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Chief Healthcare Executive, May 31, 2023: AMA, Others Launch Health Equity Coalition - Rise to Health - Real Results for Real People
This article resulted from the public launch of the Rise to Health Coalition and includes quotes from IHI's President and CEO Dr. Kedar Mate.
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Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2023: Stop Putting off the End-of-Life Talk with Your Aging Loved Ones.
This article discusses the importance of having end-of-life conversations with family members and includes commentary and resources from IHI's Kate DeBartolo and The Conversation Project.
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Becker's Hospital Review, May 16, 2023: What it Will Take to Fix the Nurse Staffing Crisis - Report
This article highlights findings from a May 10 report from the Nurse Staffing Task Force and Partners for Nurse Staffing Think Tank, of which IHI is a member.
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Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, May 03, 2023: Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Find Increase in HAIs During Pandemic
This article reports on Leapfrog Group's Spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grade data, which shows an increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and includes commentary from IHI's Jeff Salvon-Harman highlighting the strain the health care workforce is under and recent signs of improvement.
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Children's Hospital Today, April 24, 2023: How to Cultivate a Happy Workforce
Children’s Hospital Today, produced by the Children’s Hospital Association, published a cover story about Joy in Work that includes commentary from IHI's Jess Perlo and links to the Joy in Work white paper.
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Health Data Management, April 19, 2023: Technology Can Cause a Digital Divide for Patient Safety
This article includes commentary from IHI's Patricia McGaffigan on the digital divide that technology can create and the impact that can have on patient safety and health equity.
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Healthcare IT News, April 14, 2023: HIMSSCast - How IT Can Help Improve Both Patient and Workforce Safety
This is a summary of (and link to) a podcast with IHI’s Patricia McGaffigan discussing the ways that technology can contribute to safer health care and the risks of unintended consequences with certain health IT deployments.
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Hospital Infection Control & Prevention, April 01, 2023: Gratitude, Kindness, and Joy - The Light Out of the Pandemic
This article credits IHI for pioneering much of joy-work in medicine and cites our Joy in Work Framework white paper.
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Governing, March 20, 2023: A California County Focuses on Equity to Improve Community Health
This article describes the health equity work taking place in Orange County, Calif., and includes quotes from IHI's Ninon Lewis and many of IHI's collaborative partners in OC.
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Modern Healthcare, March 13, 2023: Pediatric Mental Health, Workplace Violence are Top 2023 Safety Concerns - ECRI
This article reports on ECRI’s 2023 list of top 10 patient safety concerns and includes commentary from IHI's Patricia McGaffigan about the interdependency of these issues and the need to go beyond piecemeal initiatives to make lasting progress.
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Becker's Hospital Review, February 28, 2023: How Keck Medicine is Doubling Down on Care Quality
This Q&A article with quality officers at Kent Medicine of USC mentions IHI's Whole System Quality framework and other improvement tools.
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Infection Control Today, February 28, 2023: Focus on 4 Foundations of Patient Safety
This article includes mention of the four foundational areas of patient safety as defined in the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.
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Modern Healthcare, February 16, 2023: Patient Safety Courses a Tough Sell at Medical Schools
This article includes quotes from IHI's Patricia McGaffigan and mention of IHI's CPPS program. Also quoted in the article are folks from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) and the Ohio State University College of Medicine, who incorporate our patient safety certification into their curricula so their medical school graduates can enter the workforce more fully prepared.
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HealthData Management, February 16, 2023: Patient Safety Issues Underscore the Urgent Need for Incident Reporting
This article includes commentary from IHI's Patricia McGaffigan discussing why health care organizations should address patient safety via broad, systemic efforts rather than piecemeal approaches.
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Los Angeles Times, February 05, 2023: While Covid Raged, Another Deadly Threat Was on the Rise in Hospitals
This article includes commentary from IHI's President and CEO Kedar Mate discussing the increase of severe sepsis in California hospitals.
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Politico, February 02, 2023: The Public Health Emergency is Ending - Covid Isn’t
This article discusses what it means that the federal government's public health emergency for Covid is coming to an end. Kedar Mate, IHI's President and CEO, is quoted, and IHI's work to help hospitals navigate the crisis, including programs to boost resiliency of health care providers, is cited.
