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• Irish Medical Times, March 07, 2019: Directing Change - How a Hospital Transformed
  This is a commentary from Uma Kotagal in which she describes Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s participation in the Pursuing Perfection Initiative, stating that the grant the hospital received as part of the effort included important improvement training from IHI.
• NEJM Catalyst Online, March 06, 2019: The Answer to Culture Change Everyday Management Tactics
  This piece by Kedar Mate and Jeff Rakover focuses on the everyday management tactics that can be used to create a culture of transparency, continuous improvement, and frontline engagement.
• La Crosse Tribune, February 28, 2019: La Crosse County Deaths From Opioid Abuse Plunge From 2016 Peak of 19 to two Last Year
  This article in the La Crosse Tribune spotlights the local decrease in opioid-related deaths, noting the impact of the Alliance to HEAL and mentions IHI’s role in guiding the work.
• Marhaba Information Guide Online , February 26, 2019: Annual Quality and Safety in Healthcare Forum Announces Largest Program in Seven-Year History
  This article highlights the 2019 Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare taking place in Doha.
• Modern Healthcare Online , February 15, 2019: Sanitizing Regimen can Reduce Post-Hospital MRSA Infections, Study Shows
  This article contains recommendations for how adults can prevent MRSA infections after hospital discharge and includes MRSA infection data from IHI.
• Health Affairs Online , February 14, 2019: Clinical Transformation Must Be Rooted In Patients’ Realities—And The Evidence Base
  To improve care and save lives, Well Being Trust is working with Providence St. Joseph Health, other leading health systems, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to take the first steps to transform the clinical care system.
• HIT Leaders & News , February 10, 2019: Targeting Instances of Sepsis at Huntsville Hospital
  Stephen Claypool, MD, outlines how Huntsville Hospital and POC Advisor partnered to build upon the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI's) “Surviving Sepsis Campaign” to help decrease sepsis-related deaths within the hospital.
• Next Avenue , February 08, 2019: What Is Age-Friendly Health Care?
  In this article, Alice Bonner provides commentary on IHI's Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative. “Age friendly is about older adults, but it’s also really about families and communities. Age friendly means a health system that is supportive and leads to good health outcomes for people at any age — not just older adults,” says Alice Bonner.
• HealthLeaders Online, January 30, 2019: Assessment Tool Allows Health System Boards to Track Their Performance
  This article highlights IHI's new governance framework and assessment tool—Governance of Quality Assessment (GQA)— that supports healthcare trustees and executives in their responsibilities to oversee quality of care by defining core processes, culture, and commitment for excellence in quality.
• Middle East North Africa Financial Network , January 28, 2019: 300 Health Care Workers Trained in Sepsis Care
  This article discusses the National Patient Safety Collaborative (NPSC), a partnership between IHI and the Hamad Healthcare Quality institute. The NPSC aims to raise safety standards across the country's public healthcare sector.
• La Crosse Tribune Online , January 18, 2019: Experts Advise La Crosse Group in Fight Against Opioid Epidemic
  This article includes commentary from three IHI experts on their work with a La Crosse country group in their fight against the opioid epidemic.
• HomeCare Magazine , January 17, 2019: Health Care Programs for Older Adults
  Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS), in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has been growing. Five pioneering systems are currently in place with another 75 coming onboard around the US. The foundation’s goal is to have 20 percent of health systems nationwide “Age-Friendly” by 2020.
• WKBT-TV Online​, January 17, 2019: New Plan to Fight Rising Opioid Overdoses in La Crosse
  This article includes commentary from IHI experts on their work with a La Crosse County group in their fight against the opioid epidemic. ​
• Interact for Health, January 14, 2019: Q&A with Amy Reid, Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  Amy Reid leads efforts to advance health equity at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Reid, who heads the institute's Pursuing Equity initiative, spoke with Interact for Health about ways the institute is working to reduce health inequities in the United States and abroad.
• Texas A and M Today , January 07, 2019: Service Guarantees Have A Place In Health Care
  An acclaimed Texas A&M marketing professor argues that well-designed and executed service guarantees will strengthen an organization’s culture of service excellence.
