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The Science of Improvement: Accelerating Your Capacity to Change
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November 18-19, 2008
This two-day interactive workshop is designed to provide participants with a framework for organizing and implementing improvement projects, as well as an opportunity to enhance their understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, techniques, and methods.
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Hospital to Home: Optimizing the Transition
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October 28-29, 2008
This two-day interactive seminar will assist teams in enhancing communications, supporting patients and families, eliminating waste, and improving workflow using ideas that have been tested in an IHI Learning and Innovation Community.
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Reengineering the Operating Room to Improve Hospital-Wide Efficiency and Quality
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September 24-25, 2008
This two-day seminar provides participants with a set of tools to use and apply in their operating room to reduce costs and improve patient throughput in the hospital. Participants will be guided through a series of topics critical for efficient hospital operations.
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Engaging with Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda
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September 8-9, 2008
This seminar focuses on how to apply concrete, practical approaches to engage physicians in the quality and safety work of the hospital or other health care system.
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Cracking the Code to Hospital Wide Patient Flow
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July 21-22, 2008
Flow is a property of the entire system and can only be optimized at the system level. Through IHI’s work with hundreds of institutions, a framework has evolved that allows for an organized approach to improving the system of patient flow.
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Achieving the Triple Aim: The Simultaneous Pursuit of Excellent Health, Ideal Care, and Controlled Costs
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June 23-24, 2008
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.
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Applying Queuing Theory to Health Care: Managing Random Demand in a Fixed Capacity Environment
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June 18-19, 2008
Queuing theory is a powerful tool that can be applied to health care settings to solve the relationship between random customer demand and fixed capacity. There are different models designed to solve different types of problems, and the key to success is applying the right model in the right setting.
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Delivering Safe and Optimal Care Through Effective Teamwork and Communication
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June 10-11, 2008
This two-day seminar provides participants strategies and tools for training teams and overseeing the implementation of effective team communication. The curriculum merges leadership skills, team communication, and process improvement together to create a framework that teams can use to manage their resources wisely and improve their overall performance.
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International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care 2008
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April 22-25, 2008
The annual International Forum, co-sponsored by IHI and the BMJ Publishing Group, is the premier international "gathering" of people committed to improving the quality of health care.
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The Science of Improvement: Accelerating Your Capacity to Change
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April 10-11, 2008
This two-day interactive workshop is designed to provide participants with a framework for organizing and implementing improvement projects, as well as an opportunity to enhance their understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, techniques, and methods.
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9th International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice
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March 30 - April 1, 2008
The Summit is a world-class conference featuring the best ideas and faculty on areas that are ripe for improvement within the office practice and outpatient settings.
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Engaging with Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda
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February 12-13, 2008
This seminar focuses on teaching participants how to apply concrete, practical approaches to engaging physicians in the quality and safety work of their hospital or other health care system.
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Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care
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February 5-6, 2008
This interactive seminar teaches individuals how to apply reliability science to their current work in health care. Through focusing on one key set of processes, individuals will take the principles of reliability and translate and apply them to everyday work.
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Cracking the Code to Hospital Wide Patient Flow
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January 16-17, 2008
Flow is a property of the entire system and can only be optimized at the system level. Through IHI’s work with hundreds of institutions, a framework has evolved that allows for an organized approach to improving the system of patient flow.
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Satellite Broadcast: 19th Annual National Forum
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December 11-12, 2007
As part of our ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the National Forum Keynote and Mini Keynote presentations on December 11 and 12.
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19th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
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December 9-12, 2007
The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is the premier "meeting place" for people committed to the mission of improving health care. This annual event draws over 5,500 health care leaders from around the world in person and thousands more via satellite broadcast.
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Leading and Implementing Safety Strategies: Role of Managers
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October 24-25, 2007
A two-day seminar that provides front-line managers the tools and resources needed to lead the quality and safety projects in their individual departments and throughout their organizations.
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The Science of Improvement: Accelerating Your Capacity to Change
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October 16-17, 2007
This two-day interactive workshop is designed to provide participants with a framework for organizing and implementing improvement projects, as well as an opportunity to enhance their understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, techniques, and methods.
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Applying Queuing Theory to Health Care: Managing Random Demand in a Fixed Capacity Environment
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September 17-18, 2007
Queuing theory is a powerful tool that can be applied to health care settings to solve the relationship between random customer demand and fixed capacity. There are different models designed to solve different types of problems, and the key to success is applying the right model in the right setting.
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Engaging with Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda
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July 12-13, 2007
This seminar focuses on teaching participants how to apply concrete, practical approaches to engaging physicians in the quality and safety work of their hospital or other health care system.
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Cracking the Code to Hospital Wide Patient Flow
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June 5-6, 2007
Flow is a property of the entire system and can only be optimized at the system level. Through IHI’s work with hundreds of institutions, a framework has evolved that allows for an organized approach to improving the system of patient flow.
