10th Annual International Summit on Redesigning the Clinical Office Practice

• Download the Office Practice Summit brochure.

• Enroll on or before February 6 and save $100.

• Improvement story poster application deadline is February 13.

• Learn about the IHI Improvement Map, a new initiative to help hospitals find their way to exceptional care, on the January 22 introductory call.

• Join the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Sprint.

• New research in NEJM suggests benefit from the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.

In the Spotlight

• Watch the video of the consultative clinic with Dr. Atul Gawande on the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist at IHI's National Forum.

• Optimizing health, care, and cost. IHI’s Triple Aim is described in the latest latest issue of Healthcare Executive. Read a case study on CareOregon's experiences with the Triple Aim thus far.

• The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers is a new book co-published by IHI and Joint Commission Resources.

• NEW IHI white paper: Planning for Scale: A Guide for Designing Large-Scale Improvement Initiatives

• Don Berwick, Elliot Fisher, and Amory Lovins make the case for “negabeds” in The Huffington Post.

• A better approach to medical malpractice claims? Read about the University of Michigan Health System’s experience.

• Updated SQUIRE Guidelines for publishing QI work appear in several journals, including Quality and Safety in Health Care.

• NEW reports on results from teams working with IHI: Reducing Healthcare-Associated MRSA Infections in a Surgical Unit

In the News

• Selected weekly health care news items.

IHI Strategic Initiatives

• Developing Countries (South Africa and Malawi)
• New Health Partnerships
• Safer Patients Initiative
• Transforming Care at the Bedside
• Triple Aim