WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: February 23, 2017 Featuring: Ninon Lewis, MS, Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Soma Stout, MD, MS, Executive External Lead for Health Improvement, IHI Greg Vandenberg, Director of Giving and Community Engagement, USVenture, Inc. Susan Hannah, Head of Improvement Programmes – Early Years Collaborative & Raising Attainment for All, Scottish Government Renee Boynton Jarrett, MD, ScD, Founding Director, Vital Village Community Engagement Network What do communities in Northeast Wisconsin, Scotland, and Boston have in common? More than you might think. Increasingly, they share a view of what it takes to build coalitions and collaborations that can change the trajectory of people’s lives and health… for the better. And in all three locations, the methods and tools of quality improvement (QI) to tackle socioeconomic issues ― not just health status ― are proving to be a game changer. Increasingly, we’re recognizing that health care needs to look beyond its walls to bet