What is the Institute for Healthcare Improvement? Why are IHIs patient safety initiatives important to me?
Dr. Schneider: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, MA, that is dedicated to improving health care throughout the world. It’s responsible for two campaigns you may have heard about. The first, the 100,000 Lives Campaign, in just 18 months saved an estimated 122,000 lives at 3,100 U.S. hospitals. These hospitals, including Abington, were able to achieve those goals partly by following one or more of the six safety interventions suggested by IHI. Regrettably, besides suffering avoidable deaths, patients in U.S. hospitals also are harmed as the result of such problems as hospital-acquired infections, adverse drug events and pressure sores. IHI’s Protecting 5 Million Lives from Harm campaign adds another six interventions that hospitals can follow to reduce the chances of harm to our patients. Abington is one of the few hospitals that are voluntarily pursuing all 12 IHI interventions. For our patients, these are all important measur
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