IHI 2017 National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

The​​ IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care this December 10–13 in Orlando, FL, USA, is where you’ll find a fleet of passionate professionals unsatisfied with the current state of health care, and unwilling to stand still.

From front-line clinicians and staff, to quality and safety managers and senior leaders, your colleagues at this event come to find their crowd, immerse themselves in the latest methodologies and tools, and bring back inspiration and know-how to improve health and health care.

Below we have identified several sessions we think will be of interest. The full session guide can be found here. Register now.

Monday, December 11th

ML7: Driving Change in Communities by Working Upstream
8:00am – 11:30am | Hall of Cities, Chicago-Denver
Göran Henriks, Chief Executive of Learning and Innovation, Qulturum; Susan Hannah, RN, Head of Improvement Programme for Children and Young People, Scottish Government; Uma Kotagal, Senior Executive Leader, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Q1: Achieving Health Equity: What Will It Take?
8:30am – 4pm | Hall of Cities, New York-New Orleans
Amy Reid, Director, IHI; Donald Berwick, MD, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, IHI; Judy Fleishman, PhD, Director, Behavioral Science, Leadership Development, and Quality Improvement, Tufts Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance; LauraBotwinick, Director, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy, University of Chicago; Ron Wyatt, MD, Chief Quality Officer, Hamad Medical Corporation, and Director, Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute

Q13: Pathways to Population and Community Health for Health Systems
8:30am – 4pm | North Tower, St. Thomas
Marie Cleary-Fishman, Vice President Clinical Quality, Health Research & Educational Trust; KellyAnne Johnson, Senior Project Manager, IHI; Kevin Barnett, Senior Investigator, Public Health Institute; Soma Stout, MD, Vice President, 100 Million Healthier Lives, IHI

Tuesday, December 12th

A30/B30: Clinical-Community Linkages to Drive Transformation
9:30am – 10:45am & 11:15am -12:30pm | North Tower, Grand Cayman-Puerto Rico
Jody Wilmet, RN, Senior Vice President, Quality, Clinical Support, and Redesign, Bellin Health; Shelley Yoder, MSW, Program Manager, Providence Health & Services; Pam Mariea-Nason, RN, Regional Executive, Community Health Division, Providence Health and Services
Facilitator: Marianne McPherson, PhD, Senior Director, 100 Million Healthier Lives, IHI

SW4: Building Partnerships Across Stakeholders to Improve Population Health
11:15am – 12:30pm | Cypress Ballroom Pre-Function 3
Amanda Ascher, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Bronx Partners for Healthy Communities; Carol Friesen, Vice President, Health System Services, Bryan Health; Jeff Goldman, Vice President, Population Health, and Director, Nexus Montgomery Regional Partnership; Tammy Baney, Commissioner, Deschutes County
Facilitator: KellyAnne Johnson, Senior Project Manager, IHI

C24: Addressing Social Determinants in a Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization
1:30pm – 2:45pm | North Tower, Marco Island
Lori Brown, PharmD, Clinical Operations Director, Mission Health Partners; Rob Fields, MD, Medical Director, Mission Health Partners

Wednesday, December 13th

SIB8: The Role of Health Care Organizations in Accelerating Health Equity
7:00am – 7:45am | Crystal Ballroom, Salon P-Q
Facilitators: Stephen Mette, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center; Saranya Loehrer, MD, Head of the North America Region, IHI; Mary Pisciotta, Senior Project Manager, IHI

D3/E3: Pursuing Equity: The Role of Health Care
9:30am – 10:45am & 11:15am – 12:30pm | North Tower, Vinoy
Amy Reid, Director, IHI; Berny Gould, RN, Senior Director of Quality, Hospital Oversight, Equitable Care, Kaiser Permanente; Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, Senior Vice President, Community Health and Equity, and Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer, Henry Ford Health System; Michelle Schreiber, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Henry Ford Health System; Julie Oehlert, RN, Chief Experience Officer, Vidant Health