In his speeches “Squirrel,” “The Moral Test,” and “And We Said, ‘No,’” Berwick talks about successes in health care quality improvement and the challenges that still lie ahead.
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Dr. Donald Berwick, IHI President Emeritus and former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, delivered three of his most memorable IHI National Forum keynote addresses in 2009, 2011, and 2012. In his speeches “Squirrel,” “The Moral Test,” and “And We Said, ‘No,’” Dr. Berwick talks about successes in health care quality improvement and the challenges that still lie ahead.We’ve published these speeches for the first time on www.ihi.org, just ahead of this year’s IHI National Forum.
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Dr. Donald Berwick, IHI President Emeritus and former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, delivered three of his most memorable IHI National Forum keynote addresses in 2009, 2011, and 2012. In his speeches “Squirrel,” “The Moral Test,” and “And We Said, ‘No,’” Dr. Berwick talks about successes in health care quality improvement and the challenges that still lie ahead. 
In early 2016, two faculty and 10 students at the University of British Columbia School of nursing participated in the IHI Open School course 
