WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Summary: It's free, it's timely, and it's designed to help dedicated legions of health care improvers worldwide keep up with some of the freshest and most robust thinking and strategies for improving patient care. Welcome to WIHI, a bi-weekly podcast from the IHI, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1991 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. IHI is a reliable source of energy, knowledge, and support for a never-ending campaign to improve health care worldwide. IHI works with health care providers and others to accelerate the measurable and continual progress of health care systems toward safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity.
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- Artist: Madge Kaplan
- Copyright: 2015 IHI
Podcasts:
In this WIHI, we learn about an innovative effort in the US to help caregivers make more high-value decisions that can protect patients from unnecessary care and expenses.
In this WIHI, we dicuss the dramatic changes underway with EMS, not just in the US, but globally.
It’s early going with these new payment and care models, and no one has it all figured out. But as organizations from across the continuum of care get up to speed, they’re eager to share what they’re learning. This WIHI taps into the on-the-ground experience of our guests and provide everyone with some good ideas to carry forward.
How can front-life staff manage their workload and improving quality? How much is too much? Where's the line?
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is getting a hard look this year. We explored the early results, and the critical next steps, on WIHI. Produced in cooperation with the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Hear from leaders in the patient safety movement on how caregivers can overcome barriers and engage with patients and their families for better care.
How can health care teams provide the best care for patients if they're not on the same page? We dig into the dynamics of health care teams and the issues and tensions that can distract from patient care - and hear from experts on how to resolve those conflicts when they arise.
Madge and and the gang go over the challenges providers and organizations face in engaging patients with real empathy
Madge and guests highlight the way organizations are improving cost and quality for patients with complex needs
Madge and guests discuss new hypertension guidelines and strategies for patients and providers
WIHI: Working Towards Health Equity
WIHI: Working Towards Health Equity
WIHI: SBAR, Structured Communication, and Psychological Safety in Health Care
WIHI: Violence Prevention and Community Health
WIHI: Patients as Partners in QI Research