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.

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 17 general continuing education credits.

Continuing Education Breakdown

Maximum Credits Available by Day and Credit Type:

Pre-Conference Sunday
Physician 2.75
Nursing 2.75
Pharmacist 2.75
CPPS Recertification 2.75
Social Work 2.75
Quality Professionals 2.75

Pre-Conference Monday
Physician 5.5
Nursing 5.5
Pharmacist 5.5
CPPS Recertification 5.5
Social Work 5.5
Quality Professionals 5.5

General Sessions
Physician 15
Nursing 7.25
Pharmacist 9.25
CPPS Recertification 12.25
Social Work 10
Quality Professionals 8.5

Livestream
Physician 7.75
Nursing 2
Pharmacist 4
CPPS Recertification 5
Social Work 6
Quality Professionals 5

View Continuing Education Credits by session here.

Planning Committee

Aleya Martin, MPH, Project Director, IHI

Amanda Norton, MSW, Improvement Advisor, IHI and Quality Improvement Consultant, Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation

Amy Weckman, MSN, APRN, CNP, CPHQ, Project Director, IHI

Angela Zambeaux, Project Director, IHI

Barry Appleton, Quality Improvement Fellow and Consultant Surgeon, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Princess of Wales Hospital

Britney Pierre, RN, MAS, BSN, Senior Project Manager, IHI

Brant Oliver, PhD, MS, MPH, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute

Catherine Mather, MA, Senior Project Director, IHI

Corinna Parisi, MPH, Senior Project Manager, IHI

David Williams, Ph.D., Improvement Advisor, DMW / Austin

Deborah Bamel, MPH, Project Director, IHI

Eddie Turner, Senior Director, IHI

Helen Macfie, Pharm.D, FABC, Executive in Residence, MemorialCare Health System

Jafet Arrieta, MD, MMSc, Vice President, IHI

Jeff Rakover, MPH, Senior Research Associate, IHI

Jeff Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS, Vice President, IHI

Jesse McCall, MBA, Senior Director, IHI

Jill Duncan, RN, MS, MPH, Vice President, IHI

Karen Baldoza, MSW, Vice President, Improvement and Innovation, IHI

Kate DeBartolo, Senior Project Director, IHI

Keziah Imbeah, MSc, Senior Research Associate, IHI

Komal Bajaj, MD, MS-HPEd, Chief Quality Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacob

Lauren Macy, Improvement Advisor and Director, 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

Marianne McPherson, PhD, MS, Senior Director, IHI

Marina Renton, Mphil, Senior Research Associate, Innovation and Design, IHI

Mike Taigman, Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco

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

Pierre Barker, MD, MBChB, Chief Scientific Officer, IHI

Poonam Gupta, MBBS, CPHQ, MPH, Improvement Advisor, IHI

Rebecca Steinfield, MA, Improvement Advisor, IHI

Robert Lloyd, PhD, Vice President, IHI

Richard McClead, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Sarah Blossom, Director of Certification, IHI

Sarah Olver, Senior Improvement Lead, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

Shannon Welch, MPH, Senior Director, IHI

Susan Hannah, MSc, Senior Project Director, IHI

Tricia Bolender, MBA, MA, CPCC, Quality Improvement Advisor

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.