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• Modern Healthcare, April 08, 2013: Top 25 Women in Healthcare 2013
  IHI CEO Maureen Bisognano is among the 2013 honorees named to Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Women in Healthcare (coverage includes a video interview with Bisognano).
• The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2013: Steps for Surgical Patients to Fight Infection
  The Wall Street Journal highlights IHI's work spreading best practices to stop surgical site infections - Project JOINTS.
• CardioSource, March 05, 2013: Clinical Innovators: Leading the Nation's Quality Improvement Movement: Maureen Bisognano
  IHI's CEO & President Maureen Bisognano is interviewed by CardioSource, the publication of the American College of Cardiology, on the the current state of the quality improvement movement.
• MedPage Today, February 22, 2013: Computer Systems Cut Hospital Drug Errors
  Greater implementation of computerized provider order entry systems in hospitals, currently modest at best, could substantially reduce costly and potentially harmful drug errors, researchers suggested. David Radley of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement explains why.
• Huffington Post Healthy Living, February 21, 2013: America's Healthcare Crisis: A Prescription for Breaking the Cycle
  This guest column discusses the future of health care and medicine, noting key conversation topics from a September 2012 “intimate discussion [that] was co-sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network in Boston on medical education in the 21st century.”
• Medscape, February 21, 2013: Computer Entry for Scripts May Halve Medication Error
  A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system likely reduced medication errors by 48% in 2008. Study authors include David C. Radley, PhD, MPH, from IHI.
• Boston Business Journal, February 15, 2013: Health Care Industry Should Prepare for End-of-Life Talks
  Making certain that health systems respect and deliver on people’s preferences for end-of-life care will clearly be a tall order, given the gap between what Americans say they want and the current reality, say IHI CEO Maureen Bisognano and Ellen Goodman, co-founder of The Conversation Project.
• Daily Trust (Nigeria), February 14, 2013: Federal Government to Check Sharp Practices in Hospitals
  The federal government is devising ways of restoring confidence in the Nigerian health sector, by raising the standard of care provided in hospitals and also monitoring performance to gauge improvement. IHI Senior Vice President Dr. Pierre Barker, who is working with the Nigerian government, pointed out that one of the best ways to ensure quality care is to motivate hospital staff see their patient’s satisfaction as their greatest desire.
• Harvard Gazette, February 14, 2013: Cutting Costs, Buoying Health Care
  On the Harvard School of Public Health’s Voices from the Field program, Don Berwick shared insights from years of working on health care issues, including his many years as leader of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
• News 24 Nigeria, February 13, 2013: Federal Government to Design Roadmap for Improving Healthcare
  The federal government of Nigeria is collaborating with stakeholders to improve the quality of health care over the next three years. IHI Senior Vice President Dr. Pierre Barker said Nigerians have good ideas to make things better, and that IHI will help support Nigerians in their efforts by helping them build capacity, improve safety and reliability, and ensure patient-centered care.
• Gulf Times, February 11, 2013: HMC Signs New Pact to Improve Healthcare
  The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has signed a strategic agreement with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, who will work collaboratively with HMC staff to deliver the highest quality health care to the people of Qatar.
• Midland Daily News, February 11, 2013: Engaging Patients Can Improve Health Care
  IHI CEO Maureen Bisognano spoke to health care providers at Michigan's Saginaw Valley State University as part of the College of Health & Human Services’ fourth annual conference, which focused on transforming the region’s health and health care systems for excellence and accountability.
• Zawya, February 10, 2013: HMC Signs Strategic Partnership with Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  As part of its commitment to the delivery of the highest quality health care to the people of Qatar, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has signed a strategic agreement with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
• InformationWeek Healthcare, February 04, 2013: Obama Urged to Mandate Medical Error Reporting
  In this article, former IHI Senior Vice President Jim Conway states his support for a non-adversarial approach to error reporting in health care. Additional reporting makes people more attuned to problems, he says, and organizations with a strong culture of safety tend to be committed to identifying and then rooting out sources of failure.
• Bloomberg, February 03, 2013: To Reduce Medical Errors, Make Them Public
  This article on reporting adverse events in hospitals cites the April 2011 Health Affairs article by IHI authors, "Global Trigger Tool Shows That Adverse Events In Hospitals May Be Ten Times Greater Than Previously Measured."
