Turn on the Lights: A Healthcare Improvement Podcast
Turn on the Lights is a podcast that brings clarity, urgency, and humanity to the most pressing issues in health and healthcare today. Hosted by Dr. Philip McAdoo, Director of Internal Equity and Workplace Well-Being at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), this series invites listeners into honest, thought-provoking conversations with people who are challenging the status quo.
This podcast is for people improving healthcare — offering candid conversations, practical ideas, and fresh perspectives from people working to make care better.
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Philip McAdoo, Ed.D.Director of Internal Equity and Workplace Well-Being
Meet Your Host
Dr. Philip Dorian McAdoo is an organizational strategist, educator, author, advocate, and storyteller. He serves as Director of Internal Equity & Workplace Well-Being at IHI, where he helps strengthen the cultures, practices, and conditions that allow people and systems to improve. As host of Turn on the Lights, Philip brings a human-centered lens to conversations about trust, dignity, leadership, and building better health care systems.
Why It’s Worth a Listen - An Intro from Philip
Harold Phillips CEO, NMAC
HIV, Stigma, and Trust
Harold Phillips joins Turn on the Lights to discuss what HIV reveals about stigma, trust, racial justice, and the communities still being left behind by healthcare. He explains how stigma, misinformation, and mistrust can keep people from accessing care even when effective treatments and prevention tools are available.
This week’s episode
Sylvia Trent-AdamsPresident and CEO, IHI
This Week’s Spotlight
In this IHI Spotlight, Sylvia Trent-Adams talks about the lessons HIV has taught her about dignity, trust, equity, and person-centered care. Drawing on her experience as a nurse caring for soldiers living with or affected by HIV, she emphasizes that treating a diagnosis and truly seeing a person are not the same thing.
* At the end of select episodes, the IHI Spotlight connects the conversation to IHI’s work and learning from the field. Explore practical insights, resources, and ideas to help bring what you’ve heard into your own work.
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