• HealthLeaders Online, January 04, 2019: Manged Care Organizations Trailblazing Social Determinants of Health
  Health care organizations must build partnerships to address social determinants of health in the communities they serve, Don Berwick, MD, former CMS administrator, told HealthLeaders at the 2018 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum.
• AHA Blog, December 20, 2018: Eight Takeaways and Observations from Last Week’s IHI Conference
  Jay Bhatt, DO, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, American Hospital Association, shares his reflections on the IHI National Forum.
• BMJ, December 18, 2018: For Healthcare Innovation We Need to Think Beyond “If We Just Try Harder We’ll Succeed”
  Healthcare services can be frustratingly resistant to innovation. At the recent World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Qatar, discussion was focused on how we can change practice within health services in order to improve healthcare.
• FierceHealthcare, December 18, 2018: Patient Harm Can Be Prevented. Here's How MedStar Health Is Doing It
  At MedStar Health, taking on patient safety has come to look a lot like treating disease.
• Health Affairs Blog, December 17, 2018: Expanding the Serious Illness Care Team: The Conversation Nurse Model
  The aging of our population, coupled with advances in medical care, has led to people living longer with chronic conditions.
• Modern Healthcare, December 14, 2018: Berwick to Hospitals: Focus More on Health, Less on Reimbursement
  Berwick to Hospitals: Focus More on Health, Less on Reimbursement
• FierceHealthcare, December 13, 2018: Why It’s Crucial to Tap into the ‘Psychology of Change’ to Sustain Quality Improvement Efforts
  As providers push quality improvement initiatives, a key part of making those changes stick is emphasizing the human element.
• FierceHealthcare, December 11, 2018: How to Demonstrate the ROI on Quality Improvement Projects
  A significant challenge in quality improvement is demonstrating the return on investment.
• HealthLeaders, December 11, 2018: 4 Steps for Successful Complex Care Conferences
  For patients with multiple morbidities, multidisciplinary care team meetings can develop valuable approaches to effective treatment.
• FierceHealthcare, December 10, 2018: Getting Health System Boards Engaged in Quality Improvement Is Tricky. IHI Releases New Framework to Help
  Tackling quality and safety improvement in healthcare facilities is vitally important. But with its increasing complexity, health system board members may struggle to keep up.
• HealthLeaders Online, December 07, 2018: 5 Strategies for Quality Improvement Success
  IHI has developed a QI Project Management Tool to help health systems and other healthcare organizations implement quality improvement initiatives. This article features commentary from Karen Baldoza and Christina Gunther-Murphy, and summarizes the five main elements of the tool.
• Health Exec, November 28, 2018: 10 Principles of Radical Redesign of the Healthcare System
  The current environment for clinicians is “a tough time”, according to Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, who spoke at the annual RSNA conference in Chicago on Nov. 26. Under pressure to convert to a value-based care system with heightened regulation, clinicians can still be at the forefront of leading a radical redesign to meet the goals of the triple aim.
• STAT, November 16, 2018: US Hospitals Ignore Improving Elder Care. That's a Mistake.
  In the 21st century, health care is to elderhood as education is to childhood. But we don’t see bond measures for the “construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping” of hospitals to optimize care of old people, an investment that would surely benefit Americans of all ages.
• Seattle Times, November 09, 2018: At Swedish's Neuroscience Unit, Some Staff See a Better Culture; CEO Vows More Improvements
  At Swedish's Neuroscience Unit, Some Staff See a Better Culture; CEO Vows More Improvements
• Health Affairs Blog, November 08, 2018: Foundation Funding for Patient Safety
  The National Steering Committee for Patient Safety met for the first time in May 2018. Convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), it aims to “develop a national blueprint to reduce patient harms” and “continue the quest to eliminate patient harm and affirm safety as a national priority."
• Home Health Care News, November 04, 2018: CVS Health Launches Effort to Make MinuteClinics More Senior Friendly
  Retail pharmacy chain CVS Health wants to provide care that is specifically tailored to older adults in its MinuteClinic locations. To do so, CVS Health is partnering with one of the top-ranked research universities in the United States and plans to draw on care principles developed through the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative.
