WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

​Date: March 22, 2012 Featuring: Andrea Kabcenell, RN, MPH, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Lindsay Martin, MPH, Executive Director for Innovation, Research & Development, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Bela Patel, MD, Assistant Dean of Healthcare Quality and Division Director for Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center Where do new ideas for how to improve health care come from? Sometimes they start with a hunch or an expressed need from health care providers; sometimes they’re unearthed by deciding to make a dramatic reduction in mortality in a resource-poor setting or by drawing a line in the sand on the wasteful practices of fee-for-service medicine. Whatever the motivation or source — whether a hunch or a need or a challenge — even the best-sounding new improvement ideas need careful vetting and scrutiny and, if appropriate, a well-designed test to determine if an innovative approach to better patient care can make a difference in an a