WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: April 4, 2013 Featuring: Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MPH, MSW, Senior Investigator, North Carolina Institute for Public Health; Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health John Morrow, MD, MPH, Pitt County Health Director; Incoming President, North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors Craig James, MPH, President and CEO, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital   One of the reasons it’s so hard to transform US health care into something that’s safe, value-driven, and patient-centered, but also focused on improving the health of the local community, is that the responsibilities and the responsible parties have grown up completely separately. For example, it is not a naturally occurring event for the local public health department to coordinate its efforts with local hospitals… except in cases of disease outbreaks or disaster. So, imagine how rare it is to sit down together to craft overlapping goals for population health or to hatch new initiatives to keep residents from need