WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Health & Fitness:Medicine
Date: October 15, 2015
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Of all the people who can make a difference in the lives of patients these days, one group that’s rising in importance is community health workers, or CHWs. CHWs are increasingly being utilized by community health centers, office practices, and hospitals to bridge gaps for patients between health care, home, and the community. Since many CHWs come from the same neighborhoods as the patients themselves, there’s a lot of mutual trust right off the bat. This is true whether a CHW is helping a patient manage a chronic illness, develop healthier behaviors, or act on information from a medical appointment that might otherwise be misunderstood or forgotten.
For community health workers and the patients and populations they serve, the questions are many. What are the particular skills and training needed to be an effective CHW? How can CHWs gain greater professional recognition? Largely grant-funded now, how can the work of CHWs become part of standard reimbursement? Where is research underway on the best deployment of CHWs and the contribution they can make to population health? What can be learned from the use of CHWs in other countries?
The growing interest in CHWs is sparking some important discussions and the development of innovative programs. We explored both on this WIHI.
WIHI: How to Speak Up for Safety
WIHI: Building Systems of Safety
WIHI: Engaging and Supporting Family Caregivers
WIHI: Improving Patient Experience: What's Working, What's Not
WIHI: What's Next for Electronic Health Records
WIHI: How Health Care Can Accelerate Health Equity
WIHI: 100 Million Healthier Lives: From Vision to Reality
WIHI: Five Practical Strategies for Managing Successful Improvement Projects
WIHI: Nurturing Trust: Addiction and Maternal and Newborn Health
WIHI: Health Care in Motion: Making Sense of a Moving Picture
WIHI: Joy in Work: An Antidote to Today's Burnout in Health Care
WIHI: The Opioid Crisis: How Health Care and the Community Can Act
WIHI: Breaking the Rules: Lessons from IHI’s Leadership Alliance
WIHI: The New World of Co-producing Health and Health Care
WIHI: A New Framework for Safety in Ambulatory Care
WIHI: Making Data Work for Quality Improvement
WIHI: Morality Matters: How to Reset the Mission of Quality Improvement
WIHI: New Tools and Thinking for Shared Decision Making
WIHI: Realizing “What Matters” (to Patients and Families)
WIHI: Personal Mastery for Transformational Leadership
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