CQPS continues in its role as Greater Chicago Node for the IHI Improvement Map.

This effort is to help health care providers coordinate and organize their efforts to implement

• The 12 changes from the 100,000 Lives and 5 Million Lives Campaigns

and now expanding the agenda with three new interventions:

• WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
  
• Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
  
• Link Quality and Financial Management: Strategies to Engage the Chief Financial Officer and Provide Value for Patients

For details, download the Improvement Map overview.

5 Million Lives Campaign

IHI's initiative to prevent medical harm, the 5 Million Lives Campaign, built on the tremendously successful work of the 100,000 Lives Campaign. CQPS/CPSF continued its role as the node for coordinating this effort in greater Chicago.

IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign website

Regional meetings to be held for participating hospitals throughout the state

A series of regional meetings will be held for Illinois providers participating in the Campaigns to network and exchange best practices with one another.

Aug. 16, 2006 Town Hall Meeting Intervention Breakout Group notes:

AMI
Med Rec
RRT (coming soon)
SSI (coming soon)
VAP & CLI

"Boards on Board: The 5 Million Lives Campaign's Governance Intervention"
A Presentation by James B. Conway, MS, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Summary video (15 min. 143 MB) Download
(© 2007 IHI. Used with permission.)