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Institute for Healthcare Improvement 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare (December 10-11, 2008)

Published by admin on August 15, 2008 in Education and Past Events.

Thank you for participating in the pan-Canadian Broadcast of the 2008 IHI National Forum! Please fill out the online survey and enter for you chance to win one of four Delivering Patient Safety DVD Series.

Celebrating 20 years.  The Future of Healthcare is Ours to Imagine!

Organize and attend a webcast of The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement “Celebrating 20 years: The Future of Healthcare is Yours to Imagine”!

Attend the Winnipeg Webcast

MIPS is sponsoring a webcast at the St. Boniface Research Centre, 351 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg MB, on December 10, 2008 0750 CST and Dec 11, 2008 0750 CST. No registration is required, and there is no charge for attendees.

Click here to view the program.

You are welcome to print and post widely in your facilities the Winnipeg webcast poster.

Organize a webcast in your Organization!

The webcast is accessible to any site in Manitoba free of charge, using your existing internet and computers to receive the broadcast.

To Register, go to http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/events/2008IHI.html.

Sites will be responsible for organizing the event and paying for venue and other related local event costs. A poster for you to use to advertise the webcast in your organization.

Background

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is the premier “meeting place” for people committed to the mission of improving health care. This annual event draws approximately 7,000 healthcare leaders from around the world in person and an additional 15,000 via broadcast.

To view the 2008 forum brochure, click here.

The Canadian broadcast is being sponsored by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Medbuy and several other sponsors.

Keynote presentations:

  • Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, and On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
  • Hippocrates Wept: An Anthology of Pathology, a multi-media and live production by famed playwright Robert Brustein and several well-known actors

This is an excellent event not to be missed!