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Use Explore by Interest to delve more deeply into the content on IHI.org in multiple ways: by Topic, Care Setting, Role or Profession, or IHI Offering. Content is gathered from across the site to present a more comprehensive view of available resources:

  • Knowledge Center: Tools, change ideas, measures, audio and video, and other resources to help you make improvements in a specific area
  • IHI Offerings: Training and learning opportunities that support your improvement efforts
  • User Communities: Discussion groups, wikis, blogs, and other resources that are shared among a connected group of users around a specific topic

 

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  • 13th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice & Community

    $1 billion in federal funding is now available to US organizations that can achieve better care, better health, and reduced cost.​

     

    At IHI's International Summit, learn from and connect with others working to provide better care at lower cost for populations of patients and communities.

     

    International Summit, March 18-20 in Washington, DC

    ​Better Care, Better Health, Reduced Cost

    The International Summit offers a timely opportunity to get started on the Triple Aim in ambulatory care and in communities.

  • Kaiser Family Foundation panel discussion: PBS Documentary "US Health Care: The Good News"

    ​The PBS documentary, "US Health Care: The Good News," showcases efficient health care delivery systems that demonstrate it is feasible to provide Americans with first-rate care while still controlling the cost.

     

    Watch the panel discussion video on the Kaiser Family Foundation website

    ​Quality Care for Less Money: Can Regional Successes Go National?

    IHI's Carol Beasley joined panelists to discuss a PBS documentary that explores efforts to provide low-cost, quality health care in the US.

  • Christian Farman

    ​Thanks to Christian and the dialysis clinic nurse, nearly 60 percent of the hospital’s dialysis patients are now managing their own treatments, and side effects and infection rates have decreased.

     

    Learn more

    ​A Patient Directs His Own Dialysis Care

    Christian Farman wanted to manage his own dialysis. His unusual request was met with an unusual response from his nurse: “How shall we start?”

  • ​The Ministry of Health is complementing the Open School’s online courses with work-related projects and will be awarding a diploma for course completion in continuous improvement, patient safety, and health leadership.

    IHI Open School Grows in Mexico

    Mexico’s Vice Minister of Health urges the country’s students and professionals to join the IHI Open School.

  • Memorial Hermann: Identifying "Waste" in the ICU

    ​For patients who did not meet ICU criteria and were not being transferred out (i.e., inappropriate ICU stay) of the MICU or TSICU, attending physicians identified the reason(s) and recorded them using the Waste Identification Tool.

    Physicians determined that 15% of MICU patient-days and 26% of TSICU patient-days were “waste,” mainly due to delays in transfers out of the ICU and end-of-life decision-making. Learn more.

    Waste Identification Tool Helps Determine "Wasted" ICU Beds​

    Memorial Hermann/University of Texas Health Science Center used the tool to determine the extent of and reasons for inappropriate ICU bed use.

 

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IHI Resources: CMS Partnership for PatientsIHI Improvement Map

Check out the Improvement Map (search “Partnership for Patients") and a newly updated medication reconciliation and CAUTI How-to Guides.

 
 

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The Patient Will See You Now: New Technology for New Collaborations
February 23 | 2-3 PM ET

 
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13th Annual International Summit 13th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community

This year's theme is Rediscovering Conversations

 

March 18-20 | Washington, DC

 

 

13th Annual International Summit 2012 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare

 

April 17-20 | Paris, France

 
 
Patient Safety Executive Development Program
March 1-7 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
March 8-9 | Green Bay, Wisconsin
 
The Patient Experience: Improving Safety, Efficiency, and HCAHPS Through Patient-Centered Care
March 27-28 | Boston, Massachusetts
 
Executive Quality Academy
March 28-30 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
From the Top: The Role of the Board in Quality and Safety
April 2-3 | Boston, Massachusetts
 
Breakthrough Series College
April 11-13 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
April 11-12 | San Diego, California
 
Transforming the Primary Care Practice
May 1-3 | San Diego, California
 
Scholarships Available: See the Enrollment section for each offering.

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