Connect

Connect

Lead change on a global stage — connect with visionary leaders, share learning and strategies, and drive health care improvement and transformation worldwide.

A Global Approach for Connection and Impact

Meaningful change in health and health care happens when people come together with purpose. IHI events and communities span geographies and disciplines to connect individuals, teams, organizations, and systems across the globe — uniting them in the pursuit of better care, better health, and equity for all.

We convene international events that serve as vibrant spaces for knowledge exchange, peer learning, and inspiration. IHI communities are supported by a robust infrastructure and guided by a common aim: to accelerate innovation, spread proven practices to improve health care, and build the capacity of leaders and teams to deliver lasting change.

  • Collaborative Innovation: Work alongside leading thinkers and implementers to co-design solutions that address complex health challenges.
  • Access to Expertise: Tap into IHI’s trusted knowledge base and global faculty to stay ahead of the curve on improvement science and system transformation.
  • Global Reach, Local Relevance: Engage in networks that span continents while addressing the unique needs of your community or organization.
  • Professional Growth: Participate in leadership development, coaching, and peer learning opportunities tailored to your role and goals.
  • Strategic Influence: Shape the future of health care by contributing to initiatives that inform policy, practice, and innovation at scale.
  • Shared Purpose: Join a mission-driven community committed to improving health and health care for all.

Ready to Join Us?

Whether you're a health care leader, frontline clinician, policymaker, or advocate — there’s a place for you in IHI’s global improvement community. Be part of the change.

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IHI Events

World-Class International Events

IHI’s international events — such as the annual IHI Forum and International Forums, the Patient Safety Congress, and regional events around the world — offer opportunities to learn the latest improvement ideas, connect with like-minded colleagues, and generate momentum for ch​ange.​​
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IHI Communities: Designed for Impact

Communities Designed for Impact

IHI’s communities are more than networks — they are engines of transformation. These communities bring together diverse collaborators — health systems, government agencies, industry leaders, and frontline innovators — who are committed to solving complex challenges through shared learning, co-design, and collective action. Whether advancing health equity, improving patient safety, or reimagining care delivery, IHI communities are structured to drive measurable results at scale.
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Learn, Connect, and Grow with IHI

IHI empowers your career growth and learning with a dynamic blend of in-person and virtual educational opportunities, designed with your needs in mind. Our programs are meticulously designed to foster collaborative learning and hands-on experiences, ensuring that you gain practical skills and insights.

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Career Growth and Professional Development

Partner

Partner

Partner with IHI to accelerate and sustain health care improvement through expert-led consulting and collaborative initiatives.

Transforming Health and Health Care — Together

IHI partners with organizations around the world to drive meaningful, measurable, and lasting improvements in health and health care. Our approach is rooted in improvement science and co-design. We provide improvement expertise and work side-by-side with partners to design adaptive, data-driven solutions that reflect local context and global best practices.

IHI consulting services and strategic initiatives are grounded in decades of experience; a deep commitment to quality, safety, and equity; and a global network of collaborators who share our mission to improve health and health care worldwide.

Let’s turn purpose into progress — together. If you're committed to making health care better, safer, and more equitable, we’re ready to partner with you.

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IHI Consulting Delivers Results for Health and Health Care

Consulting Services: Powered by Purpose, Designed to Achieve Results

As a mission-driven nonprofit, IHI brings more than expertise — we bring purpose. Our consulting team is united by a shared belief: that better health and health care are possible, and that transformation is achievable when we work together. We don’t just consult. We collaborate, coach, and co-design — and we commit to helping you achieve outcomes that matter.
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IHI Initiatives

Collaborative Improvement Initiatives

The most pressing challenges in health and health care require more than isolated solutions — they demand bold, coordinated efforts across systems, sectors, and communities. IHI initiatives bring together diverse stakeholders around common goals. We help build the infrastructure for sustainable change, foster a culture of shared learning, and achieve impact through collective action. Together, we don’t just imagine a better future — we build it.
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Learn, Connect, and Grow with IHI

Whether you ​are looking for new ideas for health care improvement, want to get results in a particular area, or are ready to take your organization to a new level of performance, IHI has trainings and professional development programs to help you.

