Engaging Physicians

Host Chris Backous speaks with East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust’s Amanda Rowley and Mona Modi about transforming maternal healthcare.Featured in this episode:ENHTT | Baroness Amos Report - Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation | NHS 10 Year PlanAmanda Rowley | Dr. Mona Modi | | Chris Backous

Join host Brenda McLeod in conversation with Kuldeep Singh, Helen Cyrus, and Alice Forsythe about NHS England’s multi-strand Culture of Care Programme.Featured in this episode:Kuldeep Singh | Helen Cyrus | Alice Forsythe | Brenda McLeod 

Join host Brenda McLeod in conversation with Jamie Boyer, German Meza, and Karen Gifford about implementing a management system at Three Rivers, a rural hospital in Washington state.Featured in this episode:Jamie Boyer | German Meza | Karen Gifford | Brenda McLeod 

In our first-ever video episode, host Chris Backous chats with Liz Fitzhugh and Danielle Checketts about how reusable surgical hats are saving the environment and building relationships in the operating theatre and beyond.Featured in this episode:Danielle Checketts | Liz Fitzhugh | Chris Backous

Host Chris Backous in conversation with Dr. Angelique Ramirez (Foundation Health Partners), Robbi Bishop (Virginia Mason Institute), and Ian Petersen (Stat) about the magic of combining technology and a management system to optimize patient care.Featured in this episode:Dr. Angelique Ramirez | Robbi Bishop | Ian Petersen | Chris Backous

Host Brenda McLeod is joined by VMI Executive Director Wendy Korthuis-Smith and three guests to talk about engaging boards in process improvement.Featured in this episode:Wendy Korthuis-Smith [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-korthuis-smith/]Brenda McLeod [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendasmcleod/]Anita Day [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-day-2182134/] Professor Andy Hardy [https://www.linkedin.com/in/profandyhardy/?originalSubdomain=uk] Adam Sewell-Jones [https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/about/board/meet-the-trusts-executive-team/adam-sewell-jones/]Virginia Mason Institute [https://www.linkedin.com/company/virginia-mason-institute/] 

Host Chris Backous is joined by three guests to talk about engaging doctors in process improvement.Featured in this episode:Wendy Korthuis-Smith [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-korthuis-smith/]Chris Backous [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-backous-04726775/]Eliot Fagley [https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliotfagley/] Magnus Harrison [https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnus-harrison-70858837/] Virginia Mason Institute [https://www.linkedin.com/company/virginia-mason-institute/] Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/]Mentioned in the episode:Donald BerwickTait ShanafeltGenba Walk

Host Brenda McLeod is joined by three guests to talk about one of Virginia Mason Institute’s newest service offerings, the Leadership Emotional Intelligence Performance Accelerator, or LEIPA.Chapters0:00 Intro with Brenda McLeod01:44 Wendy Korthuis-Smith, Virginia Mason Institute: Why LEIPA?04:32 What is LEIPA with Greg Young10:16 The Team LEIPA experience with Adam Sewell-Jones19:02 Getting the most out of the LEIPA experienceFeatured in this episode: Wendy Korthuis-Smith [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-korthuis-smith/] Brenda McLeod [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendasmcleod/] Greg Young [https://www.linkedin.com/in/leadershapegreg/] Adam Sewell-Jones [https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/about/board/meet-the-trusts-executive-team/adam-sewell-jones/] Virginia Mason Institute [https://www.linkedin.com/company/virginia-mason-institute/]  LEIPA [https://www.leadershapeglobal.com/leipa] East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust [https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/]

Earlier this year Leeds Teaching Hospital managed to save £16M ($20M USD) in the space of 2 weeks. Featured in this episode: ⁠Wendy Korthuis-Smith⁠ ⁠Chris Backous⁠ ⁠Phil Wood⁠ ⁠Jimmy Parvin⁠ ⁠Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust⁠ ⁠Virginia Mason Institute Chapters 01:34 Wendy Korthuis-Smith, Virginia Mason Institute 04:23 Phil Wood, CE of Leeds NHS 07:26 Command & Control vs. Continuous Improvement 13:04 Jimmy Parvin on how they did it 20:22 CI in large organizations 32:47 Trusting your team 40:20 Scalability 45:53 Final thoughts

Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare has become a strategic imperative for all leaders in healthcare. But to make lasting progress, we can’t just treat the symptoms; we must address the underlying condition, which is systemic inequity. Learn how leaders at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health have embedded equity into their improvement methods, training, and tools.