• Healio.com, October 31, 2018: Quality Improvement Campaign Reduces SSIs in Hip, Knee Arthroplasties
  Quality Improvement Campaign Reduces SSIs in Hip, Knee Arthroplasties
• October 29, 2018: Report: Global Health Care Must Improve Quality to Save Lives
  Report: Global Health Care Must Improve Quality to Save Lives
• Forbes, October 23, 2018: Health Care's Physician Burnout: Is AI The Answer?
  Health Care's Physician Burnout: Is AI The Answer?
• Repertoire, October 19, 2018: Home Care and Safety: A Difficult Match
  Home Care and Safety: A Difficult Match
• The Hospitalist, October 16, 2018: Protocol Violations, Missed Transfusions among Blood Delivery Errors
  Protocol Violations, Missed Transfusions among Blood Delivery Errors
• The World News, October 16, 2018: Brazil Is in 2nd Place in Cesarean Sections and Movement Seeks to Value Normal Delivery
  Brazil Is in 2nd Place in Cesarean Sections and Movement Seeks to Value Normal Delivery
• Pontos de Vista, October 10, 2018: Health Management: Analysis and Improvement of Care Processes
  Health Management: Analysis and Improvement of Care Processes
• Boston Globe, October 09, 2018: Toughest Talk: Medical Students Learn to Discuss Patients' Wishes for End-of-Life Care
  Toughest Talk: Medical Students Learn to Discuss Patients' Wishes for End-of-Life Care
• CNN, October 08, 2018: Hand Sanitizer Cut Back on Young Children's Sick Days More than Washing, Study Says
  Researchers in Spain found that children who cleaned their hands with sanitizer instead of soap and water reduced their missed days of school, respiratory infections, and antibiotic prescriptions.
• La Crosse Tribune, September 28, 2018: Broad-Based La Crosse Initiative Aims for National Model vs. Addiction
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement will lead Alliance to HEAL (Halting the Effects of Addiction Locally), a program in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, that will seek to devise and demonstrate a successful method to attack opioid addiction.
• Healthy Debate, September 27, 2018: More Than a Third of Nurses Have PTSD; a Third of Doctors Are Burned Out. What Are We Doing About It?
  Burnout is common, as are mental health concerns and suicide, and their costs extend to patients and the system as a whole. In the U.S., these concerns recently culminated in a movement that proposes a holistic approach to health care wellness and engagement, known as “Joy in Work.”
• AMA Wire, September 25, 2018: Every Doctor You've Admired Has Dealt with Burnout
  There is a physician burnout epidemic in the US.
• Holyrood, September 19, 2018: Scotland’s National Clinical Director Jason Leitch on Changing Culture in Healthcare
  Scotland’s national clinical director explains how the tools of change can be applied in different areas.
• Stria News, September 17, 2018: On the Ground with Age-Friendly Health Systems
  Age-friendly health systems have the potential to improve care, reduce length of stay, empower staff and improve the bottom line. While change can be challenging, clinicians and staff in the participating health systems have embraced the process.
• Inc., September 15, 2018: How One Organization Created a Movement that Transformed Healthcare
  Before you can change actions, you must first transform values and beliefs
• Modern Healthcare, September 08, 2018: Creating Value-Based Care Regardless of Payment Model
  Virginia Mason Health System has been a standard-bearer for reducing waste and creating a value-based healthcare experience no matter the payment model. Leading that drive since 2000 has been Dr. Gary Kaplan, chairman and CEO of the Seattle-based system.
• BMJ, September 06, 2018: Getting More Health from Healthcare: Quality Improvement Must Acknowledge Patient Coproduction
  Modelling healthcare as either a product or a service neglects essential aspects of coproduction between doctors and patients. In this essay, Paul Batalden shares his learning from 10 years of studying change.
• Managed Care, September 03, 2018: Hey, Big Spender! Why Does Your Quality Lag So Far Behind Other Countries?
  Managed Care magazine article: The United States spends more—close to double—on health care per capita than other rich countries.
