This article presents high-leverage, specific actions to improve equity in health care that are both possible and feasible for all health care organizations to undertake now.
Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Using Machine Learning to Improve Patient Safety in the Home or Remote Setting for Adults
The primary aim of the IHI innovation project described in this report was to assess the use of predictive analytics, specifically machine learning, to improve patient safety through emerging and existing approaches to predict risk, such as technologie…
Effective Quality Planning
Quality planning is the essential first step of IHI’s Whole System Quality approach to overall quality management. This article describes effective quality planning that engages multidisciplinary health care leaders in clearly defining the systemwide q…
Health Care Sector Decarbonization to Accelerate in 2023 – How to Do it Best
This is an opinion piece that lists IHI as one of the organizations dedicating resources to decarbonizing the health care sector.
Effectively Intervening with Patients Facing Housing Instability
This article includes commentary from IHI’s Catherine Mather and discusses IHI’s work with Community Solutions and CommonSpirit Health’s CHI Memorial Hospital regarding housing instability.
How Value-Based Payments to Clinicians Can Help Close Equity Gaps
This is a contributed article by Andrew Dreyfuss, former CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which mentions BCBSMA’s work with IHI to improve health equity in the Commonwealth.
Reimagining the Patient-Caregiver Relationship
This article includes insights from health care leaders, including IHI’s COO Cynthia Barginere, who discussed the impact that redesign can have on joy in work, in particular how human factors design can be used to ensure that technology is implemented …
State’s Largest Insurer to Start Paying Providers to Address Health Care Disparities
This article reports on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ plans to incentivize providers and hospitals to improve health equity and reduce disparaties. IHI’s work with BCBSMA are cited.
IHI Forum – Massachusetts General Hospital Makes Health Equity Progress
This article highlights the progress Massachusetts General Hospital has made to advance health equity, as detailed during a session at IHI Forum 2022.
IHI Forum – Leadership Pivotal in Implementing Joy in Work Initiatives
This article reports on the learnings of a Joy in Work workshop conducted at the IHI Forum 2022.
