WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: May 5, 2011 Featuring: Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement The last time WIHI sat down with Maureen Bisognano (September 9, 2010: "Leaders Never Stop Learning") she was newly ensconced as the head of IHI and everyone was getting a big dose of her undying optimism and passion for new designs to improve care that include input from patients and families every step of the way. Seven months later, Maureen is as committed to these principles as ever, in part because everywhere she travels she witnesses the benefits that true patient-centered care and true collaboration have on people’s lives — including the clinicians on the front lines. And yet, it’s easy to understand why leaders of health care organizations today aren’t always so sure how to connect their own home-grown innovations to the high-stakes challenges cropping up on the larger stage. Will cultivating a robust system of patient advisors lead to better HCAHPS (satisfaction) scores? Greater fiscal stabi