WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: March 17, 2011 Featuring: Karen Boudreau, MD, FAAFP, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Medical Director, IHI Continuum Portfolio Connie Davis, MN, RN, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, IHI Faculty; ImpactBC Senior Faculty for Patients as Partners and Adjunct Faculty, University of British Columbia School of Nursing John H. Wasson, MD, Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School Sheila Allison, Peer Coach, Patient Advisor, Patient Voices Network (BC, Canada); Volunteer Facilitator, University of Victoria Centre on Aging – Self-Management Program Next to electronic health records (EHRs), there’s probably no other area of health care receiving as much attention these days as primary care. It’s easy to see why. Like EHRs, new and improved primary care models are considered ground zero for a system that’s better coordinated, integrated, and efficient. Hopes are high, especially in the US, that with a more robust and reliable infrastructure of primary ca