Turn on the Lights Podcast

Hosted by Don Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, and Kedar Mate, MD, Founder and CMO of Qualified Health, and Former President and CEO of Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Turn on the Lights is a podcast that aims to improve health care worldwide by shedding light on health care issues through thought-provoking conversations. By demystifying health care problems, we hope to activate both the public and health care professionals to help us accelerate changes leading to health and health care improvements worldwide. Our discussions cover various topics such as health care delivery, health equity, quality, and social justice. The podcast features solutions from around the world and encourages listeners to take action.Brought to you by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

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With Deep Appreciation

Awesome podcast!

Every month the interview is interesting and provocative. I always come away with great ideas and energy. Thank you!
Primary Care For All

Great episodes

Really appreciate the interviews with Eric Reinhart, Mai Pham, and Dhruv Khullar among many others. Hearing about these efforts gives me hope. Keep up the good work!
Sleepy Alaskan

Fantastic Resource

Last fall I started working at a hospital in a support role with very little healthcare experience. Soon after I started listening to Turn on the Lights to help me understand more of my new environment. I cannot tell you how much this has helped me with background contextual understanding that my colleagues take for granted. I also feel more up to date on current healthcare challenges and opportunities which allows me to contribute more in discussions surrounding planning and policy.
freethinker12345

Michelle Browder rocks

Best podcast EVER Geriatric psychiatrist Abhilash Desai MD Boise, Idaho. IHI is a place I go to to maintain my optimism and trust in humanity. Hosts of the podcast are my modern heroes.
Raddish MD

Thank you so much for the prior authorization podcast!!!!

Good words, good evidence for an extremely painful topic. I understand needing to be judicious about expensive medicines and tests, but every day I get prior authorizations and denials for medication that cost $10-$13. It costs my staff and myself more time and money fighting these sometimes then seeing the patient in the first place. Unpaid work, of course.
slingandthings

Time to change health care

I appreciate the honesty of the glaring problems in medicine. I’m a doctor who sees the large cracks in the healthcare ship… and starting to take in water. If we don’t fix this ship it’s gonna sink and take down lot of valuable things around it! Let’s vote for a better health care system.