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IHIâs work to improve the quality of care for mothers and newborns has contributed significantly to Ethiopiaâs notable maternal mortality reduction to 141 per 100,000 live births, and neonatal mortality to 25 per 1,000 live births. Read more:
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CoâCreating Quality: A TwelveâYear Journey of Health System Transformation in Ethiopia
IHIâs Chief Impact Officer reflects on more than a decade of work in Ethiopia, marking 10 years of IHIâs in-country office and the partnerships, leadership, and learning that have shaped lasting healt...
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10 days ago
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IHI's The Conversation Project put together six resources that are filled with useful conversation starter tips and language that can be used or adapted to your situation. Each has a sample of whatâs in the resource, so you can find what will work best for you. Learn more:
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Making Difficult Care Decisions Easier: Six Helpful Resources for Health Care Teams
Resources from The Conversation Project support health care team members to start conversations with patients about what matters through the end of life.
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IHI has added four new members to its Board of Directors, strengthening the organizationâs leadership across global health, corporate governance, technology innovation, and clinical nursing leadership. Read the press release:
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18 days ago
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A free, on-demand course from IHI Open School, PFC 203: Providing AgeâFriendly Care to Older Adults, introduces each of the 4Ms using real clinical scenarios, making it a strong foundation for anyone new to the framework or interested in a concise refresher Learn more:
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Virtual Clinic Enables Learners to Gain Practical Care Experience
A free virtual clinic, paired with a foundational online course, allows learners to practice the elements of age-friendly care in an interactive, low-pressure environment.
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25 days ago
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In a city that never sleeps, how can we ensure fast, safe, and high-quality emergency care for everyone? The UPA em Ação project offers a clear example of how improvement methods can support consistent, reliable emergency care across multiple sites. Read the blog:
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How SĂŁo Pauloâs City Emergency Care Units Are Transforming Urgent Care in the Public Sector
In a city that never sleeps, how can we ensure fast, safe, and high-quality emergency care for everyone? The UPA em Ação project offers a clear example of how improvement methods can support consisten...
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about 1 month ago
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Age-friendly leaders and teams can use the skill of palliative care colleagues to deliver whole-person care â supporting what matters, managing symptoms, and improving quality of life at every stage. Read more:
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Connecting Palliative Care and AgeâFriendly Care to Support What Matters Most
Age-friendly leaders and teams can use the skill of palliative care colleagues to deliver whole-person care â supporting what matters, managing symptoms, and improving quality of life at every stage.
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Strong community partnerships are key to healthier futures for children and families â and the smartest solutions build on existing foundations instead of starting from scratch. Read more:
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Leveraging Existing Infrastructure and Partnerships to Improve Child Health Outcomes
Building sustainable and effective community partnerships is at the heart of improving health outcomes for children and families. Communities can scale what already works to drive lasting change.
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about 2 months ago
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Community health works (CHWs) in rural communities across the country listen to patients and advocate for their needs in conversations with providers and caregivers. CHWs have explored ways to use an age-friendly resource, My Health Checklist, to aid in their work. Read:
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How My Health Checklist Changes the Conversation for Rural Community Health Workers and the Older Adults in their Care
My Health Checklist empowers patients to prioritize what matters most, while helping community health workers (CHWs) and providers deliver ageâfriendly, patientâcentered care. Rural CHWs share how the...
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/how-my-health-checklist-changes-conversation-rural-community-health-workers-and-older
about 2 months ago
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Health care teams are deeply committed to protecting children from harm and ensuring the safest possible outcomes. Yet despite best intentions, harm can happen. The Childrenâs Hospital Association has spent the last decade honing a learning useful framework. Read the blog:
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An Effective Learning Framework for Preventing Harm
A proven learning framework within the protected environment of a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) accelerates progress in pediatric patient safety.
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2 months ago
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From humor to art, two Forum keynotes illuminated how we navigate illness, grief, and uncertaintyâand why honest conversations bring clarity and connection. Read the blog:
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Connection, Co-Survivorship, and the Art of Living with Uncertainty
From humor to art, two Forum keynotes illuminated how we navigate illness, grief, and uncertaintyâand why honest conversations bring clarity and connection.
https://go.ihi.org/4bKH830
2 months ago
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As AI becomes more widespread, health systems face a practical question that governance structures alone cannot answer: how do you know if itâs actually working? Read the blog:
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AI Monitoring: From Model Metrics to Patient Outcomes
As AI becomes more widespread, health systems face a practical question that governance structures alone cannot answer: how do you know if itâs actually working? This blog addresses the practical work...
