WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: February 27, 2014 Featuring:   Laurie Herndon, MSN, GNP-BC, Director of Clinical Quality, Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation David Gifford, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, American Health Care Association Annette Crawford, Administrator, Stafford Healthcare at Ridgemont Marie Schall, Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement In the world of health care improvement, and in society at large, talking about skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and long-term can be a tough subject. When a loved one moves in to a nursing home, they’re usually quite elderly, and it's often the last move they'll make of this kind before dying. So, whether because of this association or because other sectors of health care tend to get more attention, the hard work that’s going on to ensure that all types of SNFs, and nursing homes, deliver high-quality and patient-centered care, has been somewhat obscured. We’d like to help change this by zeroing in on one aspect of the work.   This WIH