Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH
Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, Head of Innovation, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), leads a team of curious and creative researchers responsible for exploring seemingly intractable impediments to health and health care improvement and developing actionable theories and tools that can be tested in collaboration with partners worldwide. In addition, she supports select efforts of the IHI Leadership Alliance, a group of 50+ leading US health care executives working courageously and collaboratively to deliver on the full promise of the Triple Aim. Prior to joining IHI, Saranya worked for Physicians for Human Rights, leading global and domestic grassroots advocacy efforts to create more just and scientifically sound HIV/AIDS policies. She received her MD from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, where she was an Albert Schweitzer Fellow, and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, where she was a Zuckerman Fellow.
By Evan Benjamin, MD, MS, FACP; Bozwell Bueno; Meghan Long, MHA; and Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH Over the past several months we have had the privilege of supporting health care organizations across the United States as they respond to unprecedented challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic. From policy and payment changes at the federal… Continue reading Guiding Principles for the “New Normal” in Health Care