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An Inside Look at the Health of America and Its Communities
Commentary from IHI’s Ninon Lewis and Soma Stout are included in this article, which accompanied the publication’s release of its second annual Healthiest Communities ranking. Ninon’s remarks focus on the need for health systems to continue to think be…
Why Age-Friendly Health Care Makes Good Business Sense
The Business Case for Becoming an Age-Friendly Health System
Innovators, Experts, and Medical Practitioners Convene in Houston for IHI Patient Safety Congress
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As Home Care Expands, Let’s Make It Safer For Everyone
IHI, with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, recently completed a two-part project, including convening an expert panel, to better understand the extent of safety issues in home care, what infrastructure already exist to advance safe c…
Doctors Celebrate Success of Project “Improving Patient Safety on a Large Scale in Brazil”
In practice, "Improving Patient Safety on a Large Scale in Brazil" captures ideas from all people working within intensive care units (ICUs) to find a solution that meets the prevention rules set forth in the methodology of the Institute for …
Medicare Penalizing 15 Arizona Hospitals Over Patient Safety Issues
Commentary from Don Goldmann is included in this article about a patient safety penalty program. In his remarks, which close out the story, Don advocates for more transparency, noting that hospitals do their patients a public service by making availabl…
Have We Mastered Technology, or Has It Mastered Us?
Commentary from IHI’s Cory Sevin is featured in this piece about the use of technology in health care.
Could Care Opinion Work in Your Country too?
This article discusses Care Option, an online patient and carer feedback service, and references IHI’s 2019 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Glasgow.
Does Your Health System Board Know How to Oversee Quality?
This article focuses on research by IHI’s Lucian Leape Institute which included more than 60 interviews with thought leaders in governance education, representatives of state hospital associations, board leaders and health system leaders, and found tha…
Transferring Patient Safety Progress to the Ambulatory Setting
IHI’s 2019 Patient Safety Awareness Week webcast on the importance of broadening the focus of patient safety efforts to the ambulatory setting is highlighted in this article.
