Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement

This article proposes expanding the original Triple Aim (improving population health, enhancing the care experience, reducing costs) beyond the "quadruple aim" (addressing clinician burnout) to a "quintuple aim" that includes advanc…

Organizations can use this self-assessment tool with 10 recommended practices for diagnostic excellence to understand current diagnostic practices, identify areas to improve, and track progress toward diagnostic safety and excellence over time.

This article recaps the Viewpoint recently published in JAMA by IHI President and CEO Kedar Mate and two other authors about the need for equity to be added as a fifth aim for health care systems.

This article details the new pay-for-equity initiative from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and includes quotes from IHI Senior Director Shannon Welch, and mention of IHI’s Equity Action Community.

This article provides leaders with questions and advice for leading through today’s challenging times and includes quotes from IHI’s Jessica Perlo, and a link to IHI’s Joy in Work framework.

This article looks back on efforts to improve health equity in 2021 and cites statistics from IHI’s Health Equity Report as well as quotes from IHI’s President & CEO Kedar Mate.

This article reports on the recent visit by IHI’s President & CEO Kedar Mate to Doha, Qatar to mark the 10-year partnership between IHI and HMC’s Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute (HHQI).

This article highlights the top patient safety issues for hospitals to address this year, and IHI’s Patricia McGaffigan is the leading voice in the story. The piece links to the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.

This article provides guidance for health care leaders to effectively prepare for and address pushback on health equity, including using data and stories to harness curiosity as an antidote to fear and resistance.

This article quotes four health care leaders, including IHI’s Patricia McGaffigan, discussing their top patient safety priorities.