WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: May 30, 2013 Featuring: Jerry Penso, MD, MBA, Chief Medical and Quality Officer, American Medical Group Association Phil Yphantides, MD, Hypertension and Diabetes Physician Champion, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group Ola Akinboboye, MD, MPH, FACC, Associate Professor or Clinical Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Medical Director, Queens Heart Institute; President, Association of Black Cardiologists Bob Mathews, President and CEO, MediSync   In order to improve health outcomes and slow health care spending in the US, much of which is fueled by millions of people with poorly managed chronic conditions, health care providers are rethinking how they engage with patients who are most at risk. Hypertension is a case in point. Left untreated, individuals are on track to develop heart disease, strokes, and more. Yet the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 30 million Americans with high blood pressure aren’t receiving the proper care. The reasons are comp