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3 months ago
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The relationships that community health workers build with patients and caregivers are vital to support health care and well-being. CHWs in rural communities across the country have explored ways to use an age-friendly resource, My Health Checklist, as part of this work. Read:
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Nine Opportunities to Advance Patient-Centered Care with My Health Checklist
My Health Checklist can help spark conversations among caregivers, patients, and health care team members. Rural community health workers are using the checklist to amplify older adult voices and stre...
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3 months ago
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When prevention is measured effectively, it becomes part of everyday care. When it is not, prevention can fade into the background, especially in communities that already face barriers to care. Read our blog to learn how CMS shapes prevention through measurement:
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Prevention First: Turning Health Goals into Everyday Care
Through meaningful preventive quality measures, the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) helps ensure that prevention activities in health care are impactful, useful, and support better care for ...
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/prevention-first-turning-health-goals-everyday-care
3 months ago
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IHI VP Dr. Camille Burnett was interviewed by Anastassia Gliadkovskaya about a recent IHI report that offers a framework for health care organizations to continue health equity efforts amid politicization. Read:
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How to conduct health equity work amid politicization, threats
A new report from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) offers a framework for healthcare organizations to continue health equity efforts amid politicization. | A new framework report identi...
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3 months ago
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In an interview with IHI, Dr. Lydia Love, DVM, DACVAA, CPPS, shares what inspired her to pursue CPPS, how safety science is taking root in veterinary practice, and what both fields can learn from each other. Dr. Love is the first veterinarian to earn the CPPS credential. Read:
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Bringing Safety Science to Veterinary Medicine
Patient safety isnât just a human health care concern; it extends across species. In veterinary medicine, safety culture and quality improvement are still emerging â and one veterinarian is leading th...
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/bringing-safety-science-veterinary-medicine
3 months ago
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IHI and MASS successfully delivered the âTraining Course on Human-Centered Design for Respectful Health Care Spaces.' The course, which took in Bangladesh, introduced practical human-centered design approaches to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH) care spaces. Read:
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Human-Centered Design Training in Bangladesh Emphasized Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration and Academic Capacity to Co-Design Respectful Health Care Spaces
Bangladesh, February 4, 2026 â The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and MASS Design Group successfully delivered the âTraining Course on Human-Centered Design for Respectful Health Care Spac...
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3 months ago
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In a blog for IHI, Teresa Wood, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, shares her experience and insights for strengthening cliniciansâ professional identity and enhancing outcomes for both patients and staff. Read the full blog:
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Coach to Connect: The Role of Purpose and Calling in Reducing Patient Safety Events
Leaders who actively support the health care team in rediscovering their core motivations foster a more positive, engaged work environment that improves patient safety. A nurse scientist shares her ex...
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4 months ago
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IHI VP Josh Clark caught up with Colin Hung at IHI Forum for a discussion on why quality and safety outcomes often stall despite heavy investment, and what changes when organizations slow their pace of adoption to focus on making existing systems work together. Watch:
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Healthcare Doesnât Need More Technology. It Needs Its Tools to Work Together. | Healthcare IT Today
Healthcare IT keeps adding new tools, yet frontline frustration continues to grow. In this conversation with IHIâs Josh Clark, the focus shifts from buying more technology to fixing how existing syste...
https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2026/01/22/healthcare-doesnt-need-more-technology-it-needs-its-tools-to-work-together/
4 months ago
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Designed specifically for older adults, My Health Checklist helps them reflect on their health, identify whatâs going well, and prioritize the questions and concerns that matter most. Read the blog:
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Ideas for Sharing My Health Checklist with Older Adults and Those Who Support Them
In rural communities across the country, community health workers (CHWs) are often the trusted bridge between older adults and the health care system. They know that meaningful conversations â the kin...
