Institute for Healthcare Improvement

National Forum Calling All Students

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:47:40 GMT

The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is the premier "meeting place" for people committed to the mission of improving health care. This annual event draws nearly 7,000 health care leaders from around the world. IHI has planned student-focused events to help make the Forum a more valuable experience for interprofessional students.

April 2009 Chapter Progress Report: Chapter Goals

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:12:00 GMT

What did Chapters do this year? From hosting events to revising their curriculum Chapters made incredible progress this year! Be inspired and find out how much your Chapter can accomplish this year!

Chapter Progress Report: 2009 Accomplishments

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:55:00 GMT

What did Chapters do this year? From hosting events to revising their curriculum Chapters made incredible progress this year! Be inspired and find out how much your Chapter can accomplish this year!

April 2009 Chapter Progress Report

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:56:00 GMT

What do Chapters look like? Find out what Chapters do, how they recruit, and how they’re organized. Get ideas for your Chapter or learn from others before starting one!

Spring 2009 Chapter Progress Report Results

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:47:28 GMT

Find out what Chapters do, how they recruit, and what their goals are. Get ideas for your Chapter or learn from others before starting one!

BuildingaQualityMeasurementSystemthatWorks

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:33:50 GMT

This two-day interactive workshop is designed to provide participants with a framework for organizing and implementing improvement projects, as well as an opportunity to enhance their understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, techniques, and methods.

Quality Improvement in the Curriculum - April 2009 Results

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:24:00 GMT

In April 2009, we asked students and faculty to explore their schools' curricula to find out whether quality improvement and patient safety are included -- and if so, where.

IHI Open School Courses Coming Soon

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:51:23 GMT

The IHI Open School is constantly producing new courses. Here's what's coming in the near future.

On Call: Does Pay for Performance Work?

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:43:54 GMT

June 24, 2009: Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, president and CEO, IHI - Would you do a better job if your pay were linked to patient outcomes? Don Berwick explores pay for performance.

IHI's Improvement Map: A new concept to help hospitals achieve better patient outcomes

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:47:00 GMT

What if hospital leaders had a streamlined way to chart an improvement path for their organizations, as well as a list of key processes that could, if implemented reliably, lower mortality, reduce harm, lessen delays, create a better patient experience and lower costs? This article describes the IHI Improvement Map — an interactive tool that offers hospitals the best knowledge available on processes that lead to excellent patient care, and a way for them to design a customized path to achieve meaningful results.

Developing and evaluating a trigger response system

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:54:21 GMT

A streamlined, organized, real-time trigger response system was developed that enabled quality measures targets to be achieved, including decreased response time. The simultaneous versus sequential trigger response process fostered a team approach to patient safety that leverages the clinical expertise of nursing and respiratory therapy. Implementation considerations, process improvements, and early outcomes are shared.

Reduction of elective inductions in a large community hospital

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:02:00 GMT

This article describes how a program aimed at reducing elective inductions was successfully implemented and sustained in a large community hospital — Swedish Medical Center, a participant in IHI's Improving Perinatal Care Collaborative.

Appropriate Use of Specialty Care Services

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT

In the US, an estimated 30% of health care costs — nearly $700 billion — represents care that could be eliminated without reducing quality. This initiative seeks to develop the tools, techniques, and approaches necessary to improve the use of specialty services. IHI is currently seeking prototyping partners for this work.

Healthcare 411 Podcast News Series from AHRQ

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Healthcare 411 is a news series produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Weekly audio and video programs for both consumers and clinicians feature the latest AHRQ research findings as well as informational stories on health care topics to help consumers improve the quality of their health care and navigate the system.

Health Communications Toolkits: Improving Readability of Patient Education Materials

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:51:00 GMT

The toolkits offered on this website present guidelines and tools for developing patient education materials that are easy to read, easy to understand, and are effective for low-literacy readers; developed by Doug Seubert, Marshfield Clinic (Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA).

IMPACT Leadership Community

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:40:00 GMT

IMPACT Leadership is an active, robust, and energizing Community that includes senior executives and clinical leaders committed to improvement as a central business strategy.

Ghana Home Page

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:35:00 GMT

IHI's work in Ghana, Project Fives Alive!, began in July 2008 and is a collaboration between IHI and the National Catholic Health Service. The project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, works to assist Ghana in achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 (reducing morbidity and mortality in children under five).