• Atlanta Business Chronicle, January 28, 2013: WellStar Receives Quality and Patient Safety Awards
  WellStar Cobb Hospital in Georgia received an award from The Partnership for Health and Accountability for its work on overuse and misuse of antibiotics as contributors to antibiotic resistance. WellStar implemented a model for antimicrobial stewardship developed by the Centers for Disease Control and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
• Harvard Business Review Blog, January 23, 2013: What Capitalism Can't Fix
  "The rush to disparage nonprofits and the stampede to embrace the idea that for-profits — or for-profit models — can more easily combat our toughest social problems deny reality. Many crucial objectives simply cannot be accomplished while generating a financial return." The work of the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement and its 5 Million Lives Campaign is given as one example.
• Columbia Daily Tribune, January 20, 2013: MU Leads National Initiative to Foster a New Culture in Health Care Teamwork
  The University of Missouri schools of medicine and nursing are working together, along with health care educators at five other institutions, to develop curricula that will improve communication among providers and tackle the nationwide problem of preventable medical errors. The schools’ efforts to introduce “interprofessional learning” as a teaching model is part of a grant-funded initiative sponsored by the IHI Open School.
• University of Missouri Health System School of Medicine, December 17, 2012: Interprofessional Quality and Safety Training Could Transform Health Care
  In the December 2012 issue of the journal Health Affairs, researchers at the University of Missouri and five other universities describe how medical and nursing schools could join forces to prevent potentially deadly errors, based on findings from the Retooling for Quality and Safety initiative, spearheaded by the IHI Open School and Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
• hfma Leadership magazine, December 14, 2012: What Makes an ACO Tick? Three Tips from Tucson
  During a September Institute for Healthcare Improvement webcast, “Pioneering ACOs: What Do We Know So Far?”, two executives from Arizona Connected Care shared tips for accountable care organization (ACO) development.
• Kaiser Health News, December 10, 2012: What Sea World, Universal Studios, and the Zoo Can Teach Health Care Executives
  Participants at IHI's 24th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (December 9-12, 2012, in Orlando, Florida) have the opportunity to visit Sea World, Universal Studios, and the Central Florida Zoo to learn from the pros about how to make their health systems safer.
• HealthLeaders Media, December 06, 2012: Q&A: Don Berwick Reflects on Healthcare Reform, Part 1
  A year after leaving his position as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Don Berwick, MD, talked with HealthLeaders Media. Berwick is the founder and former President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
• Infection Control Today, December 03, 2012: Back to Basics: Hand Hygiene
  The "Back to Basics: Hand Hygiene" article (page 42) reviews fundamentals for reducing the risk of infection by implementing best practices for hand hygiene. IHI Director Diane Jacobsen says visible reminders to staff to complete hand hygiene can be powerful.
• Healthcare Finance News, November 26, 2012: UCSF Medical Center Program Slashes Heart Failure Readmissions
  The hospital initiated the program to reduce hospital readmissions for elderly patients with heart failure in late 2008, in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
• Fast Company, November 26, 2012: The Best Medicine for Fixing the Modern Hospital
  This article states that the latest medical breakthrough is the hospital room itself and references the work of IHI Senior Fellow Blair Sadler, who led a team in 2011 that evaluated the costs and benefits of the best "evidence-based" hospital design (and co-authored an IHI white paper on the topic).
• New Zealand Doctor Online, November 21, 2012: New Global Trigger Tool Introduced to Reduce Unintentional Patient Harm
  The Global Trigger Tool was first developed in the US by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and is now used widely, including in many New Zealand hospitals.
• Health Affairs Blog, November 20, 2012: At IHI Event, Discussion of Trading Hospital Cost Reductions for Flexibility
  This blog post reviews some highlights of the panel discussion with hospital leaders at the November 8 IHI event, "Out of the Blocks: Where Does Health Care Go from Here?", at which leaders said they could deliver costs reductions if they get some regulatory relief in the form of fewer standards and measures.
• MedPage Today, November 09, 2012: Medicare Changes Likely Soon, Experts Say
  At IHI's "Out of the Blocks" event on November 8, former Senators Tom Daschle and Bill Frist commented that cost containment for Medicare and Medicaid will definitely be part of the cost-cutting conversations to reduce the federal deficit.
• Healthcare IT News, November 09, 2012: Post-Election Healthcare Issues Will Be Local, Say Frist and Daschle
  At IHI's "Out of the Blocks" event on November 8, former Senators Bill Frist and Tom Daschle agreed on quite a few things about this post-election era: chief among them, the fact that health care will be local and that regulators would be key in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act going forward.
