Our goal: To advance a total systems approach to patient and workforce safety around the world. Together with like-minded health care leaders, organizations, practitioners, and patients, IHI drives innovative thinking and bold leaps forward that none of us could achieve on our own.
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Declaration to Advance Patient SafetyHealth care leaders across the care continuum are urged to take collective and coordinated action toward a total systems approach to patient and workforce safety, as presented in the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.
Preventing Health Care Workforce Suicide
Based on available literature and consensus among leading suicide prevention experts, this article highlights three actions health care leaders can take to support workforce mental health and well-being: reduce stigma, increase access to mental health services, and address job-related challenges.
The Risks to Patient Safety When Medical Errors Are Criminalized A statement from IHI and the IHI Lucian Leape Institute describes the risks to patient safety when medical errors are criminalized and offers guidance on how best to respond to a serious clinical adverse event.
Telemedicine Can't Get Safer Without Bridging the “Digital Divide” Lack of technological infrastructure is one important consideration for patient access to telemedicine, as is ensuring psychological safety for patient preference.