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Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care
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May 17-18, 2007
This seminar focuses on applying reliability science to improve care and provides a unique opportunity for participants to instantly apply lessons learned from lectures and gain immediate feedback through over-the-shoulder coaching from faculty.
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International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care 2007
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April 18-20, 2007
The annual European Forum, co-sponsored by IHI and the BMJ Publishing Group, is the premier international "gathering" of people committed to improving the quality of health care.
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8th International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice
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March 25-27, 2007
The Summit is a world-class conference featuring the best ideas and faculty on areas that are ripe for improvement within the office practice and outpatient settings.
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Implementing Safety Strategies as a Frontline Manager
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February 12-13, 2007
A two-day seminar designed to build capacity and provide tools for frontline managers to participate in improving quality and safety efforts on their individual units and throughout the organization.
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Engaging with Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda
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February 5-6, 2007
This seminar focuses on teaching participants how to apply concrete, practical approaches to engaging physicians in the quality and safety work of their hospital or other health care system.
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Spreading Change: from Collaboratives to Campaigns and Beyond
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January 31 - February 1, 2007
The best knowledge and ideas about successful spread methodology brought together into a valuable — and practical — seminar for health care leaders.
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Satellite Broadcast: 18th Annual National Forum
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December 12-13, 2006
As part of our ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the National Forum Plenary and Miniplenary presentations on December 12 and 13.
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18th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
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December 10-13, 2006
The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is the premier "meeting place" for people committed to the mission of improving health care. This annual event draws over 5,500 health care leaders from around the world in person and an additional 6,000 via satellite.
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Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care
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November 1-2, 2006
This seminar focuses on applying reliability science to improve care and provides a unique opportunity for participants to instantly apply lessons learned from lectures and gain immediate feedback through over-the-shoulder coaching from faculty.
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The Science of Improvement: Accelerating Your Capacity to Change
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June 20-21, 2006
This two-day interactive workshop is designed to provide participants with a framework for organizing and implementing improvement projects, as well as an opportunity to enhance their understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, techniques, and methods.
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Satellite Broadcast: 2nd Annual International Summit
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June 13-14, 2006
As part of our ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the Plenary and Miniplenary presentations on June 13 and 14.
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2nd Annual International Summit on Redesigning Hospital Care
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June 12-14, 2006
This Summit is a convergence of IHI's previous summits on critical care, patient safety, workforce development, and patient flow. With its 360-degree view of the hospital, this event will enable participants to design a unified plan for significant, sustainable improvements.
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Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care
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May 31-June 1, 2006
This seminar focuses on applying reliability science to improve care and provides a unique opportunity for participants to instantly apply lessons learned from lectures and to gain immediate feedback through over-the-shoulder coaching from faculty.
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11th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
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April 26-28, 2006
The annual European Forum, co-sponsored by IHI and the BMJ Publishing Group, is the premier international "gathering" of people committed to improving the quality of health care.
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7th Annual International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice
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March 19-21, 2006
The Summit is a world-class conference featuring the best ideas and faculty on areas that are ripe for improvement within the office practice and outpatient settings.
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Satellite Broadcast: 17th Annual National Forum
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December 13-14, 2005
As part of our ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the Plenary and Miniplenary presentations on December 13 and 14.
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17th National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
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December 11-14, 2005
The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is the premier "meeting place" for people committed to the mission of improving health care. This annual event draws over 5,000 health care leaders from around the world in person and an additional 6,000 via satellite.
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1st Annual International Summit on Redesigning Hospital Care
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June 8-10, 2005
This Summit is a convergence of IHI's previous summits on critical care, patient safety, workforce development, and patient flow. With its 360-degree view of the hospital, this event will enable participants to design a unified plan for significant, sustainable improvements.
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10th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
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April 13-15, 2005
The annual European Forum, co-sponsored by IHI and the BMJ Publishing Group, is the premier international "gathering" of people committed to improving the quality of health care.
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6th Annual International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice
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March 30-April 1, 2005
World-class conferences featuring the best ideas and faculty on areas that are ripe for improvement within office practice and outpatient settings.
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Increasing the Reliable Delivery of Care
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February 25, 2005
This one-day seminar will provide an overview of the key concepts of reliability science and share how organizations working with IHI’s IMPACT network are applying these concepts to clinical processes such as acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure.
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16th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
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December 12-15, 2004
The annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is the premier "meeting place" for people committed to the mission of improving health care. IHI also hosts a European Forum and an Asia Pacific Forum in partnership with the BMJ Publishing Group.
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Critical Linkages: Patient Safety, Nurse Staffing, and Leadership Solutions for Tomorrow
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September 27-28, 2004
This symposium examines the direct connection between the nursing shortage and patient safety. The program offers workable solutions for health care organizations to become a preferred workplace for employees and a preferred provider for patients.
