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1 Awareness Education Collaborative improvement Redesign Movement Full Scale care for Populations Individuals Building the will for change and the Building the capacity for change through Working together to spread best practices Moving beyond best practice to innovative Unifying the industry around the common Changing mainstream practice standards Making care better for individuals, improving health Involved conviction that improvement is possible knowledge exchange and training and yield breakthrough results designs based on novel concepts cause of improving health care for all by ensuring widespread deployment for populations, and reducing per capita costs After five years of prototyping, the 700,000. IHI Triple Aim initiative launches an improvement Community, The George W. Merck Fellowship piloting population health in 32.

2 The institute of Medicine publishes is launched at IHI. Two years later, communities globally. Maureen National Forum its To Err Is Human report. additional fellowship opportunities Bisognano and Charles Kenney Attendees at IHI are offered by The health IHI partners with Ko Awatea in coauthor Pursuing the Triple Aim. The National Initiative for Children's Foundation. New Zealand to develop a regional 600,000. A History of IHI. healthcare Quality (NICHQ) is center for improvement . 127 universities report using the IHI. launched as an IHI program. Ascension health becomes Open School courses as part of their 8,000. a strategic partner with IHI. Patients and families added to IHI formal curricula. The School exceeds IHI begins a relationship with staff and board, and more than 60 139,000 students and residents, The phases and events that have shaped the President Clinton's Advisory CBO, the Dutch institute for IHI begins the health Professions IHI launches innovation work IHI introduces the improvement patients gather at the National Forum.

3 With 529 Chapters in 57 countries. Commission on Consumer healthcare improvement . Education Collaborative. on the Triple Aim to optimize Map, to help hospitals find reliable institute for healthcare improvement (IHI) Protection and Quality in the population health , care routes to exceptional care . The health Foundation, with IHI leads the Quality Track for the 7,000 500,000. health care Industry publishes IHI begins work with the National IHI joins with Partners In The National Forum exceeds experience, and cost. MaiKhanda, celebrates 22% Joint Learning Network for Universal reflect the quality improvement journey of the Consumer Bill of Rights health Service (NHS) in the health to spread treatment 5,000 attendees for the first time. IHI launches the STAAR initiative reduction in newborn mortality health Coverage, a group of ten the health care community as a whole.

4 And, the following year, Quality United Kingdom. for multidrug-resistant IHI's media coverage exceeds to improve care transitions and in parts of Malawi. countries in Asia and Africa aiming for First: Better health care for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru. The IMPACT network 250 million media impressions reduce avoidable readmissions at universal access to high-quality care . All Americans. IHI begins the first of many exceeds 200 members. for the first time. the state level, sponsored by The More than 900 board members 6,000. IHI launches the Interdisciplinary collaborative improvement The Robert Wood Johnson Commonwealth Fund. and chief executives complete IHI The Conversation Project launches 400,000. Professional Education Collaborative Sweden and Norway begin a projects with the Veterans IHI and Voluntary Hospitals of Foundation and IHI launch Don Berwick is named The Indian health Service begins quality and safety professional with 88,000 web visits and 36,500.

5 (IPEC) with the aim of making collaborative improvement series health Administration (VHA). America launch the Idealized the Transforming care at the honorary Knight Commander a strategic partnership with IHI. development programs. downloads of the Conversation quality improvement a standard based on IHI's Breakthrough Design of the ICU initiative. Bedside (TCAB) initiative. of the Most Excellent Order Starter Kit to help families discuss component in the education Series model. of the British Empire. WIHI, IHI's biweekly audio program end-of-life wishes. Conversation 5,000. of health professionals in IHI becomes the National Program IHI launches the IHI Open celebrates its second year and reaches Ready launches for health systems all disciplines. Office for Pursuing Perfection, School for health Professions a broad international community of to ensure wishes are respected.

6 API publishes The IHI begins the Idealized an initiative of The Robert Wood IHI launches the 100,000 to help students develop quality more than 40,000 listeners. 300,000. Eleven Worthy Aims for Clinical improvement Guide. Design of Clinical Office Johnson Foundation. Lives Campaign. improvement and safety knowledge The Affordable care Act is upheld Leadership of health System Practices (IDCOP) initiative. Building on the success of the and skills. by the Supreme Court, expanding 4,000. Improving health care Quality The book Curing health care Reform is published in the IHI publishes its first Breakthrough The institute of Medicine IHI introduces new programs for 100,000 Lives Campaign, IHI The IHI Triple Aim initiative health care coverage to 32 million is first offered. This course is held is published.

7 Journal of the American Series Guide, Reducing Delays The HRSA Bureau of Primary publishes Crossing the Quality developing Patient Safety Officers launches the 5 Million Lives IHI joins forces with Scottish expands to include large-scale people in the US and bringing the 54 times over the next 11 years. Medical Association. and Waiting Times Throughout the health care and IHI launch Chasm report. and improvement Advisors. Campaign, with principal support authorities to launch the Scottish regional initiatives. Triple Aim to the national stage. Other courses are soon added to The Quality Management Network healthcare System. cluster-based Collaboratives for 80 from Blue Cross Blue Shield Patient Safety Programme. the curriculum. (QMN) holds its first meeting. community health center teams. IHI is chosen by The health of America.

8 Don Berwick, MD, IHI's founder IHI partners with Louisiana Birth 3,000 200,000. The Group Practice improvement The BMJ Publishing Group and IHI launches IMPACT, the results- Foundation to lead the Safer With support from the Bill & and CEO, is appointed Administrator, Outcomes Team and Louisiana Network (GPIN) is started. IHI host the first European Forum IHI launches its website, driven network for change. More Patients Initiative, a four-year With support from The health Melinda Gates Foundation, IHI, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Hospital Association Hospital The NDP hosts its National on Quality improvement in health , creating a global Premier, Inc. and IHI launch the than 80 organizations join in the project to improve patient safety Foundation, IHI and partners the National Catholic health Services; Maureen Bisognano Engagement Network (HEN), Summit with 287 attendees.

9 Associates in Process improvement care , which later becomes the resource for health care Idealized Design of Medication first five months. across the UK. begin work on reducing maternal Service, and the Ghana health becomes IHI's President and CEO. reducing early elective delivery 2,000. This is the precursor to IHI's (API) introduces its Model International Forum. improvement knowledge. Systems (IDMS) initiative. and neonatal mortality in Malawi, Service launch Project Fives Alive! across the state from an average National Forum on Quality for improvement , which later BMJ and IHI introduce the Quality Kaiser Permanente becomes a and MaiKhanda is founded. to reduce child mortality in Ghana. 15% to less than 2% over two years. The National Demonstration improvement in health care . becomes the foundation for IHI's IHI convenes the first International and Safety in health care journal.

10 Strategic partner with IHI. After success in 38 districts and 100,000. Project on Quality improvement in Breakthrough Series methodology. API and IHI develop the original Summit on Redesigning the The Robert Wood Johnson 68 hospitals in Northern Ghana, Significant reductions in sepsis health care (NDP) is launched to Continuous improvement as API becomes a closely aligned model for IHI's Breakthrough Clinical Office Practice. IHI offers the Breakthrough In collaboration with local Foundation selects IHI to manage the project is scaled nationally. mortality are seen in IHI's work 1,000. explore the application of modern an Ideal in health care is partner of IHI. Series Collaborative. The first Series College to train individuals partners, IHI begins work to the national initiative, New health with Kaiser Permanente and quality improvement methods to published in the New England The institute for healthcare Collaborative aims to reduce The National Forum exceeds and organizations to run their rapidly expand treatment for Partnerships: Improving care by The National Forum marks its North Shore-LIJ.