Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Conferences and Seminars

Conferences


	21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
	December 6-9, 2009 IHI's National Forum is the premier conference for people committed to the mission of improving health care. This annual event draws nearly 6,000 health care professionals from around the world in person and thousands more via satellite broadcast.



	Satellite Broadcast: 21st Annual National Forum
	December 8-9, 2009 As part of our ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the National Forum keynote and mini keynote presentations on December 8 and 9.



	11th Annual International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice
	March 7-9, 2010 The Summit is a world-class conference featuring the best ideas and faculty on areas that are ripe for improvement within the office practice and outpatient settings.

Seminars


	Appropriate Use of Specialty Care Services R&D Lab
	July 22-23, 2009 This groundbreaking R&D Lab will spread and accelerate learning as attendees join with us to develop the tools, techniques, and approaches necessary to improve the use of specialty services.



	Cracking the Code to Hospital Wide Patient Flow
	July 23-24, 2009 Flow is a property of the entire system and can only be optimized at the system level. Through IHI’s work with hundreds of institutions, a framework has evolved that allows for an organized approach to improving the system of patient flow.



	The Triple Aim: Optimizing Health Care Resources for the Good of a Population
	October 29-30, 2009 This groundbreaking two-day seminar will provide health care professionals with the opportunity to learn a specific framework for achieving the Triple Aim and to develop a plan for applying the framework to their own organizations.



	Reengineering the Operating Room to Improve Hospital-Wide Efficiency and Quality
	October 5-6, 2009 This two-day seminar provides participants with a set of tools to use and apply in their operating room to reduce costs and improve patient throughput in the hospital. Participants will be guided through a series of topics critical for efficient hospital operations.



	Building a Quality Measurement System that Works
	October 27-28, 2009 This two-day interactive workshop is designed to provide participants with a framework for organizing and implementing improvement projects, as well as an opportunity to enhance their understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, techniques, and methods.