XM Radio’s ReachMD, a 24/7 news and talk channel for the medical community, has tapped into the thinking and activity of the quality improvement movement for a series that airs throughout the month of December 2007. IHI experts and leaders are featured in each broadcast segment.

Download the podcasts by following the links below.

Posted February 1, 2008:

• Variability Theory, Part 2: Making Health Care Work

Eugene Litvak, PhD, Faculty, IHI

• Better Processes: Essential for Safer Health Care

Carol Haraden, PhD, Vice President, IHI

Posted January 7, 2008:

• Variability Theory, Part 1: Making Health Care Work

Eugene Litvak, PhD, Faculty, IHI

• A Philosophy for Excellence in Health Care

Maureen Bisognano, Executive Vice President and COO, IHI

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Improving Health Care Quality: Investment Returns

Maureen Bisognano, Executive Vice President and COO, IHI

• Safety in the Health Care System

Donald Berwick, MD, President and CEO, IHI

• IHI’s 5 Million Lives Campaign

Joe McCannon, Vice President, IHI

• Community-Acquired MRSA: Prevention and Cure

Donald Goldmann, MD, Senior Vice President, IHI

• Triple Aim: Managing Per Capita Cost of Health Care

John Whittington, MD, Faculty, IHI

Posted December 17, 2007:

• Hospital-Acquired MRSA: Are We Aggressive Enough?

Donald Goldmann, MD, Senior Vice President, IHI

• The US Health Care Predicament

Donald Berwick, MD, President and CEO, IHI

• Fixing Health Care from the Inside Out, Today

Steven Spear, Senior Fellow, IHI

• Triple Aim: Optimizing the Health Care System

John Whittington, MD, Faculty, IHI

• Combating MRSA

Fran Griffin, Director, IHI

Posted December 5, 2007:

• The Board Makes a Difference

James Conway, Senior Vice President, IHI

• The Role of the MD in the 100,000 Lives Campaign

James Reinertsen, MD, Senior Fellow, IHI

Posted December 4, 2007:

• Prevention of Surgical Complications

Fran Griffin, Director, IHI

• Chasing the Rabbit

Steven Spear, Senior Fellow, IHI

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Partnership for Health Care Excellence

Jim Conway, Senior Vice President, IHI

• The Physician as a Leader in the Medical Community

James Reinertsen, MD, Senior Fellow, IHI

• Delivering Operational Excellence

Steven Spear, Senior Fellow, IHI