Welcome to Collective Conversations, a series of discussions aimed at highlighting people and groups working to improve health through better health care systems. I’m your host, Joy Lee, a program manager for the Value and Systems Science Lab led by Dr. Joshua Liao who is a physician and Associate Chair for Health Systems in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington.

In today’s conversation, you'll hear from Dr. Thuan Ong

Dr. Ong is a faculty member in the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Washington (UW). He is also Medical Director of the UW Post-Acute Care (PAC) and the PAC Clinical Service. Dr. Ong has practiced and provided clinical leadership in the many nursing home environments, and practiced inpatient and outpatient medicine at Harborview Medical Center, since 2008. He has developed intimate knowledge of these practice environments and worked collaboratively with interdisciplinary members of healthcare to meet the needs of geriatric patient populations. Thuan has a broad background in leading development and implementation of policies and procedures to improve the clinical care received by patients discharging to skilled nursing facilities and throughout the care continuum.

I am confident you'll learn a lot from this conversation with Dr. Ong and his leadership in post-acute care at UW Medicine.