IHI Forum Continuing Education Credits

Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement 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 healthcare team.

This program is approved to provide credit for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, quality professionals, and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) recertification. Credit maximums differ by profession and sessions attended.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement designates this course for a maximum of 22.75 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™.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive up to 14.75 general continuing education credits.

Credit Breakdown

Maximum Credits Available by Day and Credit Type:

Pre-Conference Sunday
Physician 6.5

Nursing 6.5

Pharmacist 6.5

CPPS Recertification 8

Social Work 4.25

Quality Professionals 6.5
    
Pre-Conference Monday    
Physician 6.5

Nursing 5.5

Pharmacist 6.5

CPPS Recertification 5.5

Social Work 5.5

Quality Professionals 6.5
    
General Sessions
Physician 11.5
Nursing 8
Pharmacist 11.75 
CPPS Recertification 13.25
Social Work 5
Quality Professionals 12.75

 

Livestream

Physician 5.5
Nursing 1.5
Pharmacist 3.75
CPPS Recertification 5.25
Social Work 0
Quality Professionals 3.75

Planning Committee

• Adrianna Saada, MPH, Project Director and Improvement Advisor, IHI
• Alex Dummett, MD, FACP, CPPS, Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, Kaiser Permanente
• Amy Weckman, MSN, APRN, CNP, CPHQ, Project Director, IHI
• Ashley Jackson, Project Director, Population Health and Equity, IHI
• Barry Appleton, Quality Improvement Fellow and Consultant Surgeon, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Princess of Wales Hospital
• Becka DeSmidt, MPH, Project Director, IHI
• Brant Oliver, PhD, MS, MPH, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
• Britney Pierre, RN, MAS, BSN, Senior Project Manager, IHI
• Carolyn Candiello, MA, CPHRM, Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety, GBMC
• David Williams, Ph.D., Improvement Advisor, DMW / Austin
• Deborah Bamel, MPH, Project Director, IHI
• Don Goldmann, MD, Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus, IHI
• Dorian Burks, MPH, Improvement Advisor and Equity & Culture Lead, IHI
• Eddie Turner, Senior Director, IHI
• Emma Robinson, MPH, Senior Project Manager, IHI
• Gareth Kantor, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
• Helen Macfie, Pharm.D, FABC, Executive in Residence, MemorialCare Health System
• Jafet Arrieta, MD, MMSc, Vice President, IHI
• Jeffrey Rakover, MPH, Senior Research Associate, IHI
• Jeffrey Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS, Vice President, IHI
• Jesse McCall, MBA, Senior Director, IHI
• Jill Duncan, RN, MS, MPH, Vice President, IHI
• Kate Bones, MSW, Project Director, IHI
• Kedar Mate, MD, President & CEO, IHI
• Kelly McCutcheon Adams, MSW, LICSW, Senior Director, IHI
• Lauren Hayden, Improvement Advisor, IHI
• Leslie Pelton, MGA, Vice President, IHI
• Lindsay Logan Allen, CHES, Project Director, IHI
• Lloyd Provost, MS, Improvement Advisor, Associates in Process Improvement
• Mara Laderman, M.Sc., Senior Director, Innovation, IHI
• Marina Renton, Mphil, Senior Research Associate, Innovation and Design, IHI
• Matthew Antsey, MBBS, MPH, Clinical Asssoicate Professor, University of Western Australia Medical School
• Mike Taigman, Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco
• Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, BCPP, FASCP, Professor, Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy  
• Nikki Tennermann, LICSW, Senior Project Director, IHI
• Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS, Vice President, IHI
• Paul Howard, MPA, Senior Director, IHI
• Paul Sullivan, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Improvement Science and Fellowship Clinical Director, Consultant in Acute Medicine, Imperial College
• Rebecca Brandes, MPH, Director, IHI
• Rebecca Steinfield, MA, Improvement Advisor, IHI
• Sarah Blossom, Director of Certification, IHI
• Sarah Olver, Senior Improvement Lead, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
• Shannon Welch, MPH, Senior Director, IHI
• Steppe Mette, MD, Former Chief Executive Officer, UAMS Medical Center
• Susan Hannah, MSc, Senior Project Director, IHI
• Vladimir Manuel, MD, Medical Director, UCLA Health

 

Disclosure Statement

Individual presenters have disclosed relevant financial relationships with companies defined as ineligible by ACCME in the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. These conflicts are noted within the session slide decks and have been mitigated. All other planners (including those listed above), presenters, and staff for this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used on or by patients.

 

Commercial Support

Disclosure: Commercial Support was received for the IHI Forum from the following companies defined as ineligible by ACCME in the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education:

Taylor Healthcare