"This is the time for a different kind of leader"

In this episode, Dr. Kedar Mate starts off by discussing his formative years at Partners in Health, and how solving a complex problem in Peru helped him to understand complex systems. He goes on to highlight the importance values based leadership and the utility of quality improvement (QI). Next, Dr. Mate elaborates on some of the challenges with QI, as well as some of the successes with a nationwide healthcare models for the elderly. We conclude with his reflects on taking on the role of President and CEO at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the importance of self care.

His twitter: https://twitter.com/KedarMate
His podcast "Turn on the lights":   https://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/AudioandVideo/turn-on-the-lights-podcast.aspx

About the guest:
Kedar Mate, MD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and a member of the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Mate’s scholarly work has focused on health care quality, strategies for achieving large-scale change, and approaches to improving health equity and value.

Additional resources mentioned in the podcast:
The Institution for Healthcare Improvement: https://www.ihi.org/
The Science of Improvement Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle:
 https://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/HowtoImprove/ScienceofImprovementTestingChanges.aspx
Partners in health: https://www.pih.org/
Bending the arc film:https://bendingthearcfilm.com/
Dr Paul Farmer: https://www.pih.org/paul-farmer

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Intro and Out Music Attribution:
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