• Boston Globe, November 05, 2012: Hospitals Look to Lower Readmission Rates
  A new federal program under the Affordable Care Act is meant to force improvement in the overall care of some of the sickest seniors; however, the problem — and the solution — is not fully within hospitals' control and requires a community approach, like the approach IHI is using as part of the STAAR initiative.
• New York Times, October 29, 2012: Ghana: A Grant Meant to Curb Infant Mortality Focuses on Getting Mothers to the Hospital
  IHI received a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work on a very specific problem: how to get new mothers in Ghana to hospitals.
• HealthLeaders Media, October 18, 2012: Medical Harm Complaint System Could Be Quality Data Goldmine
  The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will launch a first-of-its kind federal pilot project designed to make it easier for patients to directly complain about medical errors, safety issues, and harm sometime next year. Many say the information it will produce will be a goldmine for quality improvement.
• Healthcare Finance News, October 16, 2012: Partnership in Prevention Award Winner Honored for Achievements in Eliminating HAIs
  The Saint Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital was recognized for the 2012 Partnership in Prevention Award for achieving the greatest sustainable improvements towards eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), attributed in part to implementing the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Central Line Bundle.
• Health Affairs, October 10, 2012: High-Performing Organizations Point the Way
  The core theme of the book, "Pursuing the Triple Aim," by IHI CEO Maureen Bisognano and co-author Charles Kenney, is that high-performing health care requires making a diligent commitment to understanding patients’ needs, working tirelessly to reengineer processes, and making a commitment to continuous improvement.
• The Mining Journal, October 03, 2012: Fine for Readmission Rates Clarified
  Portage Health is one of several hospitals in Michigan that was "fined" due to excessive readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia patients.
• Omaha World Herald, October 01, 2012: Hospitals Try New Ideas to Kill Germs
  Hospitals locally and nationwide are seeking, and finding, novel ways to prevent germs and infections from being transmitted from patient to patient and health care worker to patient.
• MedPage Today, September 26, 2012: Is There an 'App' for That?
  According to Dr. David Nash, we have been making slow but steady improvement in health care quality and safety across all sectors of our industry. In this article, he points out some of those improvements, including the IHI Open School online courses that are helping students gain access to critical training in these areas.
• WBUR CommonHealth Blog, September 25, 2012: Health Care Goes to the Movies — and the Picture Is Bleak
  A brief review of three new films (Escape Fire, Money & Medicine, and The Waiting Room) that explore various broken aspects of the health care system — overtreatment, high cost, lack of access, and more.
• hfm Leadership Magazine, September 24, 2012: What Virginia Mason Learned from Toyota
  An excerpt of a book chapter on Virginia Mason Medical Center, from the book "Pursuing the Triple Aim" by IHI CEO Maureen Bisognano and Charles Kenney.
• The New Zealand Herald, September 21, 2012: Saving Lives: Creating a Culture of Improvement
  Counties Manukau's health education and research centre, Ko Awatea, is a key factor in the battle to deliver better quality health care in New Zealand. Ko Awatea was created in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
• The Citizen, September 21, 2012: ARV Clubs Are an Effective Way of Relieving the System
  In 2010 in South Africa, the City of Cape Town’s health department, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Medecin Sans Frontieres came up with an ingenious solution to unclog overburdened health clinics, reduce staff burnout, and ease the long queues of those waiting to collect their HIV medication: the formation of ARV clubs.
• NPR's Shots Health Blog, September 20, 2012: The 'Facebook Effect' on Organ Donation
  Since Facebook launched its organ donation campaign feature in May 2012, around 275,000 users have posted their donor status on the site. IHI Senior Fellow Blair Sadler says, "It shows the enormous potential of social media."
• Huffington Post, September 19, 2012: New Hope for Mothers and Newborns in Africa
  IHI Senior Vice President Dr. Pierre Barker describes how a whole community in Central Ghana abandons work for a day and comes together to support a radical new approach to dealing with the region's high rates of death for mothers and their newborns.
• hfm Magazine, September 03, 2012: Bookshelf: Pursuing the Triple Aim
  The book, "Pursuing the Triple Aim: Seven Innovators Show the Way to Better Care, Better Health, and Lower Costs," is inspiring and full of practical ideas for hospital systems and provider practices.
• Fife Today, August 27, 2012: The Heart of the Hospital
  Dr. Chris McKenna, consultant acute physician at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, is undertaking the year-long Improvement Advisor course through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston to help quality improvement in his field, and is already implementing some of his ideas at the hospital.