• JAMA, August 31, 2018: Crossing the Global Health Care Quality Chasm
  Despite years of investment and research, the quality of health care in every country is much worse than it should be. (JAMA article, Berwick et al.)
• NEJM Catalyst, August 24, 2018: Esprit de Corps: Turning Vicious Cycle Virtuous
  NEJM Catalyst article: Esprit de corps is the spirit of the body — camaraderie, engagement, and passion, interwoven with joy.
• American Journal of Managed Care, August 23, 2018: The Shift that Population Health Requires
  Summary of Soma Stout's presentation at AADE meeting
• PSQH Magazine, August 22, 2018: IHI Launches Maternal Care Improvement Project
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has begun a three-year project that aims to improve maternal outcomes for women and babies in the U.S.
• Forbes, August 21, 2018: What's Next In Caring For Older People: The Age-Friendly Health System Movement
  Our healthcare system needs to rethink how we care for older adults. Article from Forbes
• Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2018: What Does Knee Surgery Cost? Few Know, and That's a Problem
  WSJ article
• MidiaNews, August 18, 2018: Adequate Childbirth Suite Provides Greater Autonomy for Women
  Until a few years ago, normal hospital birth had its limitations.
• HealthLeaders, August 17, 2018: Promoting Maternal Health with Safety Bundles, Creative Leadership
  Health Leaders article on Merck for Mothers project
• AMA Wire, August 08, 2018: 6 Top Doctors Reveal What You Need to Know During Your Residency
  To offer new medical residents insight on the intangible aspects of practice, AMA Wire spoke with some of the nation’s top physicians about the lessons they wish they had known as new residents. This article summarizes their top medical residency advice.
• Donna, August 08, 2018: Humanized Delivery: Why More and More Women Choose to Give Birth in an Intense, Intimate, and Unhurried Manner
  In the era that marks the epidemic of cesareans, more and more women have been swimming against the tide, seeking to live every moment of the flood of sensations that is bringing a child to the world.
• GP1, August 06, 2018: HGV Reduces Urinary Tract Infections by More Than 50 Percent
  The Hospital Getúlio Vargas (HGV) was able to reduce the density of incidence of urinary tract infection in patients hospitalized in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by more than 50 percent.
• OR Today, August 01, 2018: The Latest Trends and Tips in Patient Safety
  OR Today article, August 1, 2018, summarizes trends in patient safety in perioperative areas and offers tips and advice from safety and clinical experts.
• Hospital Peer Review Online, July 27, 2018: New Group Seeks "Public Health Framework" for Patient Safety
  Article from Hospital Peer Review Online
• O Nortão Jornal, July 26, 2018: "Adequate Childbirth" Project Empowers Pediatricians, Nurses, and Obstetricians at Unimed
  This article highlights the work of Projeto Parto Adequado
• NEJM Catalyst, July 25, 2018: Measuring Patient Quality of Life: Time Is What Matters
  NEJM Catalyst article
• HomeCare Magazine Online, July 18, 2018: New Report Targets Homecare Patient Safety
  This article summarizes the findings and recommendations from IHI’s report, No Place Like Home: Advancing the Safety of Care in the Home.
• FierceHealthcare, July 16, 2018: Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 5 Considerations for Making Home Healthcare Safer
  In this interview on IHI's No Place Like Home: Advancing the Safety of Care in the Home report, Tejal Gandhi discusses how health care poses its own patient safety challenges that need to be addressed.
• HealthLeaders, July 16, 2018: 5 Guiding Principles to Improve Home Health Safety
  This article summarizes five strategies to improve the safety of care in home health setting, as detailed in a new report from IHI.
• Modern Healthcare Online , July 11, 2018: HHS Proposes New Ambulatory Surgery Center Safety Database
  Commentary from Tejal Gandhi is included in this Modern Healthcare piece examining the new ambulatory surgery center safety database proposed by HHS.
• NEJM Catalyst Online , July 10, 2018: Signal or Noise? Navigating Health Care Policy - Part 2
  This article in NEJM Catalyst contains a video and transcription from part two of a two-part series on the policy roundtable discussion that took place at the 2017 IHI National Forum.​
• Healthcare Informatics Online , July 06, 2018: The Value of Deploying a Social Determinants Screening Tool in EHR
  This article mentions IHI's Pursuing Equity collaborative as it relates to social determinants of health screening tools that are currently being developed for Electronic Health Records.
