Conferences

IHI Patient Safety Congress

Format:

In-Person

When:

Mar 10–11, 2025

Where:

San Diego, CA, USA

General Conference Fee:

$1,000*

*Early bird rate through January 31, 2025

Group rates, discounts, and scholarships are also available, see pricing options under Fees and Scholarships.

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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.

The must-attend event for those who continue to shape smarter, safer care for patients wherever it’s provided – from the hospital and outpatient settings to the home.

2025 Congress Keynotes

Dan Heath is the #1 New York Times bestselling author (or co-author) of five beloved business books: Switch, Made to Stick, Decisive, The Power of Moments, and Upstream. His books have been translated into 33 languages and have sold over 4 million copies worldwide. His writing honors include: One of the best nonfiction books of the year, according to Amazon. One of the best audiobooks of the year, according to Apple. And the OWL award for Best Business Book of the Year. Dan hosts a podcast called: “What It’s Like to Be.” In every episode, he interviews someone from a different profession: a mystery novelist, a couples therapist, a rancher, and more. It landed on Apple’s ranking of the Top 50 Society & Culture podcasts. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives now in Durham, North Carolina.

Call for Session Proposals

Presenting a session at the IHI Patient Safety Congress is an excellent opportunity to highlight the work that you and your organization are doing to improve the safety of patients and those who provide care.

This year we are looking solely for 75-90 minute workshops that target early-mid career safety practitioners and leaders and provide in-depth dives into important topics.

Submit a Session Proposal

Deadline extended! Session Proposals are due Friday November 22, 2024.

Attendees are encouraged to submit session ideas which fall within the main subject matter areas of this year's agenda:

Advancing Culture, Leadership, and Governance for Safety
Co-designing for Patient and Family Caregiver Engagement in Safety and Equity
Elevating Workforce Safety and Wellbeing
Building Resilient Safety Learning Systems

To learn more about the proposal process and for helpful tips on getting your proposal accepted, check out our Session Proposal Guidelines.

Note: We will not be having posters this year at the conference and instead are focusing on workshop content and several other learning & networking opportunities.

Questions about presenting at Congress? Reach out to us at congress@ihi.org.

2025 Agenda At A Glance

Sunday March 9

Time	Activity
4:00 PM	Registration Opens
5:00 PM	Fireside Chats
5:30 PM	Welcome Reception
7:30 PM	Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Monday March 10

7:30 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	Keynote: Dan Heath
10:00 AM	Session Block 1
12:00 PM	Lunch and Networking
1:15 PM	Keynote: Patients for Patient Safety
2:30 PM	Session Block 2
4:30 PM	Couch Conversations
5:00 PM	Evening Reception and Networking

Tuesday March 11

7:00 AM	Breakfast and Rise and Shine Sessions
8:30 AM	Innovation Spotlight
9:00 AM	Safer Together Panel Conversation
10:00 AM	Session Block 3
11:45 AM	Quality Leadership Spotlight
12:30 PM	Lunch and Networking
1:45 PM	Session Block 4
3:30 PM	Adjourn

Who Attends the Patient Safety Congress

Attendees Include

Directors, Vice-Presidents, C-Level Executives, Officers
Physicians, Nurses, Medical Assistants, Pharmacists
Professors, Researchers, Policy Makers, Consultants
Patient Advocates

Providing Care In

Hospitals, Outpatient Clinics, Urgent Care Centers, Ambulatory Care Centers, Physician Offices
Nursing Homes, Rehabilitation Centers, Home Care

In These Fields

Patient Safety, Quality, Risk Management, Infection Prevention, Compliance
Anesthesiology, Radiology, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Oncology, Respiratory, Radiology, Epidemiology
Quality Improvement, High Reliability, Population Health
Patient Education, Patient Experience

Fees and Registration

Fees

General Conference Early Bird Rate: $1,000 USD (Register by January 31, 2025)

General Conference Regular Rate: $1,150 USD

Discounts

Group Rates: Groups of 3+ save on Congress registration! If you would like to bring a group to Congress please contact groups@ihi.org

Important instructions for group registration for 50 people or less:

Before you register your group, please be sure that all attendees have an existing IHI account. If an attendee does not, please have them create an IHI account here. If you have any questions or require assistance regarding your account, please contact info@ihi.org.

To register a group:

Log into an attendee’s IHI account, click the “Register Now” button, and follow the steps in the registration form to register that attendee.
Once the first registration has been completed, select the “Register Another” button to register the next attendee.
Continue this process until everyone has been registered.
Please note that group registrations must be done concurrently. You cannot go back to add more attendees to an existing group registration. If you need to make adjustments to your existing group registration, please contact groups@ihi.org.
An alternative would be to have your attendees register individually. They will select the “Invoice” option at the payment section of their registration to avoid submitting immediate payment. Once everyone has registered, please contact groups@ihi.org with the names and registration numbers of your attendees so we can finalize your group registration. Prior to the start of the event, we require the total registration cost for the group be made in one form of payment. If you have any questions regarding your payment, please contact enrollments@ihi.org.

Federal Government Pricing:

IHI is a prequalified vendor and offers competitive rates to US federal government purchasers through our GSA schedule.

Scholarships

We are pleased to offer a limited number of 25% and 50% scholarships to assist individuals with conference registration costs. This cost is taken off of the full general conference price of $1,150.

Please note, scholarships are available for general conference registration costs only, and do not cover travel, food, or accommodation costs associated with attendance.

To apply for a scholarship for the IHI Patient Safety Congress you must work in one of the settings listed below or be a full- or part-time (two or more classes) student, resident, or full-time dean/faculty at an academic institution.

Independent, United States Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that are not affiliated with a hospital or health system
Critical Access Hospitals
Independent practices with fewer than 20 physicians
Hospitals with fewer than 50 beds
Members of America’s Essential Hospitals
501(c)(3) organization with a defined operating budget of less than $5 million, serving community-based populations
Ministries of Health
Faith-based health institutions

Apply for an IHI program scholarship

All scholarships are reviewed on an individual basis. If multiple individuals from the same organization wish to apply for a scholarship, each individual must submit an application. Scholarship Applications are due January 31, 2025.

To ensure an equitable distribution of funds, all scholarship applications are reviewed using the same scoring criteria. All awarded amounts are final.

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.

Continuing Education

Continuing Education credit information for the 2025 Congress is still being finalized.

In support of improving patient care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
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2024 Congress CE Information:

The 2024 Congress is approved to provide credit for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, quality professionals, and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification. Maximum credit amounts vary by profession.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this blended learning activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity may also be applicable for other professions that accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

This program is approved by NAHQ® for 14.5 CPHQ CE credits.

Location Information

Paradise Point Resort & Spa
1404 Vacation Rd, San Diego, CA 92109

The hotel room block at Paradise Point is now open!

The IHI Congress room rate is available for $249 (plus applicable tax). The IHI room block is available on a first come, first serve basis. The room block cutoff date is February 14, 2025.

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Email

info@ihi.org

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