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/ideas-sharing-my-health-checklist-older-adults-and-those-who-support-them
4 months ago
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This Friday, January 23, is Maternal Health Awareness Day. IHI's Paolo Borem and Pierre Barker co-authored a journal article on the impact on the institutional maternal mortality ratio of a quality improvement initiative for the primary causes of maternal deaths. Read:
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4 months ago
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Organized by the GoiĂĄs State Health Department, in partnership with Einstein Hospital Israelita and IHI, this initiative is aimed at training improvement specialists and strengthening the quality and performance of health organizations. Read more:
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4 months ago
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IHIâs QI Essentials Toolkit includes the tools and templates you need to launch a successful quality improvement project and manage performance improvement. Download here:
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4 months ago
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SBAR is an easy-to-remember, concrete mechanism useful for framing any conversation requiring a clinicianâs immediate attention and action. SBAR is essential for developing teamwork and fostering a culture of patient safety. Download the SBAR Tool today:
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5 months ago
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Behind every click and download in 2025 was a signal of health careâs priorities: equity, safety, and workforce well-being. Hereâs what the data tells us, and how it guides the year ahead. Read our blog:
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From Metrics to Meaning: What 2025 Revealed about Health Careâs Evolving Priorities
Behind every click and download in 2025 was a signal of health careâs priorities: equity, safety, and workforce well-being. Hereâs what the data tells us, and how it guides the year ahead.
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/metrics-meaning-what-2025-revealed-about-health-cares-evolving-priorities
5 months ago
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A cross-sectional survey of about 1,500 adults was conducted this fall, asking about health inequities, defined as "preventable, unfair, and unjust differences in how health care is structured and delivered." Read the survey results via
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'Revolutionary' Change Needed to Address Intractable Healthcare Issue, Experts Say
Without an overhaul in policy, health inequities won't improve, they argued
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5 months ago
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Tune into the latest episode of Turn on the Lights Podcast recorded live at the 2025 IHI Forum to hear co-hosts Don Berwick and Dr. Kedar Mate discuss how AI, patient safety, and administrative waste are shaping the future of health care. Listen here:
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5 months ago
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In an article for VA News, Ines Valencia-Mendoza, MPH writes about an 87-year-old Veteran whose wish to return home came true thanks to the tireless efforts of his health care team and the structured application of the 4Ms Framework. Read:
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Every VHA Health Care System now has an age-friendly team - VA News
Every VHA Health Care System now includes at least one team recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System.
https://news.va.gov/143884/vha-health-care-system-has-age-friendly-team/
5 months ago
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"I would like staff nurses to know that they are our front line of defense in patient safety and quality improvement. Period. Full stop." Read the full interview with IHI President and CEO Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams (with a subscription):
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5 months ago
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In an article for Fierce Healthcare, Anastassia Gliadkovskaya recaps the fireside chat that took place onstage at the 2025 IHI Forum between IHI President and CEO Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams and IHI President Emerita and Senior Fellow Maureen Bisognano. Read:
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'A time of risk': Healthcare quality experts at IHI Forum 2025 urge peers to speak up
Courage was a key theme at this yearâs annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum as speakers urged attendees to oppose the quality and access compromises likely to come amid | The annual...
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/courage-theme-ihi-forum-2025-standing-trump-profit-greed
5 months ago
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"Everyone deserves a say in their own care." In a blog for IHI, Lauren Schwabish writes about the vital role Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) play in bridging the gap between people with communication challenges and effective advanced care planning. Read more:
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How Speech-Language Pathologists Support People to Communicate What Matters Most
Effective advanced care planning for people with communication challenges requires a team effort.
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/how-speech-language-pathologists-support-people-communicate-what-matters-most
6 months ago
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IHI released a practical, evidence-based framework that aims to establish a US industry standard for measuring health equity efforts. This new resource will be the topic of discussion at sessions CC0 and D17 at the upcoming IHI Forum in Anaheim, CA, USA. Learn more:
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6 months ago
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IHI VP Jill Duncan attended Southcentral Foundation's (SCF) Nuka Conference and Core Concepts training. SCF is an Alaska Nativeâowned nonprofit health care system serving nearly 70,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people in Anchorage and the surrounding areas. Read:
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Centering Relationships in Healing: How an Alaskan Health System is Transforming Care Through Trust, Culture, and Community
Southcentral Foundationâs Core Concepts training demonstrates how relationship-based care, rooted in trust, culture, and community, transforms health systems and redefines healing.
