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Leading Quality

Hosted by Jason Meadows, MD · health · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

Welcome to Leading Quality , the show that dives into the real-world stories and strategies of healthcare quality improvement leaders at all levels, from Frontline Champions to C-Suite Executives. Each episode uncovers how these dedicated professionals tackle complex topics in real healthcare environments. Discussion range from QI fundamentals, to leadership, technology, AI, and beyond. If you’re passionate about elevating patient care and want practical insights that go beyond the buzzwords, this podcast is for you. Tune in for inspirational conversations, innovative frameworks, and the behind-the-scenes details you won’t hear anywhere else, and discover how you, too, can lead quality improvement from wherever you stand in healthcare.

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What is Leading Quality about?

Welcome to Leading Quality, the show that dives into the real-world stories and strategies of healthcare quality improvement leaders at all levels, from Frontline Champions to C-Suite Executives. Each episode uncovers how these dedicated professionals tackle complex topics in real healthcare environments. Discussion range from QI fundamentals, to leadership, technology, AI, and beyond.

Who hosts Leading Quality?

Leading Quality is hosted by Jason Meadows, MD. The show has published 32 episodes to date.

What has Leading Quality covered recently?

Recent episodes include "The First 90 Days: What a Quality Leader Needs to Learn" (22 October 2026, 31 minutes), "How Do You Build a Safety Culture That Survives Leadership Turnover?" (24 September 2026, 67 minutes), and "Lessons From Year One: Leading a Healthcare Learning System" (10 September 2026, 36 minutes).

How often does Leading Quality publish?

Leading Quality publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 32 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Leading Quality?

Booking probability for Leading Quality is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Leading Quality requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Leading Quality's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Leading Quality?

The strongest fits for Leading Quality are Health & Wellness Services. Leading Quality has a health audience.

About the host

Jason Meadows, MD hosts Leading Quality, a health podcast with 32 episodes published.

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  • Episode #5

    The First 90 Days: What a Quality Leader Needs to Learn

    Oct 22, 202631 minS2

    Why This Episode Matters The pressure to prove yourself in a new quality leadership role can push you toward solutions before you understand the organization expected to implement them. Dashboards reveal performance...

  • Episode #3

    How Do You Build a Safety Culture That Survives Leadership Turnover?

    Sep 24, 20261h 7mS2

    Why This Episode Matters High reliability is often treated as a collection of visible practices: safety huddles, rounding, event review, reporting systems. But Nicholas Testa argues that the practices matter only if...

  • Episode #2

    Lessons From Year One: Leading a Healthcare Learning System

    Sep 10, 202636 minS2

    Why This Episode Matters Healthcare organizations cannot learn simply because they have dashboards, safety reports, improvement methods, or formal escalation processes. Learning depends on whether people can surface...

  • Episode #1

    Lessons From Year One: Building a Healthcare Learning System

    Aug 27, 202646 minS2

    Why This Episode Matters Healthcare organizations can run hundreds of improvement projects without becoming fundamentally better at improvement. After 26 conversations in the first year of Leading Quality , a larger...

  • Leading Quality

    Designing High-Velocity Organizations in Healthcare with Dr. Steve Spear

    Aug 13, 20261h 18m

    Why This Episode Matters Healthcare organizations often tolerate ambiguity, workarounds, and recurring operational problems until they produce serious harm. Dr. Steve Spear explains how leaders can apply the same...

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  • Episode #25

    Healthcare Needs a GPS for Life Outside the Hospital with Dr. Joshua Liu

    Jul 30, 202652 minS1

    Why This Episode Matters Patients spend most of their lives outside the hospital, yet healthcare teams often have limited visibility into what happens after discharge, between visits, or during long-term recovery. In...

  • Episode #24

    Why Healthcare Improvement Gets Stuck in the Sidecar with Ken Segel

    Jul 16, 20261h 6mS1

    Why This Episode Matters Healthcare has made real gains in quality and safety, but Ken Segel argues that too much improvement work still lives as projects, dashboards, or specialist-led initiatives rather than as part...

  • Episode #22

    Why Healthcare Leaders Only See the Tip of the Iceberg

    Jun 18, 202659 minS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Healthcare organizations often know they have problems with flow, safety, delays, frustration, and waste, but they may not actually see the work clearly enough to solve them. In...

  • Episode #21

    The Architecture of Belief: Amar Shah on Improvement at NHS Scale

    Jun 4, 20261h 2mS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Healthcare organizations often treat improvement as a set of projects, tools, or training programs. Amar Shah’s work at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) and NHS England...

  • Episode #20

    From Needle-in-a-Haystack to 95%: AI, Goals of Care, and Systemwide Change

    May 21, 20261h 1mS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Goals-of-care conversations can profoundly shape serious illness care, but in many health systems they remain difficult to find, inconsistently documented, and hard to measure...

  • Episode #19

    Building the Next Era of Healthcare Quality: Lessons from Belgium’s FlaQuM Model

    May 7, 202658 minS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>For years, many Belgian hospitals invested heavily in accreditation. It brought structure, standards, and visible progress. But Kris Vanhaecht and other healthcare leaders began...

  • Episode #18

    Annie’s Story and the Hidden System Behind the Critical Error

    Apr 23, 202650 minS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Too many healthcare organizations still respond to safety events as if the main question is who made the mistake. This conversation offers a better lens: what in the system made...

  • Episode #17

    Can AI Improve Clinician Well-Being?

    Apr 9, 202651 minS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Healthcare organizations are investing heavily in new technologies, yet many implementations unintentionally add complexity to clinicians’ daily work. This episode explores a...

  • Episode #16

    Why So Much Healthcare Quality Work Fails to Change the System (And What You Can Do About It)

    Mar 26, 20261h 9mS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Many healthcare organizations say quality matters. Far fewer are built so improvement is part of daily operations. Too often, quality is treated as a department, a committee...

  • Episode #15

    Leading with Love: Culture Change After a Healthcare Merger

    Mar 12, 202647 minS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Quality functions in healthcare often struggle with perception. Too frequently, they are viewed as auditors or enforcers rather than strategic partners in improvement. In complex...

  • Episode #14

    Closing the Gap Between Potential and Performance in Healthcare

    Feb 26, 20261h 6mS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Healthcare organizations are rich with intelligence, talent, and commitment. Yet leaders across systems feel exhausted, constrained, and stuck solving the same problems year...

  • Episode #13

    Building the Support System Family Doctors Have Been Missing

    Feb 12, 202648 minS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>In health systems around the world, the promise of better data is often discussed—but rarely realized in a way that actually supports clinicians at the point of care. In this...

  • Episode #12

    What Does a Chief Quality Officer Actually Do?

    Jan 29, 202645 minS1

    <p><b>Episode Summary</b></p><p>What does the Chief Quality Officer role actually entail once you get past regulatory compliance and dashboards?</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Abraham Jacob draws on years as a system-level...

  • Episode #11

    Building Improvement Into the DNA of Healthcare Systems

    Jan 15, 20261h 1mS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Quality improvement in healthcare is still too often treated as a series of isolated projects—well-intentioned, time-limited, and disconnected from daily operations. Despite...

  • Episode #10

    Think Like a Scientist: Why Great Healthcare Leaders Don’t Pretend to Have the Answer

    Jan 1, 20261h 1mS1

    <p><b>Why This Episode Matters</b></p><p>Healthcare organizations invest enormous effort in quality improvement projects, yet many struggle to achieve durable change. Too often, improvement is treated as something that...

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