Category: Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Assessment Tool Allows Health System Boards to Track Their Performance

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This article highlights IHI’s new governance framework and assessment tool—Governance of Quality Assessment (GQA)— that supports healthcare trustees and executives in their responsibilities to oversee quality of care by defining core processes, culture…

Q&A with Amy Reid, Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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Amy Reid leads efforts to advance health equity at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Reid, who heads the institute’s Pursuing Equity initiative, spoke with Interact for Health about ways the institute is working to reduce health inequitie…

Experts Advise La Crosse Group in Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

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This article includes commentary from three IHI experts on their work with a La Crosse country group in their fight against the opioid epidemic.

New Plan to Fight Rising Opioid Overdoses in La Crosse

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This article includes commentary from IHI experts on their work with a La Crosse County group in their fight against the opioid epidemic. ​

Health Care Programs for Older Adults

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Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS), in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has been growing. Five pioneering systems are currently in place with another 75 coming onboard around the US. The foundation’s goal is to have 20 percent…

Manged Care Organizations Trailblazing Social Determinants of Health

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Health care organizations must build partnerships to address social determinants of health in the communities they serve, Don Berwick, MD, former CMS administrator, told HealthLeaders at the 2018 Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum.

Service Guarantees Have A Place In Health Care

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An acclaimed Texas A&M marketing professor argues that well-designed and executed service guarantees will strengthen an organization’s culture of service excellence.

WIHI: New Guidance for Governance of Health System Quality – What Trustees Should Know and Do

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January 17, 2019 | Is there a better way for boards to fulfill their mandate of ensuring health systems live up to theirs on quality?

Leveraging the Psychology of Change

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This article presents an overview of the IHI Psychology of Change Framework with key takeaways for leaders, to help them understand why people resist change and how to activate people to advance and sustain improved care.

Eight Takeaways and Observations from Last Week’s IHI Conference

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Jay Bhatt, DO, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, American Hospital Association, shares his reflections on the IHI National Forum.