Episodes

Hospital President: Health Equity Verifies Quality

October 31, 2024 |20:17

When you’re a Nigerian immigrant who went from being a safety-net hospital patient to hospital president, how do you think about health equity? We get answers to that question from Tosan Boyo, President of Sutter Health East Bay Market, in California. Tosan previews his keynote remarks on health equity at the NCQA Health Innovation 2024.

Women in Quality

October 16, 2024 |15:22

Many women work in health care quality. What does it take to lead and thrive at the field's highest levels? This episode of Quality Matters previews a panel discussion that answers those questions. We hear from panelists and the moderator of the Women in Quality event at NCQA’s Health Innovation Summit 2024.

A Win for Value-Based Care in OB-GYN

October 3, 2024 |15:47

Value-based care is common in primary care but remains rare in specialties such as obstetrics. A program that has won a NCQA Health Innovation Award might change that: the Elevance Health Obstetrics Practice Consultants program. We learn about the program from its director, Dr. Tiffany Inglis.

The US Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health

August 8, 2024 |18:05

How do we move beyond “admiring” problems caused by social determinants of health, to truly addressing problems? The US Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Playbook offers a way. The lead author of that whole-of-government strategy joins us on Quality Matters.

Gender, Lawyers and the Law

July 25, 2024 |17:35

In the second episode of a two-part series titled, 'In Data We Trust,' LGBTQ advocates discuss why sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data matter and what happens when governments misuse SOGI data. Quality implications extend far beyond LGBTQ communities.

You Can’t Spell “Equity” Without “IT”

July 11, 2024 |18:41

In the first episode of a two-part series titled, 'In Data We Trust,' host Andy Reynolds and Tam Ward, Senior Vice President of Business Strategy and Operations at Oscar Health, discuss the intersection of technology and health care to improve care equity, especially in underserved communities.

An Unconventional Path to Health Equity

June 13, 2024 |27:17

There can be no quality without equity. But how do we get there? Our guest, University of Chicago Professor Marshall Chin, has unorthodox ideas about how to achieve health equity. His solutions might surprise you.