IHI Expedition: Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients: Risk Assessment

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:06:00 GMT

This program is one way that IHI is helping hospitals implement a key component of the Improvement Map. The aim of this Expedition is to enable participants to assess all hospitalized patients for venous- thromboembolism (VTE) risk on admission.

Executive Quality Academy October 2009

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:51:00 GMT

The Executive Quality Academy is designed to dramatically increase the capacity of senior executives to lead improvement. In this intensive three-day program, senior executive teams will identify their primary quality-related leadership challenge; articulate a bold, system-level aim that addresses the challenge; and create a detailed plan to move forward with system-level improvement based on a dynamic leadership leverage framework.

IHI's Work in Developing Countries: Project Fives Alive! in Ghana

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:17:00 GMT

Project Fives Alive! aims to reduce the number of deaths in children under the age of five from 110 per 1,000 live births to 40, about a 60 percent decrease.

IHI's Work in Developing Countries: MaiKhanda in Malawi

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:37:00 GMT

The MaiKhanda project (MaiKhanda means mother and infant in Chichewa) in Malawi focuses on reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality by 30 percent over three years.

IHI's Work in South Africa: Western Cape — Eastern Sub District

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:25:00 GMT

The program seeks to save lives through the prevention of HIV (particularly through preventing mother-to-child transmission of the disease), strengthening HIV/TB health care systems, improving access to highly active antiretroviral therapy, and ensuring that partner organizations have the capacity to maintain continuous improvement.

IHI's Work in South Africa: 20,000+ Partnership in KwaZulu Natal

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:21:00 GMT

IHI's work in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, as part of the 20,000+ Partnership focuses on reducing the mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

IHI's Work in South Africa: Eastern Cape — Mhlontlo and Nyandeni Sub-Districts

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:12:00 GMT

The goal of the programs in these Sub-Districts is to reduce morbidity and mortality by preventing the transmission of HIV, increasing access to care and treatment, and integrating all HIV/AIDS related services.

IHI's Work in South Africa: WesternCape — Mitchell's Plain

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:00:00 GMT

The programs in this area aim to improve the prevention of HIV infection (with a special focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of the disease), strengthen the HIV/TB health care systems, improve access to highly active antiretroviral treatment, and provide the partnering clinics with the tools to continously improve their health care systems.

IHI's Work in South Africa: Johannesburg — Inner City

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:46:00 GMT

IHI's work in Johannesburg, South Africa, aims to improve systems to identify HIV-positive patients in need of antiretroviral therapy.

Developing Countries

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:55:00 GMT

IHI’s work in developing countries aims to broadly spread efficient and effective models of health care with the goal of reducing suffering and saving thousands of lives.

Improvement Map Online Nav Tool

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:47:00 GMT

Charter Members of Passport are the first to access the Improvement Map. This page contains a link to the Improvement Map.

Improvement Map Preview

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:58:42 GMT

The Improvement Map is a new resource from IHI that – for the first time – brings together the best knowledge available on the key process improvements that will lead to exceptional hospital care. Built on the success of IHI’s 100,000 Lives and 5 Million Lives Campaigns, this comprehensive tool will help you make sense of complex and competing demands by offering easy-to-follow guidance through an often confusing landscape. It will help you set your change agenda, establish priorities, organize work, and optimize resources. The Improvement Map is an open resource, available free of charge for anyone, anywhere who shares IHI’s mission of improving health care.

Expedition Enrollment Passport

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:23:00 GMT

Enrollment in all IHI Expeditions is included with Passport Membership. A team that wishes to participate will need to enroll in the Expedition using the passcode supplied below to participate in the Expedition at no cost.

IHI Collaborative: Reducing Sepsis Mortality

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:52:00 GMT

This 12-month Collaborative is designed to help teams improve the treatment of sepsis in their hospitals and reduce the high mortality rate associated with it.

IHI Collaborative: Reducing Readmissions by Improving Transitions in Care

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:54:00 GMT

The aim of this intensive 12-month Collaborative is to reduce 30-day readmission rates by 30 percent and increase patient and family satisfaction with optimal transitions and coordination of care.

Passport Member Quarterly Call Information

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:38:00 GMT

Quarterly member call content and connection information for Passport members.

