Saving Lives After Surgery
Saving Lives After Surgery
Post-Surgical Mortality: Addressing Africa's Silent Health Epidemic
Millions of people die each year from complications after surgery. Despite post-surgical mortality being the third largest cause of death across the world — more than AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, or childbirth combined — very little funding or research goes toward solving this problem.
It's not the surgery itself that is the cause of mortality. Patients are dying because we don’t have solutions that help medical staff identify and respond to patients in distress following surgery.
IHI has a proven solution that can reach all patients in need. No new drug or device is needed, just nurses and doctors providing the right care, at the right time, for every patient after surgery.
By co-designing new patient care systems and developing new skills and tools, 7 hospital teams in 4 African countries built a new model of care that decreased deaths after surgery by 36 percent.
Our audacious goal is to scale up this new model to hundreds of large hospitals across Africa in the next five years. Partnering with researchers from University of Cape Town and an existing network of hospital practitioners across Africa, we are refining the care model to make sure it can be scaled with minimal external support. We are now seeking funding to undertake an ambitious expansion of this initiative. With further funding and support from in-country partners, we will engage over 200 hospitals in Africa to rapidly implement the model in the health systems of 20 countries. Working with country health systems and global health leaders and influencers, our audacious long-term goal is to spread this life-saving intervention across the globe.
These new game-changing models of care and scale up will save millions of lives in a neglected area of care.
Better Quality Through Better Measurement Online Course with Coaching
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For quality improvement professionals working to design a practical measurement system to monitor and guide improvement work, this course is the pragmatic approach to assemble a team, build a measurement framework, and analyze data for improvement.
Making the Case: Download the Justification Letter to provide high-level information on the Better Quality Through Better Measurement program to your leadership.
Session Agenda
- Lesson 1 – Introduction, Why are you Measuring, Intro to the QMJ
- Lesson 2 – Moving from Concept to Measure, Operational Definitions, and Data Collection
- Lesson 3 – Understanding Variation Conceptually and Statistically
- Lesson 4 – Run Charts
- Lesson 5 – Control Charts
- Lesson 6 – Linking Measurement to Improvement
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.
This program is approved to provide 12 credits for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this blended learning activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity may also be applicable for other professions that accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
A growing list of countries accept ACCME-accredited education.
Upon completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Create measurement systems, develop operational definitions, and build data collection plans to support quality improvement.
- Construct and analyze run and control charts to distinguish special from common cause variation.
- Engage improvement stakeholders and use data for improvement rather than judgement.
Instructions
In order 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.
Planning Committee
Jesse McCall, MBA, Director and Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Robert Lloyd, PhD, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Rebecca Steinfield, MA, Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Jeffrey Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS, Vice President, Safety, IHI
Amy Weckman, MSN, APRN, CNP, CPHQ, Project Director, IHI
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
Registration Fees
Regular Rate: $549
Scholarships
IHI is pleased to offer a limited number of 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
To apply for a scholarship, please complete the online Scholarship Application by March 3, 2025. IHI will not consider applications submitted after this date.
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.
To ensure equal distribution of funds, all scholarships applications are reviewed using the same scoring criteria. All awarded amounts are final.
Please note, scholarships are available for program registration costs only, and do not cover travel, food, or accommodation costs associated with attending a program.
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Alison Valier
Professor, A.T. Still University
Professor, A.T. Still University
Excellent course full of great tips and examples - just a great overall learning experience!