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/centering-relationships-healing-how-alaskan-health-system-transforming-care-through
6 months ago
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IHI and the NYC Health Department co-designed the Overdose Prevention Collaborative â an initiative to improve overdose prevention in high-risk areas and reduce overdose deaths in NYC using place-based strategies and frontline staff expertise. Read more in the blog:
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Improving on Excellence: Expanding Existing Overdose Prevention Approaches in New York City
The NYC Health Department and IHI co-designed the Overdose Prevention Collaborative â an initiative to improve overdose prevention in high-risk areas and reduce overdose deaths in NYC using place-base...
https://www.ihi.org/library/blog/improving-excellence-expanding-existing-overdose-prevention-approaches-new-york-city
6 months ago
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At the 10th Latin American Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care, more than 900 participants and international experts came together to discuss innovation, equity, and person-centered care. Read more via Diario Resumen:
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6 months ago
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Unable to make it to Anaheim for the 2025 IHI Forum in December? We are now offering a Virtual Pass option to experience the IHI Forum on-demand, wherever you are. Learn more:
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6 months ago
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In a blog for IHI, Dr. Qwynn Galloway-Salazar describes how best to approach complex conversations with aging veterans. She discusses why the 4Ms Framework of an Age-Friendly Health System and tools like My Health Checklist are so valuable. Read:
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6 months ago
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We caught up with Don Berwick ahead of his keynote address at the 2025 IHI Forum. Among several key topics discussed, Don stressed the importance of forming and joining coalitions to solve the urgent issues of health care practice and public health. Read more:
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7 months ago
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As the older population grows, health systems must innovate to deliver high-quality and individualized support for patients and families. Earlier this year, the IHI Leadership Alliance hosted a three-part learning series focused on our aging population. Read more:
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7 months ago
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How does the IHI CQO UK Programme support those in the role of Chief Quality Officer or those aspiring to be in this role? Hear from Amar Shah, CQO at East London NHS Foundation Trust, on the many benefits of enrolling the programme. Learn more:
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7 months ago
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Dr. Will Flanary and Kristin Flanary, known to millions online as "The Glaucomfleckens," will be the opening keynote address at the 2025 IHI Forum in Anaheim, CA, USA. Learn more about the exciting keynote lineup and secure your spot today for IHI Forum 2025:
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7 months ago
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Anastassia Gliadkovskaya wrote an article for Fierce Healthcare on the new evidence-based framework that aims to establish a US industry standard for measuring health equity efforts. Read the article:
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New health equity framework lays out steps to identify health disparities
A new evidence-based framework aims to establish a U.S. industry standard for measuring health equity efforts. | The paper, in the works for two years, offers a four-step approach to help healthcare t...
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/new-ihi-white-paper-lays-out-framework-identifying-health-disparities
7 months ago
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This December at the IHI Forum, they will open their doors to showcase how improvement science is shaping their journey. From integrating care models to embedding research into daily practice, Rady Childrenâs Health is building a system that learns and improves in real time. Register:
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7 months ago
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) will reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $900 billion over 10 years and increase the ranks of the uninsured by 10 million additional persons. Read how IHI can help mitigate this:
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8 months ago
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As AI technologies become more common in health care, health systems face two critical challenges: being transparent about AI use (with both patients and staff), and educating users on proper AI use. Read the blog:
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8 months ago
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Don Berwick joins the Off the Chart podcast to unpack why billions of dollars are spent each year in the US on medical research â but much of it doesnât align with patient needs. Listen to the podcast:
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8 months ago
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The patient safety movement is in need of new energy, new ideas, and new commitment. IHIâs Transforming Safety Together (TST) Network is partnering with hospitals and health systems ready to advance patient and workforce safety â together. Read the blog:
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8 months ago
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âSafe care for every newborn and childâ is the theme for the 2025 World Patient Safety Day. IHI joins with health care professionals around the globe to highlight the important work being done to improve health outcomes for children. Read:
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8 months ago
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"I ran Medicare and Medicaid. The government can make kids healthier â but the Trump administration isnât doing that." Don Berwick penned an op-ed for U.S. News & World Report on the long-awaited report by the Make America Healthy Again Commission. Read:
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8 months ago
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Well-child visits, which cover children from birth to 18, are critical to child and teen health. However, studies show that parents tend to take their children to the doctor only when they show visible signs of illness and not for all preventive health visits. Read:
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There are many benefits to bringing your team to the 2025 IHI Forum in Anaheim. Save $300 per attendee, gain access to special sessions, priority seating at keynotes, and more, while building connections within your team and driving visibility for your organization. Learn more:
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