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New York Times, January 24, 2023: Emailing Your Doctor May Carry a Fee
This article discusses the practice of physicians charging fees for medical correspondence with patients. IHI's President and CEO Kedar Mate is quoted encouraging patient-clinician interactions and discussing how charging for medical messaging could exacerbate inequities.
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New York Times, January 19, 2023: How to Make a Caregiving Plan (So It's Ready When You Need It)
This article provides numerous resources for creating a caregiving plan, including information and a link to IHI's The Conversation Project.
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Health Europa, January 17, 2023: Meeting the Needs of the Healthcare Workforce
This is article is a Q&A with IHI Vice President Pedro Delgado discussing current workforce challenges for the health care sector, IHI's Joy in Work framework, and health equity.
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ED Management, January 06, 2023: Effectively Intervening with Patients Facing Housing Instability
This article includes commentary from IHI's Catherine Mather and discusses IHI's work with Community Solutions and CommonSpirit Health’s CHI Memorial Hospital regarding housing instability.
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The Hill, January 05, 2023: Health Care Sector Decarbonization to Accelerate in 2023 - How to Do it Best
This is an opinion piece that lists IHI as one of the organizations dedicating resources to decarbonizing the health care sector.
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HFMA, January 02, 2023: Reimagining the Patient-Caregiver Relationship
This article includes insights from health care leaders, including IHI's COO Cynthia Barginere, who discussed the impact that redesign can have on joy in work, in particular how human factors design can be used to ensure that technology is implemented in a way that supports staff rather than stymies them.
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STAT, December 28, 2022: How Value-Based Payments to Clinicians Can Help Close Equity Gaps
This is a contributed article by Andrew Dreyfuss, former CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which mentions BCBSMA's work with IHI to improve health equity in the Commonwealth.
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Boston Globe, December 15, 2022: State's Largest Insurer to Start Paying Providers to Address Health Care Disparities
This article reports on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' plans to incentivize providers and hospitals to improve health equity and reduce disparaties. IHI's work with BCBSMA are cited.
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AHRQ Blog, December 13, 2022: In Pandemic's Wake, We Must Recommit to Patient and Workforce Safety
This blog post is a call to action to recommit to the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, and cites IHI as a co-chair of the steering committee that authored the National Action Plan.
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HealthLeaders, December 12, 2022: IHI Forum - Berwick Says 'One of the Problems in Healthcare is Greed'
This article recaps the closing keynote address at the IHI Forum 2022 from IHI President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Don Berwick.
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Fierce Healthcare, December 12, 2022: IHI Forum - Don Berwick Calls Out Greed, Rallies Industry to Protest Monetization of Healthcare
This article recaps the closing keynote address at the IHI Forum 2022 from IHI President Emeritus and Senior Fellow Don Berwick.
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CNN, December 08, 2022: Home Delivery of Medications Can Help Improve Access, Especially When Time is Tight
This article discusses innovative approaches to improving access to care. IHI President and CEO Kedar Mate was interviewed for this piece, and his commentary was used as the closing paragraphs.
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American Journal of Managed Care, December 07, 2022: IHI Announces National Coalition Aiming for Systemic Change in Health Equity
This article reports on the announcement made at the IHI Forum 2022 of the formation of Rise to Health: A National Coalition for Equity in Health Care.
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Kaiser Health News, December 07, 2022: To Beat Health Care Inequity and Bias, AMA and IHI Form Coalition
This article reports on the announcement made at the IHI Forum 2022 of the formation of Rise to Health: A National Coalition for Equity in Health Care.
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Rama on Healthcare, December 06, 2022: New Coalition to Focus on Equity in Health Care
This article reports on the announcement made at the IHI Forum 2022 of the formation of Rise to Health: A National Coalition for Equity in Health Care.
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Fierce Healthcare, December 06, 2022: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, AMA Lead New Cross-Stakeholder Coalition to Improve Equity
This article reports on the announcement made at the IHI Forum 2022 of the formation of Rise to Health: A National Coalition for Equity in Health Care.
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Becker's Hospital Review, December 06, 2022: IHI Starts National Coalition for Equity in Healthcare with AMA, Race Forward
This article reports on the announcement made at the IHI Forum 2022 of the formation of Rise to Health: A National Coalition for Equity in Health Care.
