Initiatives
For more than 30 years, IHI has been committed to helping grow and sustain a movement to improve health and health care for all. Working with the global IHI community, we motivate and build the will for change, identify and test innovative models of care, and ensure the broadest possible adoption of proven practices that improve individual and population health.
To accomplish this important work, we cannot — and do not — work alone. IHI engages willing partners through rich collaborative improvement initiatives. IHI initiatives are typically large in scale — months or years in duration, engaging diverse teams from across the health care community and the world to work collaboratively on a broad array of topics.
Improving Patient and Workforce Safety
National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety
A total systems approach to safety presented as actionable recommendations from the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety
Patient Safety Awareness Week
An annual recognition event in March that seeks to inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system
IHI Safer Together Recognition Program
Acknowledges the achievements of hospitals that have made significant strides to improve patient and workforce safety by implementing proactive changes in systems and processes
IHI Lucian Leape Institute
A think tank to identify new approaches to improving patient and workforce safety and accelerating progress
All Initiatives
Age-Friendly Health Systems
The Age-Friendly Health System movement aims to provide older adults with safe, effective, reliable, and patient-centered care in settings across the care continuum.
IHI Lucian Leape Institute
A think tank to identify new approaches to improving patient and workforce safety and accelerating progress.
National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety
A total systems approach to safety presented as actionable recommendations from the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety.
National Steering Committee for Patient Safety
A collaboration among 27 national organizations in the US committed to advancing patient safety.
Patient Safety Awareness Week
An annual recognition event in March that seeks to inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system.
Rise to Health Coalition
A national coalition for equity in health care that brings together individuals and organizations to transform health care through coordinated and collective action.
Saving Lives After Surgery
Build an effective, scalable model of care to reduce post-operative mortality in African hospitals by 25 percent and then scale up this new model to hundreds of large hospitals across Africa
The Conversation Project
Dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. Download the numerous free Getting Started Kits and other resources developed to help people have "the conversation."