WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: October 29, 2015 Featuring: Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS, Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer, Henry Ford Health System John Whittington, MD, Lead Faculty, IHI Triple Aim; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Sandra Bailey, Vice President for Care Transitions, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Joy Sharp, Manager, Community Navigators, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Mara Laderman, MSPH, Senior Research Associate, IHI Health and health care improvement communities in the US are focusing on equity and racial disparities in some important new ways. Frustrated by the slow progress of closing gaps (despite decades of research and documentation of the problems), many are forging ahead to create more equitable access to care and better outcomes wherever and whenever they can. The new learning is coming from the “doing,” often making use of existing data that already tell a powerful story of persistent inequities (e.g., in cancer di