IHI Patient Safety Congress

This event is presented by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Congress brings together people who are passionate about ensuring safe, equitable care for all. Whether you are new to patient safety, or an experienced professional, this event is for you. Gain practical tools to improve improve patient and workforce safety in your setting, build knowledge and skills to advance your patient safety career, and learn from patient and family advocates and experts in High Performing Organizations. This year’s Patient Safety Congress will be centered around the National Action Plan to Advance Safety, enabling a total systems approach to safety. Re-set and re-energize your focus on safety with workshops, CPPS review courses, impactful keynotes, and rigorous, relevant sessions. 

# #Areas of Focus

• Advancing Culture, Leadership, and Governance for Safety: Fostering an environment where safety is a core value, with leadership commitment, trust, transparency, and accountability driving improvements.   
• Co-designing for Patient and Family Caregiver Engagement in Safety and Equity: Advancing authentic patient and family engagement through co-design with patients, families, and care partners to create equitable, patient-centered systems that prioritize safety and address disparities in every aspect of care design, delivery, and operations.  
• Elevating Workforce Safety and Wellbeing: Ensuring the safety and resiliency of the organization and the workforce is a necessary precondition to advancing patient safety, requiring a unified, systems-based approach to eliminate harm to both patients and staff.  
• Building Resilient Safety Learning Systems: Prioritizing evidence-based practices, learning systems, and continuous improvement to minimize risks and prevent harm to patients.  

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