WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: November 15, 2012 Featuring: Patricia Rutherford, RN, MS, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Co-Principal Investigator, STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) Elizabeth H. Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), Yale School of Public Health; Faculty Director, Yale Global Health Initiative Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine Of all the improvement issues facing health care, reducing avoidable hospital readmissions may well be the one that finally breaks down traditional silos — and allows promising changes to realize their full impact. Why? In order to prevent patients from bouncing back into the hospital, front-line staff must create robust care coordination strategies across multiple health care settings, as well as the home and the community — taking a fundamentally broader view of the patient journey and the reforms needed. However, doing the right thing ​— keeping