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Career Growth and Professional Development

IHI Open School for Higher Learning and Residency Programs

Availability:
Groups
Term:
12 Months
Format:
Online
Courses:
13
CE Credits:
No
Fee:
$25 Per User

Institutions of higher learning and residency programs worldwide trust the IHI Open School to equip students with the skills necessary to excel in patient safety and quality improvement. Our curriculum, designed to complement classroom learning and clinical experiences, prepares the next generation of health and health care leaders to drive real change.
Our new subscription plan for higher learning and residency programs offers 12 months of access to 13 essential courses, for just $25 a user. 

Subscriptions

Please fill in the following form to request an Open School for Higher Learning & Residency Programs group subscription.
Certification of higher learning or residency program status will be required during the subscription process.

Note: This subscription plan does not include Continuing Education credits. If your organization requires Continuing Education credits, please explore these options: IHI Open School for Hospitals and Health Systems (Group Subscription), IHI Open School for Individual Health and Health Care Professionals

 

 

Need help?

Questions? We're here to help! Contact us at openschoolsubscribers@ihi.org.

Melvin Blanchard, MD, MACP

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

The IHI Open School courses have been transformative for our residency program... with 50% of our second-year residents now leading QI initiatives. I highly recommend these courses for their quality, value, and effectiveness.

IHI Open School in Arabic and English (Contextualized for the MENA Region)

Availability:
Groups
Term:
12 Months
Format:
Online
Courses:
13
CE Credits:
Yes
Fee:
See Pricing Options

At this time, these courses are available through group subscriptions only.

This offering is brought to you through a partnership between IHI and the Hamad Medical Corporation.

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Through a unique partnership between the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), students, trainees, professionals, health systems, and institutions of higher learning can access the world-renowned IHI Open School to give them skills and knowledge to drive improvements in health care delivery.
To date, more than nine million IHI Open School courses have been completed worldwide.

What You'll Learn

Learners around the world use the Open School to:

  • Develop the capability of health care staff in the areas of safety, quality improvement, equity, and person-centered care

  • Develop a common language within their organizations about system improvement and quality improvement methods

  • Guide clinicians to deeply consider what matters to patients and populations, and how to achieve more equitable care

  • Introduce new career pathways in patient safety and quality improvement

  • Reinforce trainees, residents, and fellows in learnings around patient safety, quality, and quality improvement

  • Augment the practices supporting an organization’s high-reliability journey 

Pricing

​# of Participants 
 
​Cost ($USD) 
 
​Price Per Student
 
​Price Per Course **
 
​50
 
​$4,999.00
 
​$99.98
 
​$7.69
 
​100
 
​$7,499.00
 
​$74.99
 
​$5.76
 
​250
 
​$12,499.00
 
​$49.99
 
​$3.84
 
​500
 
​$18,999.00
 
​$37.99
 
​$2.92 
 

Subscriptions for groups greater than 500 users are also available. 

 

Subscriptions

To purchase an IHI Open School in Arabic group subscription, please fill out the following request form.

 

 

Need help?

Questions? We're here to help! Contact us at openschoolsubscribers@ihi.org.

Note: If you are a current subscriber of the HMC Open School,
contact Hamadopenschool@hamad.qa for regional customer support.

 

 

*A micro-credential shows proof of completion for a series of courses from an accredited learning institution. They let employers and your professional network know that you have proficiency in a subject area. You can reference this micro-credential on your resume or CV as “Safety and Quality Improvement Micro-Credential, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, (Date of completion).”

**Price per course based on the Basic Certificate (13 courses)

Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)

The CPPS credential is earned by professionals who have demonstrated a high level ​​of proficiency in the core standards of patient safety.​​​​​​​​​ Live and on-demand review courses are available to help you prepare for the CPPS exam by reviewing domain content areas and test-taking strategies.

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Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)
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