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• Bay State Banner, April 14, 2014: Dr. Nneka Mobisson-Etuk joins World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders class of 2014
  Dr. Nneka Mobisson-Etuk, executive director of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has been named to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders class of 2014.
• Courier Post , April 11, 2014: Midwifery remains strong influence of delivery of babies in U.S.
  Centering, prenatal care, and the influence of midwife traditions on modern birth, featuring IHI's Sue Gullo.
• Huffington Post , March 26, 2014: How To Create Social Impact Through Thoughtful Networks
  This is the first in the "Designing Networks For Social Impact" blog series on networks and communities and mentions the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's IMPACT communities.
• Healthcare Infomatics , March 18, 2014: The Triple Aim and Healthcare IT Leaders: Time for Action
  As chief medical and scientific officer of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Don Goldmann, M.D. has been advocating passionately for transformational change in healthcare for years. Dr. Goldmann is not only the CMO at IHI; he brings his clinician background and perspective to his work advocating the diffusion of the principles of the Triple Aim (improving the health of populations and enhancing the patient experience, while optimizing costs), the core set of principles that IHI leaders are working to universalize across the U.S. healthcare system.
• News Star , March 18, 2014: Louisiana looks to improve pre-term infant care
  Louisiana and the Institute for Health Care Improvement have launched a new project to improve nursing care for late pre-term infants by sharing resources with all Medicaid-supported birthing hospitals throughout the state.
• Safe Healthcare , March 12, 2014: The Power of Antiobiotic Stewardship in Patient Care
  For the past several years, IHI has been actively engaged in working with a wide variety of acute care hospitals in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other national experts to advance antibiotic stewardship. Our overarching goal is to reduce adverse drug events related to inappropriate antibiotic utilization, the prevalence of antibiotic resistance, the risk of Clostridium difficile infection, and the cost of care
• The Wall Street Journal , February 17, 2014: The Doctor's Team Will See You Now
  An increasing number of practices are scrapping the traditional one-on-one doctor-patient relationship. Instead, patients are receiving care from a group of health professionals who divide up responsibilities that once would have largely been handled by the doctor in charge. While the supervising doctor still directly oversees patient care, other medical professionals—nurse practitioners, physician assistants and clinical pharmacists—are performing more functions.
• Pittsburg Business Times, February 14, 2014: UPMC's Tony DiGioia joins national joint replacement study
  UPMC orthopedic surgeon Tony DiGioia is among physicians and hospital administrators nationwide who are participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s effort to enhance health outcomes per dollar spent for knee and hip replacements, the most common conditions in the Medicare population.
• Nursing Times, February 10, 2014: Speak out on the “small things”
  IHI fellow Erica Reid details a nurse’s need to speak up when a seemingly small incident negatively impacts patient care.
• Healthcare Finance News, January 31, 2014: Smoothing Patient Flow
  Healthcare has been a closed system for years, it is time to bring external processes from the likes of engineering and aviation in to create some predictability to the erratic industry.
• Nursing Times , January 24, 2014: Early identification and treatment of sepsis
  Sepsis is a medical emergency. Early identification and treatment are essential but many health staff are unable to recognise its signs and symptoms
• Hospitals & Health Networks, December 11, 2013: The Future Can Be Found Somewhere Today
  H&HN's Paul Barr shares thoughts on IHI's 25th National Forum, Don Berwick's keynote, and "flipping" health care.
• Fierce Healthcare, December 10, 2013: IHI: Shift healthcare from hospitals to the community
  Hospitals must shift healthcare from inside their faclity walls to their communities in order to make care safer, patient-centered, more efficient and of higher quality, according to Maureen Bisognano, president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement during yesterday's IHI conference in Orlando, Fla.
• Consumer Reports, November 21, 2013: Hospitals Speak Out on Rankings
  Consumer Reports summarizes responses to the publication’s first-ever surgery ratings; quotes Jeff Selberg on the importance of involving patients in hospital safety issues and of ratings in general, even if imperfect.
• Harvard Business Review , November 15, 2013: The Big Barrier to High Value Care
  Lindsay Martin, Don Berwick and Tom Nolan discuss how destructive self-interest is the big barrier to high-value health care; the piece outlines four changes insurers, providers, employers, and unions must seek in order to get on the pathway to lower total costs with better outcomes, mentioning IHI’s Triple Aim in the first recommended change, “Establish Common Goals.”
• Harvard Business Review , November 06, 2013: Constraints on Health Care Budgets Can Drive Quality
  Derek Feeley describes how constraints on health care budgets can drive quality, discussing his experience and insights from work in Scotland; piece notes Scotland put IHI’s Triple Aim framework at the heart of its system, and outlines keys to improvement success related to population health, community partnerships, primary care delivery, and patient safety.
