Profession
100,000 Lives campaign more than halfway to its goal
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted April 10, 2006
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement announced in March that 3,000 hospitals that are participating in its new Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives have saved 65,000 lives so far.
The campaign was founded on the premise that if 1,600 hospitals reliably implemented six suggested quality-improvement strategies, 100,000 lives could be saved over 18 months. The 18-month mark comes in June, when IHI holds its annual hospital summit in Atlanta.
The AMA is a partner in the campaign and has issued several tool kits to help physicians implement the initiative in their hospitals. The tool kits are available on the AMA Web site (link).
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/04/10/prbf0410.htm.
