Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Safer Patients Initiative

Tools

The Safer Patients Initiative Trusts are developing tools in the course of their improvement efforts — successful protocols, order sets and forms, instructions and guidelines for implementing key changes. We will make them available on IHI.org for others to use or adapt in their own organizations.

Colour Banded Early Warning Observation Chart: The Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Educational Pamphlet on Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds™: The Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust

Articles, Publications, and Reports

Making Our Hospitals Safer: Journeys on the Safer Patients Initiative (February 2009)
Inspiring stories from participants on the Safer Patients Initiative show how it helped their hospitals to prioritise patient safety.

Safe from Harm (February 2008)
This briefing shows how The Health Foundation’s Safer Patients Initiative is reducing medical incidents in 24 hospitals and making health care safer for patients.

Improving Anticoagulation Management at York Hospital, York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Reduction of Central Line Infections at University Hospital Wales

Introducing Surgical Safety Briefings at Airedale NHS Trust

Catalysing Quality
How The Health Foundation is working with others to change the face of health care, featuring The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust from Safer Patients Initiative 2.

Meeting Materials

IHI 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
December 2008

Transforming a Nation

Carol Haraden, PhD, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Jason Leitch, DDS, MPH, National Clinical Lead for Safety and Improvement, Scottish Government

Safer Patients Initiative: So Much Progress, So Little Time

Terri Simmonds, RN, BSc, Consultant, Safe and Reliable Healthcare, LLP, Faculty and Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement