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Medicaid is a massive, life-sustaining program whose new work requirements and funding cuts risk stripping coverage from millions of people who can’t afford to lose it. On the latest episode of Turn On the Lights Podcast, Cindy Mann, partner at Manatt Health and former director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, joins Don Berwick and Dr. Kedar Mate to describe how Medicaid was created alongside Medicare in 1965 and has grown into the nation’s largest public coverage program, serving nearly 80 million people across diverse populations. She breaks down the proposed Medicaid cuts in HR1 and the impact of work requirements, illustrating how administrative barriers lead to people losing coverage and increasing uncompensated care costs without improving employment outcomes. Tune in and learn how Medicaid’s design, politics, and future will shape health, budgets, and justice in America: https://hubs.ly/Q03VHvCQ0 Turn on the Lights Podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

How can the Improvement Advisor (IA) Program benefit your career? Hear from Sara Helmig, MD, on how she was able to apply the skills gained from the IA Program to her work at St. Jude Children's Hospital. Join us for a free informational call with faculty on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 4:00 PM ET to learn everything you need to know before enrolling in this course. Gain the advanced skills, proven frameworks, and peer network you need to deliver lasting improvement across your organization. Sign up for Monday's info call: https://lnkd.in/e3Jpz3Cd Learn more about the IA Program today: https://lnkd.in/e33SXkVp.

Do you have a stalled improvement project you want to push forward? Looking to develop a formal process and engage a team to support an improvement idea? IHI's Moving Quality Improvement from Theory to Action is an online course that provides the tools and skills needed to make positive change through improvement projects. Join us on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET for a free informational call to learn everything you need to know from expert faculty and staff before enrolling in this course. Visit the course webpage to learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejj8zJW6 Click to join the Event Page below to register for the free info call. ⬇️

IHI Blog — Centering Relationships in Healing: How an Alaskan Health System is Transforming Care Through Trust, Culture, and Community IHI VP Jill Duncan shares her experience attending Southcentral Foundation's (SCF) Nuka Conference and Core Concepts training in Anchorage, Alaska earlier this year. SCF is an Alaska Native–owned nonprofit health care system serving nearly 70,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people in Anchorage and the surrounding areas. "[The Core Concepts training] reminded me that relationship-based care is not a theory but a discipline, one that requires constant attention, humility, and intentionality." Read the blog: https://hubs.ly/Q03VC_Z_0 Southcentral Foundation’s relationship-based approach and Core Concepts training will be the topic of two sessions at the upcoming IHI Forum in Anaheim, CA, USA: — Spotlight Session 2: From Development to Resilience: Workforce Systems That Deliver — D15: Treat Me as a Whole Person: Customer-Owned and Relationship-Based Services at Alaska’s Nuka System Learn more about the 2025 IHI Forum: https://hubs.ly/Q03VCZM20

Building internal capability to support your organization’s improvement strategy is an on-going effort. IHI’s Improvement Advisor Professional Development Program: UK is designed to develop the skills of improvement leaders to charter, lead, and achieve results on improvement projects. This year-long program provides in-depth learning with three four-day in-person workshops (in London) and monthly calls with a small cohort of like-minded learners. Join us on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 10:00 AM ET (3:00 PM GMT) for a free informational call with expert faculty and staff to learn everything you need to know before enrolling in this course. Visit the course webpage to learn more: https://lnkd.in/er8a2Cks Click to join the Event Page below to register for the free info call. ⬇️

Each year at the IHI Forum, dozens of organizations from around the world send groups of health care professionals, leaders, and advocates to convene and lead change. We would like to spotlight the organizations who will be joining us next month at the IHI Forum in Anaheim, CA, USA. Special thanks to Northwestern Medicine, HCA Healthcare, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Cincinnati Children's, Cook Children's Health Care System, Contra Costa Health, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, Radboud University Medical Centre, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Region Jönköpings län, Stanford Health Care, CentraCare, Doctors of BC, Southcentral Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Northwell Health, Hawaii Pacific Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. Learn how you can get involved at the 2025 IHI Forum: https://lnkd.in/eNEnPuqc

Do you have a stalled improvement project you want to push forward? Looking to develop a formal process and engage a team to support an improvement idea? IHI's Moving Quality Improvement from Theory to Action online course provides the tools and skills needed to make positive change through improvement projects. Join us for a free informational call on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET to learn everything you need to know from expert faculty and staff before enrolling in this course. Visit the course webpage to learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejj8zJW6 Click to join the Event Page below to register for the free info call. ⬇️

A place-based approach to care delivery is essential for improving the health and quality of life of older adults. We’re excited to share a new resource designed to help states and regions scale the 4Ms Framework and strengthen age-friendly care: the State-Based Guide for Age-Friendly Health Systems. The State-Based Guide provides the levers to help states and regions scale the 4Ms Framework and lead the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement. Health equity is foundational to this work. Whether you’re a hospital association, health system, nonprofit, or state agency, you have a role to play. Download the guide and start building your statewide hub today: https://hubs.ly/Q03T-ckZ0

IHI Blog — Improving on Excellence: Expanding Existing Overdose Prevention Approaches in New York City For public health officials in post-pandemic New York City, a pressing priority was crafting a strategic and equitable plan to reclaim the years of life expectancy lost due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. One such effort is the NYC Health Department’s use of quality improvement methods to accelerate and strengthen its overdose prevention response to priority communities and neighborhoods. IHI and the NYC Health Department co-designed the Overdose Prevention Collaborative – an initiative to improve overdose prevention in high-risk areas and reduce overdose deaths in NYC using place-based strategies and frontline staff expertise. Read more in the blog: https://hubs.ly/Q03TBjYt0

IHI's Patricia McGaffigan and Katherine Feske-Kirby recently co-authored an article for Healthcare Executive titled “Partnering With Nurses on AI." They explore how nursing leadership and AI can come together to ensure technology strengthens—not replaces—human care. "If nurses are part of the AI implementation process, they can gain valuable firsthand experience of both the benefits and challenges of using it in care delivery." Patricia and Kate highlight the need to prioritize person-centered, equitable care, invest in developing and sustaining clinical skills and competencies for AI across the career trajectory, and advocate for and engage in collaborative continuous improvement for AI implementation. Read the full article here: https://hubs.ly/Q03TBcd10