WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Health & Fitness:Medicine
About 5 percent of patients in the US are individuals with complex needs. Many show up at hospital emergency departments with a combination of physical, socioeconomic, and behavioral health issues — only to return, again and again, sometimes in worse condition, because the current system isn't set up to address a multitude of problems. The burgeoning field of "complex care" is trying to break the cycle with new interventions and stronger connections to supportive services. .
But addiction, a common thread among the complex patient population, is often dealt with differently. While the recent opioid epidemic has forced health care providers to change some of their prescription practices and to become more knowledgeable about substance use disorders in general, patients themselves are still typically 'referred out' for treatment — to a much less integrated and accessible system, already stretched to its limits.
What could the health care system offer that it's not offering now? We explored that and more on the June 21 episode of WIHI: Addiction Treatment Demystified: Proven, Practical Steps for Complex Care.
WIHI: Working Toward Health Equity
WIHI: SBAR: Structured Communication and Psychological Safety in Health Care
WIHI: Violence Prevention and Community Health
WIHI: Patients as Partners in QI Research
WIHI: New Leadership Skills for Better Health and Health Care
WIHI: Improving Safety and Satisfaction in Ambulatory Care
WIHI: Who’s Conversation Ready? How Health Care Can Respect End-of-Life Wishes
WIHI: New Staffing Models for Primary Care
WIHI: Recognizing Person- and Family-Centered Care: Always Events at IHI
WIHI: On the (Virtual) Road with Mobile Clinics and Population Health
WIHI: Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health
WIHI: Slowdown in the Growth of US Health Care Spending
WIHI: The Ground Game of the Partnership for Patients
WIHI: Large-Scale Change Across a Country: Learning from Scotland
WIHI: Measure Up, (Blood) Pressure Down: 80% by 2016
WIHI: Reliable Practices for Responding to Natural Disasters: Lessons from Long Island Jewish and Hurricane Sandy
WIHI: Home for Life, Aging, and Aging in Place
WIHI: Engaging Patients in Safety — Live from London and the International Forum on Quality and Safety
WIHI: Community Health Needs Assessments, Part 2: Lessons from North Carolina
WIHI: Community Health Needs Assessments, Part 1
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