WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: January 12, 2012 Featuring: Barry Zuckerman, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine; Founder, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership Robert Kahn, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Carol Beasley, MPPM, Director of Strategic Projects, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Let’s face it. If someone mentions the words “medical” and “legal” in the same sentence, the next thing we imagine we’ll hear about is a lawsuit. Picture this instead: empowered, proactive social workers, collaborating with health care providers, lawyers, and legal experts, to ensure that the health of indigent patients isn’t undermined by unsafe housing, lack of food, or lack of access to benefits and entitlements. Some people refer to this type of outreach as “preventive law” because it’s directly related to preventive health measures we now recognize are crucial to help pe