I consider the IHI National Forum one of the best conferences in the country, and as usual this year’s forum exceeded my expectations. I live tweeted every session I attended and this post serves as a summary of those resources presented during the presentations.  You can see the entire Twitter summary curated by Symplur here, and my summary of the 2015 forum here.

EMS Note: There was one session on community paramedicine on Sunday run by the Northwell Health team, and one poster on the Geisinger program.  Other than that, to my knowledge, EMS was not represented (although ED level projects were prevalent).

Keynote One – Scott Kelly

• Follow him on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook
• Well known for his #EarthArt and #YearinSpace hashtags
• He gave a similar speech at University of Houston’s graduation in May

A24/B24 – QI for Social Needs Interventions in Health Care

• Robert Kahn, Zach Goldstein, Andrew Beck, Rishi Masnchanda, Ned Mossman
• My only disappointment with this session is that ALL five presenters were male
• OCHIN – one of largest health information networks
• Cincinnati Children’s Health-Law Partnership
• Upstreamist TED talk (we show this to all students in my department)
• Healthify – software that tracks social determinants of health
• PCCI – advanced analytics of data from genotype to social needs
• Health Leads – Help with social needs programs
• CareMore – Partnered with Lyft to provide transportation to patients
• The Center for Health Care Services – Addressing social needs in SA, Texas
• 100K Homes – Providing homes to the homeless

A4/B4 – Can Improvement Cause Harm? Ethical Issues in QI

• William Nelson, Daisy Goodman, Greg Ogrinc
• Full disclosure, big fan of this group since I met most of them at the 2016 Health Professionals Educators’ Summer Symposium at Dartmouth
• Four principles of medical ethics – UWash summary
• Ethics: A Foundation for Quality by Nelson
• The Ethics if using Quality Improvement Methods in Healthcare Care by Lynn
• The Hastings Center – one of my favorite orgs to follow on Twitter
• SQUIRE 2.0 Guidelines – reporting standards for QI projects (do you need IRB)

C4 – Formal Debate: Patients Are Best Cared for with Virtual, On-Demand Medicine

• Moderator – Alex Anderson (aka MC Alex)
• “Against” Debaters – Kristen Meisinger, Lakshman Swamy
• For Debaters – Chris Worsham, Amy Compton-Phillips
• Are Virtual Physicians Visits About to Become Mainstream Medicine – JAMA Forum
• Follow the debate on Twitter with the #IHIDebate hashtag, but know that fully appreciating it can’t happen unless you were there in person…

Keynote Two Part 1 – Abraham Verghese

• Author of three books: Cutting for Stone, The Tennis Partner, and My Own Country
• Promotes bedside exam skills through Stanford Medicine 25
• Broyard – Intoxicated by My Own Illness and Other Writings on Life and Death
• NYT Well Blog – The Widespread Problem of Doctor Burnout
• Annals of Internal Medicine – Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice
• Augmedix – Using Google Glass to deliver healthcare
• National Academy of Sciences – Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

Keynote Two Part 2 – Derek Feeley

• See a clip from this year’s keynote here
• ACHE – Top Issues Confronting Hospitals in 2015
• From Safety I to Safety II: A White Paper
• Rework: Change the way you work forever
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute – Ask. Listen. Talk.
• National Academy of Sciences – Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethical Disparities in Health Care
• Kate Granger – #Hellomynameis

Keynote Three – Orlando Health

• On June 12, 2016 a gunman opened fire in Pulse Nightclub.  Forty-nine people were killed, 53 were wounded.  This talk was about the 35 patients that made it to the operating rooms of Orlando Health and the 35 patients that survived.  The team at Orlando Health credits their strong relationship with IHI as well as their willingness to participate in multiple drills for preparing them for the worst shooting in US history. There was not a dry eye in the room.
• Once the video they showed is public I will post it here
• IHI Blog – The Seven Lessons Learned from the Pulse Shooting
• National Academy of Sciences – A National Trauma System
• Stop the Bleed campaign

D19/E19 – Catalyzing Interprofessional Collaboration

• Jennifer Tomasik, Susan Hassmilller, Regina Cunningham, Patrick Brennan
• National Academy of Science – The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
• RWJF – Promising Interprofessional Collaboration Practices White Paper
• RWJF – Promising Interprofessional Collaboration Practices Video
• Penn Medicine – Blueprint for Quality and Patient Safety
• Virginia Mason Medical Center production system patient hierarchy

E6 – Practical Strategies for Managing Successful Improvement Projects

• Christina Gunther-Murphy, Karen Baldoza, Julianna Spanger, Gregg Heatley
• If you attended the Forum and missed this talk, watch for the video to get posted in your materials in mid January.

Keynote Four – Don Berwick

• Author of Escape Fire and Promising Care
• Watch his Escape Fire Speech