Improvement Area: Patient Safety

Patient Safety

IHI aims to advance a total systems approach to safety, grounded in evidence and the science and methods of improvement, to ensure that every person receives safe, reliable, effective, and equitable care.

Partnering with experts and health care organizations around the world, IHI innovates approaches that transform patient and workforce safety, demonstrably eliminate harm and save lives, and build capability and competencies for the health care workforce to enable continuous improvement, spread, and sustainability for safety in all care settings. 

As described in Safer Together: National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, IHI seeks to advance a total systems approach to safety: integration of safety science and high-reliability principles to mitigate and prevent risks; committed leaders who foster a culture of safety and ensure workforce safety and well-being; meaningful engagement of patients and families to co-design safety; and learning systems that continuously improve and enable safety to propagate within and beyond organizations. 

IHI aims to integrate patient safety, workforce safety, and workforce well-being, grounded in evidence and the science and methods of improvement, to ensure that every patient receives safe, reliable, effective, and equitable care from a fully-enabled health care workforce.

Image
Improvement Area: Patient Safety

Enhance Your Knowledge and Skills to Improve Patient Safety

Image
Improvement Area: Patient Safety

Free Resources and Tools to Support Your Work to Improve Patient Safety

Image
Improvement Area: Patient Safety

Patient and Workforce Safety Initiatives

Image
Improvement Area: Patient Safety

Expertise in Improving Health and Health Care

Providing the best experience and outcomes for your patients, workforce, and communities is important to you — it's important to us, too. In partnership with your organization, IHI provides expertise, methods, tools, and best practices to address current challenges while also building capability and systems to continuously improve and excel, both today and in the future.
IHI Consulting Services

IHI Patient Safety Congress

The IHI Patient Safety Congress on May 14–16, 2024, is the must-attend conference for those who continue to shape ​​smarter, safer, more equitable care for patients wherever it’s provided — from the hospital and outpatient settings to the home.​​​​​​​​​​​​

Learn More
Image
IHI Patient Safety Congress