WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: April 14, 2011 Featuring: David C. Classen, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Utah; Active Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine; Senior Partner, CSC Roger K. Resar, MD, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Andrea Kabcenell, RN, MPH, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Kathleen M. Haig, RN, Corporate Patient Safety Officer, OSF Health Care System It’s safe to say that reducing harm is a priority at virtually every health care delivery organization today in the US. Few health care leaders waste time anymore defending high rates of hospital-acquired infections or medication errors. Progress is also notable in this country and other nations similarly focused on improvement, when it comes to significant reductions in infections associated with use of central lines, ventilators, resistant bacteria, or with events such as preventable patient falls. That’s the good news. The mixed news is that when independent res