Welcome to the 5 Million Lives Campaign’s Fall Harvest home page! From October 25 through November 7, 2007, the Campaign is celebrating the improvement work of over 3,600 hospitals by “harvesting” the ideas, innovations, and best practices they are using to improve care and reduce harm.

The centerpiece of the Fall Harvest is a series of visits by the 5 Million Lives Campaign team, IHI faculty, and staff to hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. By meeting face to face with frontline improvers, we tap the energy and ingenuity that is dramatically transforming patient care so we can share these discoveries with the entire Campaign community.

During the Fall Harvest, we invite all Campaign participants to share successful innovations and strategies for getting results with any or all of the 12 Campaign interventions. See the links below to learn how to get involved. We encourage you to read blog entries, view the Fall Harvest map and itinerary, and, once the Fall Harvest is completed, take advantage of the tools and materials gathered during these two weeks.

• Fall Harvest visit Blog
• Map of Campaign hospitals and Fall Harvest activity
• Schedule of Fall Harvest events
• Tools and Material harvested from our visit (Check back after November 7)
• Get Involved