21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

• Watch a video about the Forum – and share it with others.

• Download the brochure or enroll.

• Can't attend in person? Participate virtually via On Demand or satellite broadcast.

• Use the new IHI Improvement Map tool to do a gap analysis.

• "Easy to use!" "Saves us time!" Read what users are saying about the Improvement Map.

• Become a member of Passport and join as many Expeditions during your membership as you choose.

New Collaboratives Beginning Fall 2009

• IMPACT Leadership Community

• Transforming Care at the Bedside

• Improving Perinatal Care

• Reducing Readmissions

• Reducing Sepsis Mortality

In the Spotlight

• Can 2 Minutes and a Sheet of Paper Save Your Life? IHI Open School medical students describe their international efforts to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.

• Leadership response after a sentinel event is crucial. Learn more about resources for effective crisis management.

• Is your organization embracing health IT as a driver of improvement? Read more in IHI's Healthcare Executive article.

• Take an in-depth look at QuadMed's efforts to achieve the Triple Aim in a new Commonwealth Fund case study.

• The Lucian Leape Institute at the NPSF calls on Congress to make patient safety a key part of health care reform.

• IHI Innovation Series White Papers: Increasing Efficiency and Enhancing Value in Health Care; IHI Global Trigger Tool

• In the News: Selected weekly health care news items.

IHI Strategic Initiatives

• Appropriate Use of Specialty Care Services
• Chronic Care Initiative (Indian Health Service)
• Developing Countries (South Africa, Malawi, and Ghana)
• How Do They Do That? Low-Cost, High-Quality Health Care
• Reducing Avoidable ED Visits
• Safer Patients Initiative (UK)
• Scottish Patient Safety Programme
• STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR)
• Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB)
• Triple Aim