Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 19th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

Continuing Education

Need to obtain your CEU credits? Simply follow these steps:

Login to IHI.org
Click "My IHI"
Click "View Event Certificates"
Click "19th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement"

This Institute for Healthcare Improvement activity carries the continuing education credits described below.

Participants in the 19th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care will learn how to:

Recognize habits that support good care and apply the basic principles for improving them.
Define ways to reduce suffering and improve health.
Develop an understanding of how to transform an organization.
Identify elements for creating a culture of change that will lead to continuous improvement.

For information regarding CEU credits for the satellite broadcast of the National Forum click here.

Continuing Medical Education for Physicians

Continuing Education for Nurses

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

Learning Labs
3 credit hours
Minicourses
6 credit hours
General Conference
9 credit hours

IHI designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing education activity carried 19 contact hours. Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit s/he actually spent in the educational activity.

Learning Labs
3 contact hours
Minicourses
6 contact hours
General Conference
9 contact hours

*All RN licensing boards nationwide acknowledge and accept contact hours from accredited providers. The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes Category 1 Continuing Medical Education credits, and California nurses can use participation at these events, which are approved for CME Category 1 Credits, towards their license renewal, regardless of whether or not they were held on California soil. In the section where California nurses are asked to provide a BRN number, please indicate that the IHI event attended was approved for Category 1 CME credits. For further inquiries, the California Board of Registered Nursing is in Sacramento, and their number is 916-322-3350.

Continuing Education for Pharmacists

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is accredited by the Accredidation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. IHI can award up to 18 contact hours for participation in the program.

The following Learning Labs offer 3 contact hours each: L1, L2, L4, L6, L8-L11, L13-L17, L22-L24

The following Minicourses offer 6 contact hours each: M1-M4, M7, M11, M12, M19, M21, M32

The following General Conference workshops and keynote presentations offer 1 contact hour each: A1, A2/B2, A4, B4, A7/B7, A8/B8, A12/B12, A14/B14 (2 contact hour extended session), A15/B15, A16/B16, A17/B17, A20/B20, A21/B21, C1, C2, C4, C5, C9-C12, C15-C17, C20, C21, D1, E1, D2/E2, D4/E4, D6/E6, D7/E7, D8/E8, D9/E9, D10/E10, D12/E12, D13/E13, D15/E15, D17/E17, D18/E18, D19/E19, D20/E20, D22/E22, D24/E24, K1-K4

Continuing Education for Certified Professionals in Healthcare Quality

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has been approved for this activity by the National Association of Healthcare Quality for a maximum of 14 CPHQ CE hours.

Learning Labs: 3 Contact Hours

Minicourses: 6 Contact Hours

General Conference: 5 Contact Hour