• San Francisco Business Times, September 18, 2013: Soon-to-retire California HealthCare Foundation head Mark Smith joins IHI board
  Dr. Mark Smith, longtime president and CEO of the California HealthCare Foundation, has joined IHI’s board of directors; article states, “IHI is one of the best-known health improvement organizations in the nation, and many of the concepts developed there made their way into the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare …”
• Daily Graphic, September 16, 2013: Preparations During Pregnacy in a Rural Setting
  Progress made by the Project Fives Alive! initiative to develop a Birth Preparedness Plan (BPP) protocol and test it in several local districts; story highlights one woman’s successful pregnancy and delivery through the BPP checklist program and mentions IHI’s role as a partner in Project Fives Alive!
• Holyrood , September 10, 2013: Derek Feeley on New Challenges
  IHI's new Executive Vice President, Derek Feeley, discusses the importance of patient safety and holding your nerve.
• Health Affairs , September 09, 2013: Measuring Readmissions For Improvement, Accountability, And Patients
  IHI's Saranya Loehrer and Doug McCarthy describe how measurement and improvement that will point the way forward toward for reducing readmissions.
• Boston.com, August 29, 2013: Parsing the Berwick Report on the British National Health Service
  Renowned health care economist John McDonough reports on the recent NHS report, focusing on why anyone should care “on this side of the pond."
• Healthcare IT News, August 28, 2013: Beacon's Bold Experiment
  IHI's Carol Beasley assesses the Beacon Community Program and how she sees “Beaconville” as a place where priorities are driven by the community, where improvement of care is continuous, and infrastructure is strong.
• KTVZ Oregon , August 16, 2013: St. Charles forms partnership to boost care
  St. Charles Health System and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement announced Monday they have formed a strategic partnership to improve health and health care in Central Oregon.
• OutpatientSurgery.net, August 14, 2013: A Better Bath: 3 Days of CHG Application
  How we prevented SSIs with a pre-op bathing and wipe regimen for our hip and knee patients.
• The Independent, August 09, 2013: Berwick Report: Danger of Understaffed NHS Wards Can No Longer Be Ignored
  The danger of understaffed NHS wards can no longer be ignored, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was warned, as another high profile figure review highlighted the urgent need for clear rules on safe staffing levels.
• The Health Care Blog, August 08, 2013: No Criminal Charges for Providers Won't Fix the NHS, Berwick says.
  One of US President Barack Obama’s key health advisers has just published a review in the aftermath of the Mid Staffordshire hospital scandal. Don Berwick’s review is both thoughtful and reflective but one of his key recommendations – to create criminal sanctions against health staff – will not make the NHS safer for patients.
• BBC Health , August 07, 2013: Patient safety 'must be top priority in NHS'
  Patient safety must become the top priority in the NHS in England, according to a major review.
• The Guardian , August 06, 2013: NHS blame games must end, says US patient safety expert
  Don Berwick says in his report that leaders must stop blaming NHS staff and instead foster a more positive culture
• July 31, 2013: AORN Journal - Ensuring Safe Use of Medical Devices
  AORN Journal article on medical device safety quotes IHI's Frank Federico extensively, including his recommendations for device selection, ongoing/regular usability testing, and establishing a system for reporting adverse events, among other topics.
• Healthcare Financial Management Association Magazine, July 25, 2013: HFMA - Rising to the Challenge: An Interview With Don Berwick
  HAVING EXAMINED AMERICA’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN HIS ROLE AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, ONE OF THE NATION’S FOREMOST HEALTHCARE QUALITY EXPERTS PRESCRIBES OPTIMISM AND INNOVATION TO CURE THE PROBLEMS AT HAND.
• KSAT.com, July 03, 2013: Project JOINTS Swiping Away Surgical Infections
  IHI's Project JOINTS helps hospitals in the San Antonio region cut down on surgical site infections.
• The Huffington Post, July 03, 2013: How to Save 1,000 Newborn Lives?
  IHI's Dr. Pierre Barker outlines how the IHI and partners in Malawi have been making pregnancy and childbirth safe for mothers and their children.
• Hospitals & Health Networks, June 17, 2013: Hospitals & Health Networks: New Ways to Staff a Hospital
  IHI's Trissa Torres speaks to potential increases in hospital staffs, saying she sees “much more the redeploying than the adding of staff,” commenting on how hospital clinicians need to be trained to “listen to the patient’s agenda and not promote their own agenda.”
• Huffington Post, June 10, 2013: Huffington Post - How Safe Are You On That Long Distance Flight?
  A new blog post by Pierre Barker at the Huffington Post discusses the safety of passengers on long flights, citing recent personal experiences and concluding, “A better plan is needed for caring for those who become seriously ill on long flights. The aviation and health care industries should work together to design, test and implement it.”

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• April 02, 2014: IHI ED Nneka Mobisson-Etuk Named a 2014 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is honored to announce that Executive Director Dr. Nneka Mobisson-Etuk has been named to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Young Global Leaders (YGL) classof 2014, thanks to her committed energy and knowledge in addressing some of the most critical issues facing humankind today.