• Becker's Hospital Review Online , July 05, 2018: 4 Main Priorities for IHI's Patient Safety Group
  This article highlights the IHI National Steering Committee for Patient Safety and the group’s four key areas of focus.
• NEJM Catalyst Online , July 03, 2018: Signal or Noise? Navigating Health Care Policy - Part 1
  This article in NEJM Catalyst contains a video and transcription from part one of a two-part series on the policy roundtable discussion that took place at the 2017 IHI National Forum.
• India-West Online , June 28, 2018: Two Indian American Leaders Among Modern Healthcare's Most Influential Physician Executives
  Tejal Gandhi is mentioned in this article regarding her selection as one of Modern Healthcare’s 2018 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders.
• HealthLeaders Online , June 28, 2018: New Patient Safety Panel's 3-Pronged Strategy
  This article focuses on the IHI National Steering Committee for Patient Safety and discusses the committee's three primary objectives.
• WBUR-FM Online , June 21, 2018: Gawande Will Lead Boston-Based Health Co. Formed By Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase
  Remarks from Don Berwick are included in this article about Atul Gawande’s appointment to the new Buffett-Bezos-Dimon health venture in Boston.
• Modern Healthcare Online , June 20, 2018: Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire crown Gawande: Does he have the Business Chops?
  Remarks from Dr. Saranya Loehrer are included in this article about Atul Gawande’s appointment to the new Buffett-Bezos-Dimon health venture in Boston.​
• Harvard Business Review Online , June 18, 2018: Getting Doctors to Make Better Decisions Will Take More than Money and Nudges
  In this Harvard Business Review article, IHI is referenced as resource for health care organizations that are looking to improve organizational culture.
• Patient Safety Beat , June 15, 2018: 5 Questions: Discussing Safe Care for the Elderly with Secretary of Elder Affairs Alice Bonner
  Ths article contains an interview with Alice Bonner on her work as co-chair of an IHI expert panel focused on patient safety in home care.
• FierceHealthcare, June 12, 2018: 5 Steps to Ensure Your Patients—Like my Husband—Receive the End-of-Life Care They Want
  The Conversation Project's starter kit, that helps people talk about their end-of-life wishes, was highlighted in this article.
• Trustee, June 11, 2018: Anchoring Hospitals in the Community: Growing Network of Health Systems Takes on Social Determinants
  IHI's Pathways to Population Health was mentioned in this article on health systems taking on social determinants of health in their communities.
• Study Finds , June 09, 2018: 1 In 5 Americans Have Fallen Victim To Medical Errors, Survey Finds
  Tejal Gandhi comments on a recent study by IHI/NPSF on patient experiences with medical error in this article.
• US News & World Report , June 08, 2018: A Movement to Save Millions
  The 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative was featured in this US News & World Report Q&A with IHI's Soma Stout.
• The World News , June 04, 2018: Demand Better Services From Doctors
  This article calls for patients in Ghana to demand better services from their health care practitioners in hospitals and clinics.
• HFM Online, June 01, 2018: Trending Toward Home Care: Is Our Health System Ready?
  Health care — for procedural follow-up or treating chronic conditions — is increasingly being delivered in patients’ homes. IHI’s Tejal Gandhi summarizes recommendations for improving safety in the home in this HFM Magazine article.
• Daily Graphic Online , June 01, 2018: 'No Bed Syndrome' at Hospitals Inimical to Healthcare
  Several quotes from IHI's Sodzi-Sodzi Tettey on ambulatory safety are mentioned in this article on "no bed syndrome."
• Forbes Online , June 01, 2018: Infusing Technology Into Hospital Operational Decision Making
  Commentary from an IHI blog post on hospital-wide flow was quoted in this piece on technology-based decision-support tools for health care.
