In this op-ed, Dr. Ron Wyatt cites racism as a public health crisis that needs to be named and addressed.
Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Patient Safety Awareness Week Highlights Critical Need
This article about Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) highlights the need for nurses to improve safety in clinical settings, referencing IHI’s Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit as a resource.
Prioritizing People and Rapid Learning in Times of Crisis: A Virtual Learning Initiative to Support Health Workers During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
This article reports on an initiative set up within Africa’s Western Cape provincial Department of Health early in the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate collective learning and support for health workers and managers across the health system. Strategies …
Accelerating Global Improvements in Health Care Quality
Many lower-resourced countries, historically focused on expanding access to essential health services, now place a similar priority on higher quality. In this Viewpoint, the authors describe how universal health coverage, a key Sustainable Development …
100 Million Healthier Lives Provides Framework for Change
This article, published by the American Public Health Association (APHA), details the lessons learned and success stories from IHI’s 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative.
Eliminating Racial Healthcare Disparities in the Payer Industry
This podcast features IHI’s CEO Kedar Mate and Mark Friedberg, Senior VP at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, discussing steps the payer community can take to eliminate racial disparities in their communities and companies.
Equity Metrics Should Be an Essential Component of Hospital Rankings
This is a great article about addressing inequities in health care and associated metrics, citing IHI White Paper Achieving Health Equity.
How Payers Can Take Action Against Racial Care Disparities
IHI’s CEO Kedar Mate offers commentary on steps that the payer industry can take to eliminate racial disparities in their communities and companies.
Statement from IHI: IHI Speaks Out on AAPI Violence
Statement from IHI and CEO Kedar Mate about the rise of racism and targeting of Asian American Pacific Islanders.
Envisioning the Future of Complex Care
Kedar Mate, MD, President and CEO of IHI, and Allison Hamblin, MSPH, President and CEO at the Center for Health Care Strategies, share their top 10 predictions for the future of complex care in the US.
