Resources

For Health Professionals

Raise awareness for Patient Safety Awareness Week at your organization.

Download Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.

Download IHI's Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit.

Check out IHI's Open School Patient Safety Curriculum.

Read the latest patient safety insights on the IHI Blog.

Get support for your projects with our free resource on Optimizing a Business Case for Safe Health Care: An Integrated Approach to Safety and Finance.

Gather your team to listen to the WIHI broadcast Sustaining and Strengthening Safety Huddles.

Learn how to conduct Root Cause Analyses and Actions. Download the free resource RCA²: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm.

Download Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success, which offers strategies and tactics for leaders at every level to create and sustain a safety culture.

Read the IHI White Paper, A Framework for Safe, Reliable, Effective Care.

For Consumers

Listen to the WIHI broadcast replay, Who's Your Health Care Proxy? Speakers from the IHI's Conversation Project discuss how to choose a health care proxy and what resources are available to help.

Visit the Conversation Project website for tools and resources to help you have conversations with loved ones facing complex medical conditions or end-of-life care decisions.

Download the Ask Me 3 resources, which can help you think about what questions to ask your health providers.