Institute for Healthcare Improvement IHI

Cultivate concepts for improving health care through best practices, teams, training, and sharing knowledge

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is an independent nonprofit organization that works with health care providers and leaders throughout the world to achieve safe and effective health care. IHI focuses on motivating the will for change, identifying and testing new models of care in partnership with patients and health care professionals, and ensuring the broadest possible adoption of best practices and effective innovations. IHI mobilizes teams and organizations through its staff and partnerships with faculty members worldwide who share the philosophy “all teach, all learn.” Founded in 1991, IHI is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mon, 04/02/2012 - 14:10
Event: 22nd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care Dec. 5–8 in Orlando, Florida
Tue, 09/21/2010 - 11:00
(Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Cambridge, MA) -- Every year, the National Forum refuels the tanks of leaders of change, from executives to the front line. The National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Dec. 5–8, at the World…
IHI: It’s Time to Lose the Waste Join the initiative “Impacting Cost and Quality”
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 16:03
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- It is the most significant health-care leadership challenge of our time: how to reduce expenses while improving quality. At first, the trade-off seems unavoidable. As expenses decrease, so too must quality, right? Not…
Event: Building a Quality Measurement System That Works Institute for Healthcare Improvement offers interactive seminar on evaluating key measures July 14–15.
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:25
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- Having a dashboard that easily and clearly displays information about your performance measures can help your hospital know if it is progressing toward its goals. To help you create a practical framework for developing…
Event: “Success at the Right Speed: Learning from Toyota” Live audio program, May 6, 1 hour, no cost
Mon, 05/03/2010 - 10:26
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- It’s hard to imagine a discussion about improving health care without mentioning lean thinking, doing more with less, or striving for zero defects or eliminating muda or waste. The principles of the Toyota Production System…