• HealthLeaders Media, August 23, 2012: 'Hospital of the Future's' Top 20 Features
  Quality improvement through design: IHI Senior Fellow Blair Sadler says, "My experience is still that the majority of CEOs don't get the powerful connection between the physical space of a hospital and its quality."
• Bloomberg, August 22, 2012: Diving into Health Care Is Dangerous to My Health
  Imagine what the US could do if it harnessed its resources and talent to focus our health care system on disease prevention, rather than on managing disease.
• Kaiser Permanente News Center, August 20, 2012: Kaiser Permanente Fellow Begins Studies at the Insitute for Healthcare Improvement
  Kaiser Permanente congratulates Margo Maida, Director of Delivery System Reform for Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System, who began her year fellowship in July at IHI in Cambridge, Mass.
• USA Today, August 16, 2012: Far More Could Be Done to Stop the Deadly Bacteria C. diff
  Despite a decade of rising C. difficile rates, health care providers and the government agencies that oversee them have been slow to adopt proven strategies to reduce the infections.
• AARP Blog, August 15, 2012: Can We Talk? The Conversation Project
  Dying may be taking a turn for the better. People, it seems, are beginning to talk about end-of-life issues before the end. The Conversation Project aims to get the subject started around the kitchen table.
• HFMA Leadership Bulletin, August 01, 2012: HFMA Leadership Bulletin: Most Read Articles August 2012
  The August 2012 e-bulletin highlights 10 hot-button Leadership articles that struck a chord with the HFMA C-suite audience. Included as #2 Most Read is an article by IHI's Kathy Luther, "Eliminating Waste Without Harming Quality."
• Hospital & Health Networks, August 01, 2012: Innovations in Patient Care Delivery
  Hospitals are striving to become high-value organizations that provide patient-centered, fiscally prudent care. This article includes a CEO checklist, five steps to innovation, and case studies of two health care systems.
• Huffington Post, July 27, 2012: Not Just Drugs: What Will It Take to Stop Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
  IHI researchers show that without better health care delivery systems to overcome challenges, the breakthrough medical discoveries that can block transfer of the virus from mother to infant will not be effective, and the dream of an "HIV-free generation" will be deferred.
• HealthLeaders Media, July 26, 2012: Hospitals' Adverse Event Reporting Systems Inadequate
  An Office of Inspector General's report again poked holes in the credibility of the nation's hospital patient harm reporting system.
• HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2012: Providers, Payers Largely Favor PPACA Decision
  Most of the health care industry appeared pleased with Thursday's majority Supreme Court decision to uphold most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• Boston Globe, June 29, 2012: Justices Back Health Law, Change Political Landscape
  The US Supreme Court Thursday upheld President Obama’s national health care law, including its requirement that most Americans obtain insurance.
• North Country Now, June 29, 2012: Staff at Claxton-Hepburn in Ogdensburg Get Safety and Quality Improvement Training
  Senior staff at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, New York, have received training on patient safety and quality improvement skills through the IHI Open School for Health Professions online courses.
• Becker's Hospital Review, June 28, 2012: 25 Healthcare Leaders React to Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold PPACA
  IHI CEO Maureen Bisognano comments: "The Affordable Care Act, when fully implemented, has the potential to expand access for tens of millions of Americans to vital preventive services and care for chronic conditions. Both are crucial to improving care in America at a time when all of the metrics for chronic conditions are going the wrong way."
• Boston.com Political Intelligence, June 28, 2012: Supreme Court Grants Victory to President Obama, Upholding Constitutionality of 2010 Health Care Law
  The ruling reaffirms the most ambitious and controversial undertaking of Obama's first term: attempting to guarantee that most of the 45 million Americans without insurance will get better access to medical care.
• Charlotte Observer, June 26, 2012: Former Federal Health Official Dr. Donald Berwick Says Health Care Should Be a Human Right
  Dr. Donald Berwick said Tuesday that the health care system can follow proven methods to make care safer, more effective, and less expensive.
• Times-Standard, June 19, 2012: Home Test for Colon Cancer Can Save Lives
  A risk-free, inexpensive test that can be done at home could be the answer to reversing a colon cancer rate that is among the worst in the state of California.
• The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, June 09, 2012: Huddersfield Doctor Heads to USA on Prestigious Fellowship
  Consultant anaesthetist Dimple Vyas has been selected as one of just four UK health professionals to take part in the one year Quality Improvement Fellowship at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
• New York Times, June 03, 2012: Treating You Better for Less
  A growing number of hospitals, doctors, employers, and health insurers are finding ways to reduce the cost of delivering medical care while maintaining or improving quality.
