Remaking American Medicine: A four-part television series for PBS that follows pioneering individuals and organizations determined to fix our broken health care system
Series Premiere: Thursday, October 5
Episode 1: The Silent Killer profiles individuals who are committed to fixing a health care system that is estimated to kill up to 98,000 people a year.
Episode 2: First Do No Harm focuses on efforts to eliminate hospital-acquired infections and medication errors.
Episode 3: The Stealth Epidemic looks at groundbreaking efforts to create effective chronic disease management programs.
Episode 4: Hand in Hand shows how a unique partnership between patients, families and providers is transforming a teaching hospital.
Remaking American Medicine describes efforts to bring about dramatic change in the US health care system – to make it safer, more effective, and patient- and family-centered. Detailed program descriptions and local broadcast information are available at http://www.remakingamericanmedicine.org/ and at www.pbs.org/remakingamericanmedicine. Among the many compelling stories are two initiatives spearheaded by IHI: Pursuing Perfection and the 100,000 Lives Campaign.
To learn more about how the issues and strategies in Remaking American Medicine relate to IHI’s mission and programming, see below.
Program One - “Silent Killer” -- Every year at least 98,000 Americans are killed – and countless more are injured – as a result of medical errors. This program begins by profiling the efforts of Sorrel King, whose 18-month-old daughter died at one of the most respected hospitals in the world, Johns Hopkins. King has gone from grieving victim to engaged activist, partnering with Johns Hopkins to make safety a top priority at the institution. Now she has joined forces with Dr. Donald Berwick, a nationally recognized patient safety advocate, to save 100,000 lives in American hospitals.
100,000 Lives Campaign
When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events
Condition H (Help) at UPMC Shadyside
The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
Program Two - “First Do No Harm” -- This program focuses on the impact of hospital-acquired infections and medical errors and follows the efforts of those who are challenging their colleagues to live up to their oath to “First Do No Harm.” In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chief of Medicine Dr. Richard Shannon is confronting an epidemic of hospital-acquired infections that are shattering the lives of their victims. Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey is engaged in an effort to completely transform the way the institution delivers care. The goal in both hospitals is to ensure that the people trusted to provide safe and effective medical treatment do not harm patients.
How to Prevent Hospital Infections in the 100,000 Lives Campaign
Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA and Other Stories from the Front Lines
Pursuing Perfection: Report from Hackensack University Medical Center
SBAR Technique for Communication (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation)
On Demand presentation: Effective Teamwork as a Care Strategy - SBAR and Other Tools for Improving Communication Between Caregivers
Program Three - “The Stealth Epidemic” -- Chronic diseases, like diabetes and congestive heart failure, affect nearly 100 million Americans, and treatment of these illnesses consumes nearly 70 percent of all health care resources. Yet doctors are often unable to prevent needless suffering or even death, and these failures are threatening the viability of our entire health care system. This program looks at groundbreaking efforts in two very different communities - Los Angeles and Whatcom County, Washington - that are fundamentally transforming the physician-patient relationship and offer a glimmer of hope for patients across the country who are struggling with their chronic conditions.
Redesigning Clinical Practice in IHI’s IMPACT Network
The Chronic Care Model
Pursuing Perfection and Whatcom County
Managing Diabetes
Program Four - “Hand in Hand” -- As medicine continues to become more technologically sophisticated and the systems that deliver medical care become more complex, the relationship between providers and patients and their families is more important than ever. This final program tells the story of patients and families who have formed a unique bond in a teaching hospital in Augusta, Georgia to transform the institution into a nationally recognized facility, where partnership is a guiding vision to the care it delivers.
Patient- and Family-Centered Care
Improving Care by Engaging Patients
Report from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Rapid Response Teams for Pediatric Patients
