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Video: Handing Power to Patients to Improve Care

Kavita Bhavan, M.D., a medical director at Parkland Health and Hospital System, describes how the safety net hospital was able to provide better, more efficient care to the uninsured using patient-administered IV antibiotics
January 18, 2017
Marty Stempniak
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Kavita Bhavan, M.D., a medical director at Parkland Health and Hospital System, describes how the safety net hospital was able to provide better care to the uninsured using patient-administered IV antibiotics.
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Don Berwick: 8 Ways to Shift the Power Back to Patients

The next frontier for health care is giving more control to consumers, the former CMS head says during his keynote address at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum.
December 9, 2016
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The next frontier for health care is giving more control to consumers, the former CMS head says during his keynote address at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum.
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6 Patient Safety New Year's Resolutions

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's CEO says the field has reached a critical turning point and must shift gears to continue making progress.
December 8, 2016
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement's CEO says the field has reached a critical turning point and must shift gears to continue making progress.
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Hospital Leaders Must Adapt to New Roles; Rewrite Rules for Improvement, Says Retiring IHI Chief

Executives must rethink nearly every aspect of how they routinely do their work.
December 9, 2015
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ORLANDO — This is the last Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum for Maureen Bisognano as leader of the influential quality and patient safety group, with Bisognano planning to retire from her duties at the close of 2015. But she left hospital leaders with a few words of advice during her opening keynote Tuesday morning. 


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