From the Patient Safety Monitor Blog: Thinking differently, working together at the IHI forum
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
December 15, 2010
Last week, I attended the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, and I certainly wasn’t the only one. Six thousand of you attended in person, and more than 15,000 attended virtually.
The national conference lived up to its hype. It is invigorating to attend so many sessions dedicated to quality improvement. Keynotes from U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius as well as the new president and CEO of IHI, Maureen Bisognano were just the tip of the iceberg.
Bisognano talked about three critical objectives of IHI, otherwise known as IHI's Triple Aim : improving the health of the population, experience of healthcare, and the cost of care. Many leaders in the field, she said, see two pathways to these goals: cutting costs and rationing care; however, Bisognano championed a third: creating new designs.
To read more about Bisognano's keynote and other highlights from the forum, visit the Patient Safety Monitor Blog.
