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• 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 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.
• April 11, 2013: Jeffrey D. Selberg to Receive AHA Board of Trustees Award
  Jeffrey D. Selberg, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, will be awarded the 2013 AHA Board of Trustees Award, in recognition of individuals who have made substantial and noteworthy contributions to the work of the American Hospital Association (AHA).
• April 24, 2013: IHI Blogs Highlight Health Care Innovation, Insights from the Field, and the Expertise of Top Improvement Leaders
  The IHI Improvement Blogs capture fresh ideas and new thinking from the front lines of patient care and population health. The blogs address the most current and challenging topics facing health care quality improvement in the US and globally — from the innovation process itself, to important topics such as patient safety, reducing infant and maternal mortality, and preventing unnecessary hospital readmissions.
• April 22, 2013: Derek Feeley, NHS Scotland Chief Executive, to Join IHI
  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is pleased to share the news that Derek Feeley, current Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, will join IHI as Executive Vice President on September 1, 2013.
• April 08, 2013: Redefining Primary Care: IHI Convenes Health Care Leaders and Primary Care Teams in Scottsdale, Arizona
  IHI's 14th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community (April 7-9 in Scottsdale, AZ) convened nearly 1,200 attendees to discuss a diverse range of health care topics, including new ways to engage patients and communities, innovative ways to confront escalating health care costs, new approaches to implementing and spreading patient-centered medical homes (PCMH), and new opportunities for leveraging health IT.
• February 09, 2013: HMC Signs Strategic Partnership with Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has signed a strategic agreement with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to examine new and innovative ways to achieve the safest and most effective quality of health care in Qatar and enhance the patient’s experience at HMC.