• The Connecticut Mirror, May 28, 2012: Checklists, Teamwork Minimizing Mistakes in Medicine
  Hospitals are trying to prevent errors using techniques as complex as data analysis and as seemingly simple as teamwork and use of checklists.

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• April 24, 2013: IHI Blogs Highlight Health Care Innovation, Insights from the Field, and the Expertise of Top Improvement Leaders
  The IHI Improvement Blogs capture fresh ideas and new thinking from the front lines of patient care and population health. The blogs address the most current and challenging topics facing health care quality improvement in the US and globally — from the innovation process itself, to important topics such as patient safety, reducing infant and maternal mortality, and preventing unnecessary hospital readmissions.
• April 22, 2013: Derek Feeley, NHS Scotland Chief Executive, to Join IHI
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is pleased to share the news that Derek Feeley, current Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, will join IHI as Executive Vice President on September 1, 2013.
• April 11, 2013: Jeffrey D. Selberg to Receive AHA Board of Trustees Award
  Jeffrey D. Selberg, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, will be awarded the 2013 AHA Board of Trustees Award, in recognition of individuals who have made substantial and noteworthy contributions to the work of the American Hospital Association (AHA).
• April 08, 2013: Redefining Primary Care: IHI Convenes Health Care Leaders and Primary Care Teams in Scottsdale, Arizona
  IHI's 14th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community (April 7-9 in Scottsdale, AZ) convened nearly 1,200 attendees to discuss a diverse range of health care topics, including new ways to engage patients and communities, innovative ways to confront escalating health care costs, new approaches to implementing and spreading patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), and new opportunities for leveraging health IT.
• February 09, 2013: HMC Signs Strategic Partnership with Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has signed a strategic agreement with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to examine new and innovative ways to achieve the safest and most effective quality of health care in Qatar and enhance the patient’s experience at HMC.
• December 11, 2012: IHI Issues Action Brief for Health Care Leaders in the Post-Election Era
  A new report from IHI, “Out of the Blocks: An Action Brief for Health Care Leaders in the Post-Election Era,” outlines key findings, predictions, and insights from some of the nation’s foremost quality improvement and policy experts. The report recaps proceedings from an event that brought together more than 100 health care leaders to discuss election results, what they signaled for health reform, and the strategic priorities of US health care organizations.
• December 11, 2012: New IHI Survey Finds Quality and Safety Training for Health Professions Turning the Corner, But Still Work to Be Done
  Growing interest in the IHI Open School — whose registrants reached 150,000 in more than 50 countries in 2012 — is echoed in the results of a new survey that finds students in the health professions are increasingly seeking out training in quality improvement and patient safety.
• December 10, 2012: IHI Kicks Off 24th Annual National Forum, Welcoming 5,500 Health Professionals to the World's Leading Improvement Conference
  From December 9-12, 2012, IHI is convening more than 5,500 health care professionals from 49 different countries at the 24th Annual National Forum, with the goal of sparking defining conversations and new thinking and ideas that will accelerate the improvement of health and health care worldwide.
• November 29, 2012: IHI Names Trissa Torres Senior Vice President, Continuum Portfolio
  Dr. Trissa Torres, former Medical Director at Genesys HealthWorks, joins IHI as Senior Vice President of the Continuum Portfolio of work.
• October 23, 2012: IHI and Partners to Build Better Systems to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Ghana
  IHI announced today the launch of a new initiative to improve referral processes for pregnant women and critically ill newborns in rural Ghana.
• September 07, 2012: IHI Partners in South Africa Win Prestigious Impumelelo Award
  The ARV Chronic Clubs project in South Africa receives the Platinum Award from the Impumelelo Social Innovations Center for its innovative approach to ensuring that clinics are able to manage large and growing numbers of HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs while maintaining excellent care.
• August 20, 2012: Pioneering Health Care Organizations Join with IHI to Design How to Be “Conversation Ready”
  IHI announced a new initiative to better prepare health care delivery systems to be "Conversation Ready" — that is, to be ready to listen to and respect patients’ wishes about end-of-life care. The initiative is a critical companion to The Conversation Project, which launched nationwide last week.
• July 09, 2012: Eliminating Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Worldwide Will Require Dramatic Improvement in Health Services
  According to a new study in Health Affairs by IHI authors, poor access to routine health services in high HIV-burden countries will be a major stumbling block to the ambitious global efforts to drastically cut mother-to-child HIV transmission.