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HealthLeaders, December 05, 2022: IHI Forum - Leadership Pivotal in Implementing Joy in Work Initiatives
This article reports on the learnings of a Joy in Work workshop conducted at the IHI Forum 2022.
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HealthLeaders, December 05, 2022: IHI Forum - Massachusetts General Hospital Makes Health Equity Progress
This article highlights the progress Massachusetts General Hospital has made to advance health equity, as detailed during a session at IHI Forum 2022.
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Modern Healthcare, November 22, 2022: 5 Things HHS Says Hospitals can do to Reduce Emissions
This article reports on the recently released AHRQ/IHI primer on how health systems can reduce carbon emissions.
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WGBH TV, October 24, 2022: Racism in Healthcare was Exposed by the Pandemic - How to Improve
Dr. Kedar Mate, President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, spoke with host Jim Braude about health inequities and possible solutions. He also talked about physician burnout, staffing shortages and the stigma around mental illness in the medical community.
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US News & World Report, October 18, 2022: Essential Questions to Ask a Nursing Home
This article aims to help individuals find the right nursing home for themselves or a loved one and includes commentary and advice from IHI's Alice Bonner.
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Healthcare Innovation, September 29, 2022: Grants to Help Massachusetts Health Systems Reduce Disparities
This article reports on the grants that IHI issued, in conjunction with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massahusetts, to fund 12 health systems' efforts to reduce health disparaties in Massachusetts.
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Seasons, September 28, 2022: ‘The Conversation Project’ Provides Tools for Talking About End-of-Life Care
This article summarizes the history of The Conversation Project and the tools and resources it has created to facilitate discusssions about end-of-life care and planning.
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HealthLeaders, September 27, 2022: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Boosts Health Equity Efforts
This article highlights the launch of IHI's third iteration of Pursuing Equity and includes quotes from HealthParters, which participated in a previous iteration of the program.
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American Nurse, September 11, 2022: Solutions to the Nurse Staffing Challenge
This article highlights the work of Partners for Nurse Staffing - a consortium of five major organizations including IHI - to address nurse staffing challenges.
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STAT, August 25, 2022: "So Much More to Do": A Hospital System’s Campaign to Confront Racism — and Resistance to Change — Makes Early Strides
This article focuses on Mass General Brigham's efforts to improve health equity and eliminate disparaties in their health system, dating back to IHI's first Pursuing Equity initiative in 2017. IHI's President and CEO Kedar Mate is quoted throughout the article, and leaders from WellSpan, another Pursuing Equity participant, are also quoted.
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HealthData Management, August 25, 2022: How Patient Safety Incident Reporting Improves Care
This article focuses on how improved incident reporting can increase patient safety. Information from IHI is cited about the importance of focusing on the harm, not the error, when an incident occurs.
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August 18, 2022: How Patient-Centered Care Plays a Big Role in Burgeoning Nursing Home, Hospital Relationships
This article about the importance of patient-driven collaboration between nursing homes and hospitals highlights the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement and 4Ms Framework.
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New York Times, August 16, 2022: Pain in Children is Often Ignored — For Children of Color, It’s Even Worse
This article discusses racial disparities in pediatric pain treatment and quotes Dr. Ron Wyatt, IHI Senior Fellow. He said that false beliefs about biological differences between Black people and white people, dating back to slavery, have had lasting effects on how people of color are treated in medical settings.
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Becker's Hospital Review, August 10, 2022: Hospitals' Uncomfortably High Tolerance for Errors
This article quotes IHI's Patricia McGaffigan on the importance of a whole systems approach to patient safety, coupled with a healthy work environment and positive safety culture, to avoid repeating medical errors.
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Modern Healthcare, July 05, 2022: As the Alzheimer’s Crisis Looms, Healthcare Organizations Look to Innovation
This article summarizes the work of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, including a grant-funded project by IHI, and includes quotes from Alice Bonner, IHI's Senior Advisor for Aging.
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Healthcare Executive, July 01, 2022: Opening More Doors
This cover story examines how health care organizations will tackle the ongoing work of ensuring access to care for their most vulnerable patients even after the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. Commentary from IHI President & CEO Kedar Mate is used extensively throughout the piece.