Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Have We Mastered Technology, or Has It Mastered Us?

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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?

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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?

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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

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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.

WIHI: How to Make Patient Safety Easier to Explain and to Champion

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March 21, 2019 | Why is it so hard to explain patient safety outside of health care?

The Answer to Culture Change Everyday Management Tactics

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This piece by Kedar Mate and Jeff Rakover focuses on the everyday management tactics that can be used to create a culture of transparency, continuous improvement, and frontline engagement.

Directing Change – How a Hospital Transformed

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This is a commentary from Uma Kotagal in which she describes Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s participation in the Pursuing Perfection Initiative, stating that the grant the hospital received as part of the effort included important improvement trainin…

Annual Quality and Safety in Healthcare Forum Announces Largest Program in Seven-Year History

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This article highlights the 2019 Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare taking place in Doha.

La Crosse County Deaths From Opioid Abuse Plunge From 2016 Peak of 19 to two Last Year

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This article in the La Crosse Tribune spotlights the local decrease in opioid-related deaths, noting the impact of the Alliance to HEAL and mentions IHI’s role in guiding the work.

The Answer to Culture Change: Everyday Management Tactics

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This article describes the High-Performance Management System, a model developed by IHI to drive sustained value improvement via culture change.