• NEJM Catalyst Online , May 31, 2018: Applying Community Organizing Principles to Restore Joy in Work
  This NEJM Catalyst article by IHI’s Jessica Perlo and Derek Feeley describes four lessons from community organizing that can be applied to nurture joy in the health care workforce and deliver the quality care patients deserve.
• Strategy Consultoria Blog , May 28, 2018: Women's Health: 5/28 is a Day of Awareness of Diseases That Affect Women
  This article contains information about the partership between Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS) and IHI in creating the Appropriate Childbirth Project, which aims to encourage normal childbirth and raise awareness among future mothers and the entire obstetric care network about cesareans without clinical indication.
• BBC Brasil , May 26, 2018: Creating a Monster in the Woman's Head: The Myths that can Bring Insecurity and Risks to Pregnancy
  Brazil has one of the highest cesarean rates in the world and this article discusses the myths surrounding child birth in this country. It also contains information on how c-sections can be avoided with the help of IHI.
• U.S. News & World Report , May 25, 2018: Population Health: The 'North Star' of the Triple Aim
  This article contains a Q&A with Ninon Lewis on population health and the Triple Aim.
• POLITICO Online , May 23, 2018: A Win, Win, Win
  The launch of IHI’s National Steering Committee for Patient Safety was included in this POLITICO article.
• Becker's Hospital Review Online, May 23, 2018: 50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety
  This Becker's Hospital Review article contains their 2018 edition of the "50 experts leading the field of patient safety," which includes Derek Feeley and other members from the ASPPS and Stand Up for Patient Safety programs.
• Modern Healthcare Online , May 22, 2018: IHI Forms Nationwide Patient Safety Committee
  The launch of IHI’s National Steering Committee for Patient Safety has been covered in this Modern Healthcare article.
• Life & Health Advisor Online , May 16, 2018: From Conversations to Care
  This article includes new research on end-of-life care from the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care and includes commentary from Maureen Bisognano, co-chair of the Coalition .
• American Journal of Managed Care Online , May 12, 2018: Barbara Balik on Addressing Burnout and Finding Joy in Work
  This article includes a video interview with Barbara Balik on addressing burnout and finding joy in work.
• Modern Healthcare, May 12, 2018: Providers Work to Create a Culture of Team-Based Care
  Commentary from IHI faculty member Kirsten Meisinger is included in this Modern Healthcare article on team-based care.
• Correio do Minho Online , May 04, 2018: Hospital de Guimarães Reduziu Infeções Hospitalares
  This article discusses one hospital's success in reducing hospital aquired infections with the help of using IHI's methodologies and programs.
• NHS Wales Blog , May 03, 2018: New Charter Aims to Make #QiComms an Essential Part of Quality Improvement
  This article announces the #QiComms Charter launched at the 2018 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Amsterdam and includes the seven principles of the charter.
• WiredGov, May 02, 2018: Leading Health Care Professor Don Berwick says NHS Could be World Number One if it Integrates Care
  This article includes comments from Don Berwick on how the NHS could benefit from a parternship from all local health and care organizations.
• KevinMD.com , April 28, 2018: Has Patient-Centered Care Gone Too Far?
  IHI’s Forum is highlighted in this blog post by a physician who attended the event.
• American Journal of Managed Care Online , April 26, 2018: Barbara Balik: Focus on System Issues, Not the Individual, to Prevent Burnout
  This article contains an interview with Barbara Balik that centers on the main causes of burnout.
• Pharmacy Choice , April 22, 2018: How Kindness Can Make a Difference in Cancer Care
  Six ways for health care staff to help counteract negative emotions of cancer patients are offered in this article, which may improve outcomes in cancer care.
• MultiBriefs, April 20, 2018: Barbara Bush’s Comfort Care Choice Spurs Crucial Conversations
  This article discusses National Healthcare Decision Day (NHDD) and its connection to IHI's The Conversation Project as it relates to Barbara Bush's comfort care decision.
• Modern Healthcare Online , April 16, 2018: No One is Free From Harm: Video Interviews With Healthcare Industry Experts
  This article contains a video interview with Dr. Tejal Gandhi, IHI Chief Clinical and Safety Officer, as part of Modern Healthcare's ongoing series, No One Is Safe From Harm.
