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United States, IHI is also involved in strategic-level efforts with providers in the UK, Sweden, Malawi, and South Africa. • IMPACT IMPACT is IHI’s membership network for change, where health care organizations come together to achieve dramatic improvement results in clinical outcomes, patient and provider satisfaction, and financial performance. More than 200 quality-minded organizations participate in change initiatives that combine a leadership agenda with a focus on front-line improvement and measurement. • Learning and Innovation Communities These are collaborative change laboratories focused on front-line improvement. Participating organizations work with each other and with IHI faculty to rapidly test and implement meaningful, sustainable change within a specific topic area. Learning and Innovation Communities are the “next generation” evolution of the Breakthrough Series, IHI’s traditional methodology for collaborative improvement. • Professional Development Programs This family of programs is designed for leaders who seek to gain a particular set of skills that are required for an organization to succeed in its improvement agenda. Programs include training for Board Members, Patient Safety Officers, Improvement Advisors, Operations Managers, as well as other critical roles. K N O W L E D G E F O R T H E W O R L D The final step in the IHI learning system is the broad dissemination of best practice improvement knowledge. We do this primarily through: • Campaigns In line with many other patient safety programs, the 100,000 Lives Campaign was a national initiative to drive widespread adoption of six important patient safety practices in U.S. hospitals between December 2004 and June 2006. 3,100 hospitals joined in that effort. Building on this momentum, the 5 Million Lives Campaign aims to help even more hospitals prevent five million incidents of medical harm between December 2006 and December 2008. L E A R N I N G O P P O R T U N I T I E S IHI offers a wide variety of opportunities for health care professionals to learn from expert faculty and experienced colleagues around the world. These include: • IHI.org IHI’s online resource contains a wealth of improvement knowledge and tools – available free of charge to anyone, anywhere whose aim is to improve health care. • World-Class Conferences and Seminars IHI’s annual National Forum is widely viewed as the premier “meeting place” for people committed to the mission of health care improvement. We also present an annual conference on clinical office practice improvement and offer seminars on quality-related topics. • Web-Based Programs Our Web&ACTION programs create opportunities for organizations and individuals to learn and implement best practice ideas through a series of web seminars. A variety of online presentations and teaching modules are also available on IHI’s website. • Professional Education Through the IHI Health Professions Education Collaborative (HPEC), academic leaders from dozens of top schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and health administration are working together to integrate quality improvement into their curricula, so that tomorrow’s health professionals are better prepared to drive this agenda forward. • Fellowship Programs IHI’s fellowship programs help to equip health care leaders with the drive, skills, and experience to spread improvement in the United States and globally. These programs are sponsored by the George W. Merck family, the Health Foundation, and the Commonwealth Fund. Fellows spend one year at IHI, creating a custom-designed educational plan and participating in a variety of strategic initiatives.
There is a role for everyone We invite you to be part of a global community dedicated to improving health care for patients everywhere. To learn more about IHI and our programs and services, visit us online at www.IHI.org or call us at (617) 301-4800. “ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has. ” M a r g a r e t M e a d J O I N U S !
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