IHI Patient Safety and Quality for Emerging Leaders
IHI Patient Safety and Quality for Emerging Leaders
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Elevate Your Impact in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Want to learn more? Join our informational call on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM.
This dynamic program includes:
- Nine self-directed modules to learn at your own pace.
- Six live virtual sessions for interactive coaching and collaboration.
- Extended access for six weeks after the program ends to reinforce learning and implementation.
Take the next step in becoming a confident, effective leader in patient safety and quality. Register today and start making a difference.
Making the Case: Download the Justification Letter to provide high-level information on the Patient Safety and Quality for Emerging Leaders program to your leadership.
Session Agenda
The agenda for the September–December 2025 offering is available to download:
Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Continuing education credits for this program are still being finalized and will be updated shortly.
CE Instructions
To be eligible for a continuing education certificate, attendees must complete the online evaluation within 30 days of the continuing education activity. After this period, you will be unable to receive a certificate.
Continuing education credits will not be awarded for non-educational activities, including (but not limited to) meals, breaks and receptions.
Already attended?
To view continuing education (CE) credits and session materials:
- Click on the "My IHI" link on the top of this page
- Once you are logged in, click on the "Credits" tab to see CE information.
- Click on the "My Participation" tab and then the button that says "My Materials" to see course materials.
Planning Committee
Jessica Behrhorst, MPH, CPPS, CPQH, CPHRM, Quality, Safety and HRO Consultant, Aptive Resources
Cindy Betti-Sullivan, Co-Lead, Education Content Design and Development, IHI
Sam Culbert, Marketing Coordinator, IHI
Pat Folcarelli, RN, MA, PhD, Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services and the Cynthia and Robert J. Lepofsky Chief Nursing Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Srikant Iyer, MD, MPH,Chief Quality Officer and Chief of Emergency Service, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jennifer Lenoci-Edwards, BSN, RN, MPH, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Elena Origlio, Senior Program Manager, IHI
Jesse McCall, MBA, Senior Director, IHI
Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, Senior Advisor for Safety, IHI
Katherine Rowbotham, MA, Director of Accreditation, IHI
Lauge Sokol-Hessner, MD, CPPS, Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Washington
Disclosure: None of the planners, presenters, or staff for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Fees & Scholarships
Fee: $900 per person
Group Rate: $765 (groups of three or more save 15%)
Includes self-paced online content, six live All-Learner Calls, social learning with your peers, and access to one-on-one coaching with expert faculty.
Scholarships
IHI is pleased to offer a limited number of free and 25% scholarships to assist with program registration costs for those working in:
- Independent, United States Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that are not affiliated with a hospital or health system
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Independent practices with fewer than 20 physicians
- Hospitals with fewer than 50 beds
- Members of America's Essential Hospitals
- 501(c)(3) organization with a defined operating budget of less than $5 million, serving community-based populations
- Ministries of Health
- Faith-based health institutions
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
Scholarship applications are due August 18, 2025.
All Scholarships are reviewed on an individual basis. If multiple individuals from the same organization wish to apply for a scholarship, each individual must submit an application. Group discounts are also available, see information above.
To ensure equal distribution of funds, all scholarships applications are reviewed using the same scoring criteria. All awarded amounts are final.