Watch a clip of Dr. John A. Kitzhaber's keynote speech from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI's) 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care last month. He suggested we rebuild the US health care system using the objectives of IHI’s Triple Aim.

Dr. Kitzhaber was Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003, and is currently President of the Estes Park Institute and Director for the Center for Evidence-Based Policy at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. His entire keynote speech will be available on IHI.org by the end of January.

 Listen to a recording of the November 12, 2008, informational call about this seminar.

Improve Population Health…Enhance the Health Care Experience…
Reduce the Per Capita Cost

These are the concurrent goals of health care systems that serve populations. Many health care organizations are focused on only one or two of these goals, and may deliver results on one dimension to the detriment of the others. Only by addressing all three can we truly optimize health care resources for a population and achieve broad-based, lasting, transformational results. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) refers to these three goals, pursued simultaneously, as the Triple Aim.

This ground-breaking two-day seminar will provide health care professionals with the opportunity to learn a specific framework for achieving the Triple Aim and to develop a plan for applying the framework to their own organizations. Faculty will use case studies to illustrate the framework and emphasize its application to the specific individuals and populations served by participant organizations.