Leading Medicine with Houston Methodist
Leading Medicine with Houston Methodist is for physicians and researchers. Each episode, our hosts are joined by experts to explore a topic, trend or innovation in healthcare. Quality Time with Dr. Shlomit Schaal focuses on quality and safety within healthcare systems.
At Houston Methodist, our commitment is to develop and move the best, most innovative science and technology from the bench to the bedside through translational research, interdisciplinary programs and continued education. We are proud to be a top hospital in Texas and the nation.
For more on our latest research, check out our Leading Medicine blog at https://www.houstonmethodist.org/leading-medicine-blog/
Episodes
8 episodes
Standardizing Surgical Care to Improve Outcomes| Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
Preventing infection and enhancing recovery are metrics for surgical quality of care. In this episode, Dr. Pedro Ramirez discusses efforts to standardize patient care, including implementing surgical site infection bundles and Enhanced Recovery...
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23:40
Tackling Health Disparities Through Federal Funding & Research | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
Race is a social construct that impacts both life and health span. In this episode, Dr. Pérez-Stable explains how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to lessen health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations through res...
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36:59
Advancing Quality of Care Through Academic Research | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. In this wide-ranging episode, Dr. H. Dirk Sostman, Houston Methodist executive vice president and chief academic officer and president and CEO of the ...
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29:23
Measuring Safety in Health Care with Press Ganey | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
Health care safety is a public health issue. Despite progress, preventable harm remains unacceptably frequent. In order to reduce harm in all its forms, we need to know what causes it and why. In this episode, Dr. Tejal Gandhi, chief safety and...
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32:29
How Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Improves Quality in Health Care | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
As the discourse surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has intensified and mandates to eliminate programs have taken effect, organizations grapple with the repercussions. In this episode, Arianne Dowdell, vice president ...
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22:55
How Lean Management Transformed a Health Care System | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
Lean management focuses on continuous improvement through making incremental process changes to improve quality and efficiency.In this episode, Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, shares how lean management prin...
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28:09
Maintaining Quality Across Vascular Surgery Subspecialties | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
The world of vascular surgery comprises a wide range of specialties. How does a hospital system manage quality across fields to ensure the best patient outcomes possible during surgery and beyond?In this episode, Dr. Schaal discusses ge...
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Health Care Accreditation and Certification | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
What are health care accreditations and certifications? Why are they important? Who conducts them?Providing the highest quality care in the safest environments possible is both the goal and the responsibility of health care organization...
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