WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: February 21, 2013 Featuring: Norman E. Dascher, Jr., FACHE, CEO of Acute Care – Troy and Vice President, St. Peter’s Health Partners, Northeast Health (Troy, New York) Lucy A. Savitz, PhD, MBA, Senior Scientist, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare Katharine Luther, RN, MPM, Vice President, Hospital Portfolio Planning and Administration, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Catherine Abbott, RN, MSN, Administrator, Performance Improvement, Hackensack University Medical Center (Hackensack, New Jersey)   Here’s the rub about reducing health care costs to improve your hospital’s bottom line: The “old” solutions of cutting back on staff and services are shortsighted at best. The best solutions require delivering better care and getting rid of wasteful practices. Even getting bigger to achieve efficiencies and economies of scale won’t help in the long run; the new world pays for value over volume. And value involves care coordination that follows patients whereve