This is a summary of (and link to) a podcast with IHI’s Patricia McGaffigan discussing the ways that technology can contribute to safer health care and the risks of unintended consequences with certain health IT deployments.
Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Turn on the Lights Podcast
Turn on the Lights podcast is IHI’s thought-provoking series of candid conversations about how the US health care system is working and not working, hosted by Drs. Don Berwick and Kedar Mate.
Gratitude, Kindness, and Joy – The Light Out of the Pandemic
This article credits IHI for pioneering much of joy-work in medicine and cites our Joy in Work Framework white paper.
Less than Half of Patients Say they have Confidence in the US Health Care System. Eight US Health Systems will Test Ways to Reverse that Trend.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), with sponsorship from the ABIM Foundation, is testing new approaches that ultimately could improve health outcomes, reduce inequities, and increase well-being in the workplace.
A California County Focuses on Equity to Improve Community Health
This article describes the health equity work taking place in Orange County, Calif., and includes quotes from IHI’s Ninon Lewis and many of IHI’s collaborative partners in OC.
Pediatric Mental Health, Workplace Violence are Top 2023 Safety Concerns – ECRI
This article reports on ECRI’s 2023 list of top 10 patient safety concerns and includes commentary from IHI’s Patricia McGaffigan about the interdependency of these issues and the need to go beyond piecemeal initiatives to make lasting progress.
Three Keys to Cross-Sector Age-Friendly Care
Improving Public Health and Health Care for Older Adults: The Three Keys to Cross-Sector Age-Friendly Work Implementation Guide and Workbook contains resources to improve how public health and health care organizations work across the care continuu…
Focus on 4 Foundations of Patient Safety
This article includes mention of the four foundational areas of patient safety as defined in the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.
How Keck Medicine is Doubling Down on Care Quality
This Q&A article with quality officers at Kent Medicine of USC mentions IHI’s Whole System Quality framework and other improvement tools.
Patient Safety Issues Underscore the Urgent Need for Incident Reporting
This article includes commentary from IHI’s Patricia McGaffigan discussing why health care organizations should address patient safety via broad, systemic efforts rather than piecemeal approaches.
