Institute for Healthcare Improvement

December 20, 2018 | Whether it’s blowing the whistle on the dangerous levels of lead in drinking water in Flint, Michigan, championing the healing powers of dance and movement in hospitals, or shining a human spotlight on disease outbreaks throughout t…

As providers push quality improvement initiatives, a key part of making those changes stick is emphasizing the human element.

A significant challenge in quality improvement is demonstrating the return on investment.

For patients with multiple morbidities, multidisciplinary care team meetings can develop valuable approaches to effective treatment.

Tackling quality and safety improvement in healthcare facilities is vitally important. But with its increasing complexity, health system board members may struggle to keep up.

Each year in the US, more than 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000 hospitalizations result from adverse drug events, studies show, making medication safety one of the most pressing challenges in health care.

To better understand the cause…

IHI has developed a QI Project Management Tool to help health systems and other healthcare organizations implement quality improvement initiatives. This article features commentary from Karen Baldoza and Christina Gunther-Murphy, and summarizes the fiv…

The current environment for clinicians is “a tough time”, according to Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, who spoke at the annual RSNA conference in Chicago on Nov. 26. Under press…

Longest-running gathering on health care quality unveils new resources to broaden and strengthen strategies to improve health and patient care

This publication assesses the current state of the complex care field and presents actionable recommendations and a common framework for collectively advancing care delivery for individuals with complex health and social needs.