The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has launched the 5 Million Lives Campaign, an initiative to protect patients from five million incidents of medical harm over the next two years (December 2006 - December 2008)

 

IHI developed this campaign to expand on its highly successful 100,000 Lives Campaign, through which 3,100 hospitals across the country saved an estimated 122,200 lives in 18 months, using Campaign interventions, as well as many other national and local improvement efforts.

 

The new 5 Million Lives Campaign seeks to dramatically reduce the nearly 15 million incidents of medical harm that occur in the U.S. each year. IHI and its partner organizations are working to enlist at least 4,000 U.S. hospitals in this renewed commitment to significantly improve patient safety. For quality improvement resources and strategies, please view the IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign Documents and Links sections.