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June 18, 2014
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Open School Collaboration with New MOOC, 'Fixing Healthcare Delivery'

MOOCThe IHI Open School is collaborating with the University of Florida on a new massive open online course (MOOC) called “Fixing Healthcare Delivery,” which will be offered by Coursera. The 8-week course will cover five areas critical to improving the delivery of care, related to systems thinking, human factors design, teamwork, leadership, and mobilization. The course features Open School videos and content, and is relevant for providers who deliver care AND patients who receive it. Click here to watch a video and learn more about the free course, which starts this fall.

Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide to offer online courses, free for anyone to take.

Next WIHI: New Roles, New Routes for Managing Populations

If you’re wondering why health care quality and clinical leaders have been talking more with their counterparts in finance or IT, look no further than the latest value-based contract they’ve likely just entered into. Within hospitals, leaders are looking at how to deliver better care and better value for whole populations of patients, and how their data systems can help them better understand utilization patterns and needs. Join the next WIHI on Thursday, June 19 at 2 PM EST to hear from a panel of senior leaders speak about their experience in and perspective on population health management.

What We’re Reading: ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally’

MERICAThe United States health care system continues to be the most expensive in the world. And it continues to lag behind other countries when it comes to quality and performance. How far behind? 

A new study from the Commonwealth Fund scores and ranks 11 nations (spoiler: the US ranked 11th overall) in quality, access, efficiency, equity, healthy lives, and health expenditures. Click here to read the executive summary, see an informative chart, and access the full report. 

To learn more about how health systems around the world are facing similar challenges, and how countries can study and learn from one another, check out “Health Care Today,” the second lesson of the IHI Open School course, QI 101: Fundamentals of Improvement.

Community Updates

Thank You for Completing your Chapter Progress Report!

With the deadline come and gone, the IHI Open School team would like to thank all the Chapters that submitted their 2014 Progress Reports. This great feedback will give us a sense for how our community is moving and growing, and help us create new resources to meet your Chapter’s needs. Keep your eyes out for the annual Progress Report Results, which are soon to come. 

Even though we ask for these surveys once a year, the team is always available at openschool@ihi.org for your questions, ideas, and leadership updates.

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