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NICHQ's 4th Annual Forum for Improving Children's Health Care
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February 28 – March 2, 2005
The Forum for Improving Children’s Health Care is the centerpiece of NICHQ’s work to eliminate the gap in what is and what can be in health care for all children. Attendees will have the opportunity to share ideas through networking with colleagues, learn from experienced leaders and nationally recognized speakers on a variety of topics, and see demonstrations of cutting-edge technology.
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Accelerating Improvement by Creating High-Performance Teams
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September 22, 2004 and October 27, 2004
Jump start your group by attending this one-day workshop on building effective teams, offered prior to the Collaborative Learning Sessions.
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Learning and Innovation Community: Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections (MRSA, VRE, C. diff)
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FOR CURRENT MEMBERS ONLY We are no longer accepting new participants in this Community. Health care-associated infections remain a major cause of morbidity, mortality and cost despite concerted efforts of infection control professionals for nearly a half-century. Recently, treatment of these infections has become more complex due to an alarming rise in antibiotic resistance. The aim of this Community will be to significantly reduce health care-associated infections due to MRSA, VRE, and C. diff.
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Learning and Innovation Community: Reducing Surgical Complications
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FOR CURRENT MEMBERS ONLY We are no longer accepting new participants in this Community.
A substantial percentage of operative procedures result in preventable complications, some of which can be life-threatening. The aim of this Learning and Innovation Community is to significantly reduce the occurrence of the most serious surgical complications. Specific areas of focus include infections, cardiac events, emboli, and post-operative bleeding.
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Learning and Innovation Community: Reducing Hospital Mortality Rates
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Organizations have the option to participate in this Community either through membership in IMPACT or through direct enrollment in the Community. The Reducing Hospital Mortality Rates community will focus on decreasing mortality rates by addressing the system issues that contribute to mortality, and implementing changes for which strong evidence already exists.
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Learning and Innovation Community: Implementing an Idealized Model for Critical Care
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Organizations have the option to participate in this Community either through membership in IMPACT or through direct enrollment in the Community. Despite numerous local improvements in various elements of critical care, hospitals have barely tapped the potential of these improvements or the potential of emerging technologies. The Critical Care community is designed to close the gap between what is known and what is practiced, and to establish new systems of care in critical care settings.
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Innovation Community: Designing for Reliability in Clinical Processes
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For Current Members Only
We are no longer accepting new participants in this Community. The Designing for Reliability community will focus on dramatically increasing reliability in clinical diagnoses and processes, for which clinical evidence already exists and has been recommended by expert groups or adopted by national organizations.
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Innovation Community: Improving Access and Efficiency in Specialty Practices
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Begins Fall 2004
Participants will test new ideas in an effort to achieve measurable improvements in specialty practice access and efficiency.
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Innovation Community: Building an Effective "Planned Care" System for All Patients in Ambulatory Settings
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Begins Fall 2004
This Innovation Community will take what is known about chronic disease management and resource planning in office practices and test new methods that create measurable improvements in chronic care across conditions.
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Innovation Community: Reducing Mortality Rates (HSMR)
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Begins Fall 2004
Participants will take steps to reduce overall HSMR by 20 points or by a 25% reduction in raw mortality.
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Innovation Community: Improving Flow Through Acute Care Settings
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Begins October 2004
Participants will be asked to design and test changes aimed at increasing overall hospital throughput.
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BTS Collaborative: Reducing Surgical Site Infections — Deploying a High-Reliability System
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Begins October 2004
Participants in this Breakthrough Series (BTS) Collaborative will decrease morbidity and mortality associated with postoperative infection through various measures, including: appropriate and timely prophylactic antibiotic administration; perioperative glucose control and supplemental oxygen; controlling perioperative normothermia; and improving operating room culture.
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Innovation Community: Improving Reliability in Key Clinical Areas
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Begins October 2004
The project will focus on dramatically increasing reliability in five clinical diagnoses: acute myocardial infarction (AMI); coronary artery bypass graft (CABG); heart failure; community-acquired pneumonia; and hip and knee replacement.
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BTS Collaborative: Improving Access and Efficiency in Primary Care
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Begins October 2004
Participating organizations in this Breakthrough Series (BTS) Collaborative will apply three strategies for building an access system that offers patients appointments with their primary care provider on the same day they call: shape demand, match supply and demand, and redesign their office practice systems to increase capacity.
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BTS Collaborative: Reducing Complications from Ventilators and Central Lines in the ICU
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Begins September 2004
The goals of this Breakthrough Series (BTS)Collaborative will be to significantly reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-related bloodstream infections through the use of ventilator bundles, central line bundles, multidisciplinary rounds, daily goal sheets, and effective weaning protocols.
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BTS Collaborative: Reducing High-Hazard Adverse Drug Events — Narcotics and Anticoagulants
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Begins September 2004
This Breakthrough Series (BTS) Collaborative will focus specifically on reducing adverse drug events (ADEs) in narcotics and anticoagulants, specifically: measuring harm, reconciliation of medications, building a safety culture, and improving core medication processes.
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