• March 10, 2014: IHI Gathers Healthcare Leaders and Primary Care Teams for Summit in Washington, DC
  IHI, a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, kicked off its 15th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community in Washington DC. Taking place from March 9-11, more than 1,000 clinical providers and leaders are sharing the latest developments from communities across the US and Canada about the transformation of primary care.
• March 03, 2014: IHI Teams Up With Leading Mobile Health Clinics to Spotlight Innovative Approaches to Improving Health and Health Care Services
  In today’s dynamic health care environment, innovative delivery models are increasingly necessary to achieve better community health and better patient care while reducing costs. Mobile health clinics offer one such opportunity to achieve this Triple Aim, by bringing the right care, at the right time, to the right communities around the country. With a focus on screenings, health prevention, and linkages to primary care, some 2,000 mobile health clinics in the US are building trusted relationships with patients in often underserved communities and working in partnership with health care systems to ensure everyone has a pathway to better health
• February 18, 2014: IHI Launches Learning Community to Improve Costs and Outcomes with Total Joint Replacements
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, has teamed up with experts from the Harvard Business School (HBS) to spearhead the adoption of new methods that promise to improve health outcomes per dollar spent for knee and hip replacements, the most common condition in the Medicare population. It is predicted that by 2030, the number of primary total knee replacements will increase by 673 percent, to 3.48 million procedures annually, and the number of primary total hip replacements will increase by 174 percent, to 572,000 procedures annually1.
• February 05, 2014: The State of Louisiana, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Leading Nursing Association Collaborate to Improve Care for Late Preterm and Early Term Infants
  Late preterm infants (those born between 34 and 36 completed weeks of gestation) represent the majority of preterm births and 8.7% of all births in the U.S. These infants experience more medical complications than full-term babies, such as respiratory distress, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis and feeding difficulties.
• December 10, 2013: IHI Kicks Off National Forum, Celebrating 25 Years of Health Care Quality Improvement
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement kicked off its 25th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Orlando, FL, taking place December 8-11, 2013. More than 5,000 health care professionals from around the world have gathered to celebrate their collective progress over the past 25 years and to launch the next era of health care quality improvement at a time of significant need and opportunity for transformation.
• December 09, 2013: Scientific Symposium Highlights Efforts to Reduce Sepsis Mortality, Hospital-Acquired Conditions, and Hospital Readmissions
  The 19th Annual Scientific Symposium on Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care, hosted by IHI as part of the 25th Annual National Forum, includes presentations and research posters describing results and learning from quality initiatives across a wide range of topics.
• November 12, 2013: IHI Launches Phase Two of Initiative to Honor Patients' End-of-Life Wishes
  IHI is now recruiting organizations for a new Conversation Ready Health Care Community, a 9-month initiative designed to help clinicians in health care organizations become better able to receive and respect patients’ wishes about end-of-life care.
• November 11, 2013: Media Advisory: IHI's 25th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
  Nearly 5,000 health care professionals from around the world will gather to launch the next 25 years of health care quality improvement at a time of unprecedented need and opportunity for transformation. Practicing physicians, nurses, quality leaders, health care administrators, executives, patient and family advisors, and students training to be health professionals will gain new insights on what this next phase of change and reform entails, as well as how to magnify and spread pockets of excellence that are simultaneously good for patients, good for communities, and cost effective. More than 100 workshops and presentations led by health care industry experts, that will enable participants to learn how to: navigate the new health reform environment with a growing focus on population health and moving from volume to value-based care; recognize and nurture the skills that support better health and better health care; remain vigilant, reliable, and insistent on reducing harm and achieving patient safety goals; co-design improvement and transformation with patients and families; cultivate leaders and harness the best ideas from wherever they emerge.  Four inspiring keynote presentations from Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO of IHI; Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, IHI; Erik Weihenmayer, World
• November 02, 2013: IHI's Triple Aim & Six Country Effort to Reduce HIV Among Newborns at APHA Annual Meeting
  How can a six-country learning network apply quality improvement methods to test and rapidly scale-up highly effective eMTCT programs? As part of a discussion on the role of policy in addressing HIV in a global context, Sarah Olver, an Operations Director and Improvement Advisor at IHI, presents early findings.
• September 18, 2013: New Survey Reveals ‘Conversation Disconnect’
  There’s a big gap between what people say they should discuss and what actually happens when it comes to one’s wishes about care at the end of life. A new national survey released today by The Conversation Project reveals that while more than 9 in 10 Americans think it’s important to talk about their own and their loved ones’ wishes for end-of-life care, less than 3 in 10 have actually held these sorts of discussions
• September 10, 2013: IHI Welcomes Mark Smith to Board of Directors
  IHI Welcomes Mark Smith to Board of Directors
• August 13, 2013: IHI Welcomes 2013-2014 Quality Improvement Fellows
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, today announced the ten mid-career health professionals who will be spending a year with the organization to sharpen and deepen their skills as quality improvement leaders.
• August 05, 2013: St. Charles and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Form Strategic Partnership
  St. Charles Health System and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement today announced they have formed a strategic partnership to improve health and health care within central Oregon.