• NEJM Catalyst , April 11, 2018: Five Keys to Leading Transformational Change in Primary Care
  The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Center for Primary Care led a 4-year initiative, called the Academic Innovations Collaborative, to transform primary care delivery in the clinics where most Harvard trainees learn how to practice primary care. IHI assisted in this initiative and this article includes the initial results.
• American Journal of Managed Care Online , April 11, 2018: Barbara Balik Discusses Eliminating the Negatives of EHRs
  In this interview, Barbara Balik, EdD, MS, RN, senior faculty at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, recognizes the positives and negatives of electronic health records.
• R7, April 08, 2018: Clínicas Goianas Aderem Projetos de Parto Humanizado Para Diminuir Indice de Cesáreas
  This article from Brazil includes the results from Phase II of IHI's Parto Adequado.
• Modern Healthcare, March 24, 2018: No One is Free From Harm: Applying lessons from perfect patient care to broader quality and safety improvement
  In this article, Dr. Donald Berwick shares a personal story that suggests that the US has a long way to go on quality and safety in health care.

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• March 04, 2019: A Holistic Approach to Treating Acute Pain
  A Holistic Approach to Treating Acute Pain
• February 27, 2019: IHI's Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 10–16, Focuses on Outpatient Safety
  IHI's Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 10–16, Focuses on Outpatient Safety
• February 21, 2019: 2019 IHI Summit Marks 20 Years of Transforming Primary Care
  2019 Summit Media Alert
• December 17, 2018: Putting Patients at the Center of Prescribing
  Each year in the US, more than 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000 hospitalizations result from adverse drug events, studies show, making medication safety one of the most pressing challenges in health care. To better understand the causes of harm from medication and develop potential solutions, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leader in health and health care improvement worldwide, is leading a project in which clinical teams will test methods to improve and work through with patients the myriad of problems that may arise when medications are prescribed. This Learning and Action Network is an initiative of the Pfizer Global Medical Grants Medication Optimization Learning and Change Project.
• December 10, 2018: Health and Health Care Quality Improvers from 56 Countries Gather for IHI's 30th National Forum
  Longest-running gathering on health care quality unveils new resources to broaden and strengthen strategies to improve health and patient care
• December 05, 2018: Prominent Speakers Offer Lessons for Health and Health Care Quality Innovators
  2018 Forum Sessions available via livestream broadcast
• October 02, 2018: Media Advisory: 2018 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
  The 2018 IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care provides the country’s best platform to hear about successes and challenges and to harness evidence-based solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing health and health care today.
• September 11, 2018: Innovative Health Care Safety Initiatives Earn Awards
  IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute Medtronic Awards
• August 14, 2018: IHI Joining Efforts to Improve Outcomes, Reduce Disparities in Maternal Care
  Supported by a grant from Merck for Mothers, IHI seeks to spread evidence-based practices and address birth equity.
• July 16, 2018: Health Care Services at Home Outpacing Attention to Safety
  New IHI report offers recommendations for improving the safety of care provided in the home.
• June 19, 2018: IHI Advances Patient Safety Practice and Professionalism
  The Certified Professional in Patient Safety program reaches a milestone.
• May 22, 2018: IHI Convenes National Steering Committee for Patient Safety
  Representatives of prominent national organizations and agencies to begin work on developing a national action plan for patient safety.
• May 02, 2018: 15 States Striving to Become "States of Solutions" in Addressing Health Equity
  Governmental and private groups to partner on population health challenges
• April 27, 2018: 2018 IHI Summit on Improving Patient Care Convenes in San Diego
  In the midst of an ongoing shift to value-based care, IHI Summit attendees will learn strategies and tactics to design care for the whole person.
• April 23, 2018: IHI/NPSF DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses 2018 Honorees Announced
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the DAISY Foundation have announced the recipients of the 2018 IHI/NPSF DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses. Erin Harlow-Parker, MS, APRN, PMSCNS-BC, of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has been chosen to receive the individual award. The team award will go to the Surgical Care Unit at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. The awards will be conferred during the IHI/NPSF Patient Safety Congress, which takes place May 23-25, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts.