Turn on the Lights: A Healthcare Improvement Podcast
Turn on the Lights is a podcast that brings clarity, urgency, and humanity to the most pressing issues in health and healthcare today. Hosted by Dr. Philip McAdoo, Director of Internal Equity and Workplace Well-Being at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), this series invites listeners into honest, thought-provoking conversations with people who are challenging the status quo.
This podcast is for people improving healthcare — offering candid conversations, practical ideas, and fresh perspectives from people working to make care better.
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Philip McAdoo, Ed.D.Director of Internal Equity and Workplace Well-Being
Meet Your Host
Dr. Philip Dorian McAdoo is an organizational strategist, educator, author, advocate, and storyteller. He serves as Director of Internal Equity & Workplace Well-Being at IHI, where he helps strengthen the cultures, practices, and conditions that allow people and systems to improve. As host of Turn on the Lights, Philip brings a human-centered lens to conversations about trust, dignity, leadership, and building better healthcare systems.
Why It’s Worth a Listen - An Intro from Philip
Lizette Escobedo VP of Government Relations and Civic Engagement, AltaMed Health Services
Civic Health is Whole Person Health
In this episode, Lizette Escobedo joins Turn on the Lights to discuss how healthcare organizations can take responsibility for the civic health of their communities. She shares the origins and success of AltaMed's "My Vote. My Health." initiative, a nonpartisan campaign that transforms clinics into vote centers and turns healthcare providers into trusted civic messengers.
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Neel Vora Vice President of Information Technology, IHI
The Latest Spotlight
In this IHI Spotlight, Neel Vora shares a practical framework for responsible AI adoption: fit, safety, and value. He emphasizes starting with a narrow use case, testing it in the real workflow, and continuing to measure whether AI improves safety, quality, equity, patient experience, or workforce well-being.
* At the end of select episodes, the IHI Spotlight connects the conversation to IHI’s work and learning from the field. Explore practical insights, resources, and ideas to help bring what you’ve heard into your own work.
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