has implemented IHI’s Framework for Improving Joy to achieve sweeping results.
Improving Behavioral Health Care in the ED and Upstream
Hospitals and communities are partnering to improve patient care and staff safety, while also decreasing avoidable, repeat emergency department visits for individuals with behavioral health and substance use issues presenting to the ED.
Copying and Pasting of EHR Data may Insert Problems
Commentary from IHI Leadership Alliance member Dr. Mark Jarrett was included in this Modern Healthcare article about patient safety and EHRs.
9 Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Tejal Gandhi is among nine HMS physicians and scientists recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine that recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. Election to NAM is considere…
‘Joy at Work’ Survey Under Way in Southern General Practices
This article mentions IHI’s recent focus on improving joy in work as an important part of achieving high quality health care.
Solving the Social Determinants Requires the Right Tech and a Better Payment Model
Commentary from Somava Stout on social determinants of health is included in this article.
