A free 60 minute audio program from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) on the patient activist. The 'talk-show' program is bi-weekly, timely and it’s designed to help dedicated legions of health care improvers worldwide keep up with some of the freshest and most robust thinking and strategies for improving patient care. The activated patient and family member – often seeking to ensure that whatever “bad†thing happened to them doesn’t happen to anyone else – is, thankfully, no longer a new phenomenon. Today in the US, hundreds of organizations of all sizes and reach are gaining a voice and the expertise to help solve some of health care’s most intractable quality and safety problems. The rapid growth of patient advisory councils is just the latest example of patients becoming an integral and integrated force in the redesign of care. On December 5, thanks to the generosity of the Cautious Patient Foundation and others, some 50 patient leaders will gather at IHI’s National Forum to consider their work to date and how, by combining forces, they can be an even more effective force for change. On December 16, WIHI is pleased and honored to share the energy and discussion from the Leadership Summit for Patient Activists and Partners in Quality and Safety, featuring four people whose work has been crucial to laying the foundation for a new era of patient activism. We’re all patients at some point, and that common experience – and sometimes unfortunate experience – is what’s bringing physicians, researchers, lawyers, parents, and every combination you can think of together to compare notes and plan for the hard work ahead. Events like this provide an opportunity to engage with the issues and the people who are becoming a true force for the best of what health care has to offer. Tune into the next WIHI program detailed below and all you need to do is register for the program in advance. You can join the program live — via computer or telephone or both — or you can download an archived audio file for listening later.
The Patient Activist
Thursday, December 16, 2010
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Featuring:
- Bill Thatcher, Executive Director, Cautious Patient Foundation
- Barbara Balik, RN, EdD, Senior Faculty, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Tricia Pil, MD, Pediatrician, Medical Writer, University Health Sciences Project Coordinator
- Patient Activist Charles Maclean, PhD, Founder, PhilanthropyNow
Click here to learn more about the speakers.
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