Quality Watch
Quality Watch is a podcast focused on healthcare quality improvement. Quality Watch is a production of IPRO, a trusted partner of federal and state agencies working to measure and improve the quality of healthcare for all. Each episode includes healthcare headlines from around the nation, an interview segment focusing on healthcare quality improvement work, and Data Watch, where host Dr. Edison Machado shares statistics around a healthcare quality topic. Learn more by visiting www.ipro.org.
Episodes
Patient Family Advisory Council exist in 51.36% of hospitals, according to the most recent data from the American Hospital Association. Similar initiatives exist within nursing homes, rehab facilities and provider groups, underscoring the essential role of the voice of the patient in designing and delivery high quality healthcare.
PFACs have been shown to help providers deliver safe, culturally responsive, and equitable healthcare....
In late 2023, the Trusted Framework and Common Agreement, more commonly known as TEFCA – was established as a nationwide policy and technology framework for health information sharing. TEFCA was created by the US Health and Human Services Agency to remove barriers to information sharing among providers, patients, public health agencies, health information networks, payers and pharmacies. The goals are to improve the flow of d...
In recognition of IPRO's 40th anniversary, our guest is Ted Will, founder and CEO of IPRO, who looks back at 40 years of healthcare quality improvement. We also take a look at recent healthcare quality improvement headlines and crunch some numbers in our Data Watch segment.
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Today's guest is Melanie Ronda, MSN, RN, LTC-CIP, CPHQ, Director of QIN-QIO T1 & 3 and Infection Preventionist at IPRO. Melanie addressed the rates of vaccination in long-term care facilities, and some strategies for overcoming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among older adults.
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"You save one life, you save the world." - Harry Feder, our latest Quality Watch Podcast guest. Harry decided recently to retire from his role as IPRO's COO after a remarkable 50-year career in healthcare, 37 of them at IPRO. In this episode, he reflects on half a century of healthcare quality improvement. Host Dr. Edison Machado also shares the latest headlines and data from the healthcare quality improvement landscape.
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Since 1991, IPRO has worked with the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute on a broad project with the goal of decreasing new HIV infections in New York State to less than 750 per year. Hear how it is going from the team leading this work for IPRO.
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In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, school-based health centers provide primary and preventive care for children who would otherwise lack access to that care. In New York State, IPRO works under contract with the Department of Health to monitor school-based Health Centers across the state.
In this episode, Quality Watch host Dr. Edison Machado speaks to Terri Greco, Senior Director, State Healthcare Assessment, who has w...
In this episode, hear about Kidney Transplant Compare, a new app developed by the IPRO End Stage Renal Disease Network (ESRD) Program to allow patients to compare transplant centers in order to select the one best suited to their needs.
To learn more about IPRO, visit www.ipro.org. To learn more about IPRO's ESRD Network Program, visit https://esrd.ipro.org/. To learn more about the Kidney Transplant Compare App, visit https://esr...
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