Katie Boston-Leary, who will deliver a keynote address at the IHI Forum, shares lessons about advancing equity, addressing burnout, and engaging nurses in decisions about new technology.

Pharmacists and pharmacies play critical roles in providing age-friendly care to older adults. The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) helps formalize the discipline’s role in integratin...

An Integrated Care Board in England partnered with IHI to improve population health and equity. The work built lasting collaboration between residents, clinicians, and community partners, while streng...

This publication explores a 12-year partnership between the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health, demonstrating how quality improvement became a nationally embedded a...

For anyone creating patient-facing materials, practical approaches can make resources more inclusive for LGBTQ+ individuals and for all patients.

Since the school first launched the patient safety course, 1,400 UNT Health students have been certified, out of over 8,000 worldwide.

Contextualizing care, the process of adapting care to the circumstances and behaviors of individual patients, has a powerful impact on health care outcomes. It’s a learnable skill, yet rarely systemat...

IHI’s Chief Impact Officer reflects on more than a decade of work in Ethiopia, marking 10 years of IHI’s in-country office and the partnerships, leadership, and learning that have shaped lasting healt...

Resources from The Conversation Project support health care team members to start conversations with patients about what matters through the end of life.

A free virtual clinic, paired with a foundational online course, allows learners to practice the elements of age-friendly care in an interactive, low-pressure environment.

In a city that never sleeps, how can we ensure fast, safe, and high-quality emergency care for everyone? The UPA em Ação project offers a clear example of how improvement methods can support consisten...

Age-friendly leaders and teams can use the skill of palliative care colleagues to deliver whole-person care — supporting what matters, managing symptoms, and improving quality of life at every stage.

Building sustainable and effective community partnerships is at the heart of improving health outcomes for children and families. Communities can scale what already works to drive lasting change.

My Health Checklist empowers patients to prioritize what matters most, while helping community health workers (CHWs) and providers deliver age‑friendly, patient‑centered care. Rural CHWs share how the...

A proven learning framework within the protected environment of a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) accelerates progress in pediatric patient safety.

From humor to art, two Forum keynotes illuminated how we navigate illness, grief, and uncertainty—and why honest conversations bring clarity and connection.

As AI becomes more widespread, health systems face a practical question that governance structures alone cannot answer: how do you know if it’s actually working? This blog addresses the practical work...

My Health Checklist can help spark conversations among caregivers, patients, and health care team members. Rural community health workers are using the checklist to amplify older adult voices and stre...

Through meaningful preventive quality measures, the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) helps ensure that prevention activities in health care are impactful, useful, and support better care for ...

A new report from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) offers a framework for healthcare organizations to continue health equity efforts amid politicization.  | A new framework report identi...

Patient safety isn’t just a human health care concern; it extends across species. In veterinary medicine, safety culture and quality improvement are still emerging — and one veterinarian is leading th...

Bangladesh, February 4, 2026 – The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and MASS Design Group successfully delivered the ‘Training Course on Human-Centered Design for Respectful Health Care Spac...

Leaders who actively support the health care team in rediscovering their core motivations foster a more positive, engaged work environment that improves patient safety. A nurse scientist shares her ex...

Healthcare IT keeps adding new tools, yet frontline frustration continues to grow. In this conversation with IHI’s Josh Clark, the focus shifts from buying more technology to fixing how existing syste...

In rural communities across the country, community health workers (CHWs) are often the trusted bridge between older adults and the health care system. They know that meaningful conversations — the kin...

Behind every click and download in 2025 was a signal of health care’s priorities: equity, safety, and workforce well-being. Here’s what the data tells us, and how it guides the year ahead.

Without an overhaul in policy, health inequities won't improve, they argued

Every VHA Health Care System now includes at least one team recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System.

Courage was a key theme at this year’s annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum as speakers urged attendees to oppose the quality and access compromises likely to come amid | The annual...

Effective advanced care planning for people with communication challenges requires a team effort.

Southcentral Foundation’s Core Concepts training demonstrates how relationship-based care, rooted in trust, culture, and community, transforms health systems and redefines healing.

The NYC Health Department and IHI co-designed the Overdose Prevention Collaborative – an initiative to improve overdose prevention in high-risk areas and reduce overdose deaths in NYC using place-base...