Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 16th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

The 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 4,000 health care leaders from around the world in person and an additional 6,000 via satellite

NEW Sessions!

IHI will be broadcasting the plenary and miniplenary sessions from the General Conference for this year’s National Forum. Last year’s broadcast reached approximately 6,000 people.

Participation Information

Sites in North America

The live broadcast will be available:

December 14, 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM ET December 15, 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM ET

Equipment needed:
To receive the broadcast, you must have the ability to downlink Analogue C-Band or Analogue KU-Band signals.

Sites in Europe

The tape delayed European broadcast of the National Forum plenary and miniplenary sessions is available:

December 15, 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM GMT
December 16, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM GMT

Equipment needed:
To receive the broadcast, you must have the ability to downlink KU-Band Digital signals.

Sites in the Pacific Rim and Other Regions

Please contact satellite@ihi.org for more information.

Registration Fee

The satellite broadcast fee is $5,000 USD per site. If you are interested in receiving the broadcast of the National Forum at multiple sites, please contact us at satellite@ihi.org for additional information.

To Register

Download the correct registration form below to register your organization for the broadcast and share this world-class event with all of your employees. Additional information about scheduled speakers will be available on the website in the coming weeks.

Satellite FAQs

Registration Form: North American Sites

Registration Form: European Sites

Download a one page flyer on the Satellite Broadcast

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To compliment our extensive array of "favorites" and "must-have" workshops, learning labs and minicourses we are pleased to offer over 65 new sessions.

These include:

L1: Raising the Bar: A New Level of Performance in Intensive Care

L10: The Business Case: Linking Great Quality and Organizational Financial Health

M3: Transforming Care at the Bedside

M9: Moving the Big Dots: What Leaders Must Do To Get System-Level Results

A11/B11: Deserving to Win: 2003 Baldrige Award Recipients

A21/B21: Stopping the Line - Implementation of a Patient Safety Alert System

C4: Using Computer Simulation to Improve Patient Flow

C12: Culturally Competent Healthcare: Looking Beyond the Obvious

D3: The Nuts and Bolts of Establishing a Medical Response Team

D6/E6: The Five Commandments of Successful Innovation

Building Bridges in Cardiology: Physicians and Executives on the Same Team

Let us help you pick your sessions!

We have a session that is just right for you no matter what your level of improvement knowledge is or your topic area of interest.

Click on a title below to learn what sessions we've recommended for you.

Program for Providers of Addiction Treatment

Program for Fundamentals

Program for Masters