According to the CDC, drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury deaths in the US, and this death rate more than doubled from 1999 to 2013. Abused drugs included opioid pain killers, stimulants, -and -depressants, and the majority…
Learn how to eliminate unnecessary health care costs and improve patient outcomes. These on-line, interactive high value care (HVC) cases can be completed in 30 to 60 minutes on your dekstop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Review the medical cases online,…
Practice high value care by reviewing ACP’s online collection of clinical cases, answering the associated knowledge checks, and reading through the critiques. ACP’s five module program offers highly practical guidance and curated resources to help you incorporate effective HVC principles…
Practice high value care by reviewing ACP’s online collection of clinical cases, answering the associated knowledge checks, and reading through the critiques. ACP’s five module program offers highly practical guidance and curated resources to help you incorporate effective HVC principles…
This course will provide you with an overview of value in health care. We’ll start by distinguishing between cost and value, and understanding how both of these concepts relate to quality. We’ll introduce you to the growing problem of health…
This three-lesson course will explore health disparities – what they are, why they occur, and how you can help reduce them in your local setting. After discussing the current (and alarming) picture in lesson 1, we’ll dive into Lesson 2…
You might think we do a pretty good job of providing care to individuals with illnesses and diseases. But it’s important to take a step back and consider the factors contributing to illness. It’s important to realize that things like…
In conjunction with the Boston University School of Medicine and The Conversation Project, the IHI Open School offers this course to introduce students and health professionals to basic skills for having conversations with patients and their families about end-of-life care…
In this one-lesson course, we’ll introduce you to patient and family shadowing, a valuable exercise for health professions students and health care professionals at any stage of their career. You’ll learn five steps for using shadowing to better empathize with…
What does it mean to treat patients and families with dignity and respect? It means that health care providers listen to and honor patient and family perspectives and choices. Providers incorporate patient and family knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural background…
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