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December 09, 2014: IHI Kicks Off National Forum with 5,500 Health Professionals Committed to Improving Health and Health Care
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement kicks off its annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (December 7-10, 2014, in Orlando, Florida) with 5,500 health professional committed to being best at health care and best at improving health.
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October 08, 2014: New Guiding Coalition for Health Unites to Improve the Health of Millions by 2020
IHI convenes more than 200 innovators from health and health care to achieve a culture of health.
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September 09, 2014: The Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education Program Reaches Milestone: First Providers Receive Reaccreditation
The Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education program is proud to announce that the first two continuing education (CE) providers to be jointly accredited have now received reaccreditation. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and VHA Inc. became the first two organizations to receive joint accreditation in 2010 as providers of continuing education for healthcare teams. These two organizations have now become the first to receive reaccreditation—a milestone for interprofessional continuing education.
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September 09, 2014: CFHI and IHI Team Up to Improve Patient Experience and Outcomes while Lowering Costs
Ten Canadian Teams Join IHI Triple Aim Collaborative.
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September 08, 2014: IHI Announces 2014-2015 Class of Quality Improvement Fellows
Six clinicians and health care leaders spanning four continents convene in Cambridge for year-long immersion program as part of the 2014-2015 IHI Fellowship Program.
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August 05, 2014: IHI Offers New Executive Development Program for Leaders and Organizations Transitioning to Population Management
IHI Offers New Executive Development Program for Leaders and Organizations Transitioning to Population Management
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May 05, 2014: HMC Announces Poster Exhibition Winners Showcasing Innovative Patient Quality Initiatives
Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced the winners of a poster competition to showcase leading healthcare quality improvement initiatives at this year’s Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety.
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April 28, 2014: Dr. Thomas Chapman Joins IHI Board of Directors
IHI has announced that Dr. Thomas W. Chapman, president and CEO of The HSC Foundation, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. The HSC Foundation is the parent corporation of three subsidiaries that directly serve individuals with special health care needs, families and communities in the Washington metropolitan area. The Foundation also provides funds in support of populations that face social and health care barriers.
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April 02, 2014: IHI's Nneka Mobisson-Etuk Named a 2014 Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is honored to announce that Executive Director Dr. Nneka Mobisson-Etuk has been named to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Young Global Leaders (YGL) classof 2014, thanks to her committed energy and knowledge in addressing some of the most critical issues facing humankind today.
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March 10, 2014: IHI Gathers Healthcare Leaders and Primary Care Teams for Summit in Washington, DC
IHI, a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, kicked off its 15th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community in Washington DC. Taking place from March 9-11, more than 1,000 clinical providers and leaders are sharing the latest developments from communities across the US and Canada about the transformation of primary care.
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March 03, 2014: IHI Teams Up With Leading Mobile Health Clinics to Spotlight Innovative Approaches to Improving Health and Health Care Services
In today’s dynamic health care environment, innovative delivery models are increasingly necessary to achieve better community health and better patient care while reducing costs. Mobile health clinics offer one such opportunity to achieve this Triple Aim, by bringing the right care, at the right time, to the right communities around the country. With a focus on screenings, health prevention, and linkages to primary care, some 2,000 mobile health clinics in the US are building trusted relationships with patients in often underserved communities and working in partnership with health care systems to ensure everyone has a pathway to better health
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February 18, 2014: IHI Launches Learning Community to Improve Costs and Outcomes with Total Joint Replacements
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, has teamed up with experts from the Harvard Business School (HBS) to spearhead the adoption of new methods that promise to improve health outcomes per dollar spent for knee and hip replacements, the most common condition in the Medicare population. It is predicted that by 2030, the number of primary total knee replacements will increase by 673 percent, to 3.48 million procedures annually, and the number of primary total hip replacements will increase by 174 percent, to 572,000 procedures annually1.
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February 05, 2014: The State of Louisiana, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Leading Nursing Association Collaborate to Improve Care for Late Preterm and Early Term Infants
Late preterm infants (those born between 34 and 36 completed weeks of gestation) represent the majority of preterm births and 8.7% of all births in the U.S. These infants experience more medical complications than full-term babies, such as respiratory distress, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis and feeding difficulties.