In cooperation with Hospitals & Health Networks

   

The Greek Health Center, in cooperation with H&HN, introduces the Quality Center Podcast Series. Each podcast will highlight cutting-edge viewpoints from leaders of the quality and performance improvement movement, experts within health care and outside of the industry. The interviews are available in both text and audio. Excerpts from the interviews will be featured in AHA News.

To download podcasts to listen to offline:
1. right-click the "listen" icon
2. select "Save Target As..."
3. choose the destination for the MP3 file on your computer

To listen to podcasts on your computer, simply double-click the MP3 file.  It should open in your default MP3 player.

Podcast Title	Details	Length	Date
Trusting the System	David C. Pate, MD, JD, is senior vice president and chief executive officer of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. He spoke with the Quality Center about the following topics: Defining health care quality; employee engagement and how it influences care; lean methodology; standardization; success; and lessons learned. With support materials provided by the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration.	8:30	5/28/2008
The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety	Hospital CEOs, HR leaders and other industry thought leaders gathered together to discuss the role of human resources as transformation agents in the quest for quality and patient safety improvement.  Click here for the PDF summary of the transcript. Click here for the video presentation.	55 minutes	7/24/2008
Road to Value	Susan DeVore, chief operating officer, Premier Health Alliance	no audio	4/23/2008
Pioneering Quality, Patient Safety, and Performance Excellence	William Petasnick, president and CEO, Froedtert Hospital and Froedtert & Community Health System	no audio	10/22/2007
Understanding the Value of Effective Leadership	Kelly Rakowski, managing principle for performance solutions, and Carolyn Pexton, director of public relations and communications for performance solutions, the consulting division of GE Healthcare	no audio	10/17/2007
The ABCs of Quality	Joel Allison, president and CEO, Baylor Health Care System	no audio	10/15/2007
We Are All Accountable	Nick Turkal, MD, president and CEO, Aurora Health Care	no audio	10/3/2007
The Quality Evolution	Theresa Cole RN, BSN, CPHQ, nurse facilitator and quality department coordinator, Bristol Regional Medical Center	no audio	10/2/2007
The Safety of Care	Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD, vice president and chief quality officer, Lifespan	no audio	8/29/2007
Quality Starts at the Front Door	Tina Cermignano, operations manager, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	no audio	8/27/2007
Let's Focus on the Patient	Bruce Bagley, MD, medical director for quality improvement, American Academy of Family Physicians	no audio	8/7/2007