IHI Meeting Overview - 4/7/09

Many thanks to those of you who were able to attend the IHI Open School meeting on Tuesday night! We received very positive feedback regarding our guest speaker and the interesting discussion that followed. Here is an article passed along to us from Dr. Talsma regarding "Why 'Quality' Care is Dangerous" : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914878625199185.html

For those of you who indicated that you would like to be involved with future projects, I will be passing on your names and anticipated time commitments to the folks at UMHS. I will let you know what occurs in terms of the potential negotiation process that may occur. If anyone else is interested in being involved with some hands-on projects in the fall, we are working on determining the possibilities for extra-curricular involvement. Please send me your estimated time commitment per week for next fall, skills and/or interests and I will include these with my correspondence to the IPCE project administrators.

Thank you again for your support and attendance this year. We look forward to an exciting fall semester with enhanced participation and collaboration from a variety of health professions' schools!

Amy Silverstein and the IHI OS Team

Next IHI Meeting -- 4/7 at 7:00pm

GENERAL IHI MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 7th. 6:30pm 7:00pm*
Location: Room 1680, School of Public Health (same room as previous meeting)

*Please note the time change -- due to a scheduling conflict we pushed the meeting forward by 30 minutes. Room 1680 is the Community/Organ Room located behind the glass doors in the lobby of the SPH I building.

Fellow IHI Colleagues,
Mark your calendars for the next IHI Meeting on Tuesday, April 7th at 7:00 PM in Room 1680 of the School of Public Health.

Our guest speaker, Dr. AkkeNeel Talsma, will be joining us from the School of Nursing for the final general meeting of the academic year. She plans to have an engaging and interactive discussion on her research and experience concerning "Failure to Rescue." As always, please forward this information widely to other health professions' students who are interested in patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare!

We hope to see you there!

- The IHI Open School team.