The Future of Health Care IT

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:06:00 GMT

Curious about electronic health records and the future of health care IT? John Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer for Care Group Health System, speaks.

Fundamentals of Health Care Improvement: A Guide to Improving Your Patients' Care

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:34:00 GMT

Check out Fundamentals of Health Care Improvement: A Guide to Improving Your Patients' Care by Linda Headrick, MD, and Gregory S. Ogrinc, MD, two of our very own IHI Open School Faculty Advisors. The book is available for purchase on the Joint Commission Resources website.

The Triple Aim: Optimizing Health Care Resources for the Good of a Population October 2009

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:04:17 GMT

This groundbreaking two-day seminar will provide health care professionals with the opportunity to learn a specific framework for achieving the Triple Aim and to develop a plan for applying the framework to their own organizations.

IHI Collaborative: Transforming Care at the Bedside

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:04:00 GMT

NOW ACCEPTING NEW TEAMS! Hospitals participating in this Collaborative will focus on engaging front-line staff, optimizing communication among care team members, supporting and involving patients and families, improving safety (for example, by preventing inpatient falls), reducing waste and improving key processes of care, creating patient-centered healing environments, and improving work environments through space redesign.

IHI Collaborative: Improving Perinatal Care

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:02:00 GMT

NOW ACCEPTING NEW TEAMS! Adverse events during labor and delivery can impose a heavy physical, psychological, and financial toll on the baby, family, care providers, and the community. In this intensive 12-month Collaborative, teams will examine and develop processes that help create a culture of patient safety and reduce birth trauma by implementing reliable, evidence-based treatment plans, based on IHI’s bundle work, and improve communications between care teams and families.

Learning and Innovation Community: Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:40:00 GMT

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW TEAMS IN THIS COMMUNITY. This Community helps clinicians and staff in ambulatory care practices – including primary, specialty, and ancillary care – increase access to services and efficiency, and redesign for better outcomes of care. Programming focuses on: improving access, efficiency, and the delivery of patient-centered planned care for patients with multiple and/or complex chronic conditions (such as heart failure, COPD, depression, and diabetes); and maps to the NCQA Standards and Guidelines for Physician Practice Connections® – Patient-Centered Medical Home (PPC–PCMH™).

Learning and Innovation Community: Improving Flow Through Acute Care Settings

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:35:00 GMT

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING TEAMS IN THIS COMMUNITY. The Improving Flow community is focused on impacting system-level change to improve flow through the hospital setting while maintaining or improving the current level of quality.

Learning and Innovation Community: Operational and Clinical Improvement in the Emergency Department

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:00 GMT

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW TEAMS IN THIS COMMUNITY. Unnecessary delays in Emergency Departments contribute to poor medical outcomes, frustrated and unhappy patients, increased cost from waste and rework, potential harm, and stress for both patients and caregivers. This Learning and Innovation Community will explore proven strategies to dramatically reduce operational cycle times and improve patient flow within the Emergency Department.

Learning and Innovation Community: Improving Outcomes for High-Risk and Critically Ill Patients

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:19:00 GMT

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW TEAMS INTO THIS COMMUNITY. There is mounting evidence that reliable, timely and compassionate care for high-risk and critically ill people is achievable. The aim of this Community is for hospitals to achieve improvements by focusing on specific units in the hospital and also addressing the entire system of care for high-risk and critically ill patients in the hospital.

Is your hospital as safe as your bank? Time to ask your board

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:30:10 GMT

There are striking similarities between the global financial collapse and the patient safety crisis in health care. In both cases, good leadership by governance boards is critical, and managing risk and building trust are essential. The author suggests that health care should learn from the lessons of banking leaders, starting with the board.

Tissue Viability

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:05:22 GMT

This website managed by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) provides resources to help health care providers improve their everyday patient/client care to prevent and care for pressure ulcers.

Exclusive On Demand Tools and Resources

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:24:00 GMT

Members of IHI's Passport have access to Exclusive On-Demand Tools and Resources. All of the materials available are listed here.

Passport

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:28:56 GMT

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Reengineering the Operating Room to Improve Hospital-Wide Efficiency and Quality October 2009

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:52:09 GMT

This two-day seminar provides participants with a set of tools to use and apply in their operating room to reduce costs and improve patient throughput in the hospital. Participants will be guided through a series of topics critical for efficient hospital operations.