Projects and Initiatives
For more than 30 years, Βι¶ΉΣ³» has been committed to helping grow and sustain a movement to improve health and health care for all. Working with the global Βι¶ΉΣ³» community, we motivate and build the will for change, identify and test innovative models of care, and ensure the broadest possible adoption of proven practices that improve individual and population health.
To accomplish this important work, we cannot β€” and do not β€” work alone. Βι¶ΉΣ³» engages willing partners through rich collaborative improvement initiatives. Βι¶ΉΣ³» initiatives are typically large in scale β€” months or years in duration, engaging diverse teams from across the health care community and the world to work collaboratively on a broad array of topics.
Improving Patient and Workforce Safety
A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety
A total systems approach to safety presented as 17 actionable recommendations that health care organizations can use to make significant advances toward safer care.
Patient Safety Awareness Week
An annual recognition event in March that seeks to inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system.
Self-Assessment Tool: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety
The Self-Assessment Tool is designed to help health care organizations evaluate their safety readiness, identify opportunities for improvement, and track progress over time.
Βι¶ΉΣ³» Lucian Leape Institute
A think tank to identify new approaches to improving patient and workforce safety and accelerating progress.
Supporting Healthy Aging and Improving Care through the End of Life
Age-Friendly Health Systems
The Age-Friendly Health System movement aims to provide older adults with safe, effective, reliable, and patient-centered care in settings across the care continuum.
The Conversation Project
Free Getting Started Kits and other resources to help people have "the conversation" about their wishes for end-of-life care.
Global Healthy Aging Initiative
The Global Healthy Aging Initiative brings together organizations, health systems, policymakers, and community leaders to accelerate solutions that help people age healthier, longer, and with greater dignity.
Improving Health Equity
Rise to Health Coalition
A national coalition for equity in health care that brings together individuals and organizations to transform health care through coordinated and collective action.
All Initiatives
Age-Friendly Health Systems
The Age-Friendly Health System movement aims to provide older adults with safe, effective, reliable, and patient-centered care in settings across the care continuum.
Βι¶ΉΣ³» Lucian Leape Institute
A think tank to identify new approaches to improving patient and workforce safety and accelerating progress.
A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety
A practical framework with 17 recommendations to help health care organizations reduce harm, strengthen safety, and improve patient outcomes.
Global Healthy Aging Initiative
The Global Healthy Aging Initiative brings together a growing international network of leaders, innovators, and organizations committed to a shared vision: making healthy aging the norm for everyone, everywhere.
Patient Safety Awareness Week
An annual recognition event in March that seeks to inspire action to improve the safety of the health care system.
Saving Lives After Surgery
Build an effective, scalable model of care to reduce post-operative mortality in African hospitals by 25 percent and then scale up this new model to hundreds of large hospitals across Africa