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Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Best Practices

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Founded in 1991, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a purpose to help lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. The IHI has pioneered and developed many efforts in improving healthcare. Its collaborative approach has allowed simple and proven methods to institute meaningful change.

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  1. New Life Surgery Center, LLC, Bariatric Surgery, 9001 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 106, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211, USA

    Atul K. Madan MD, FACS (Medical Director)

  2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 9001 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 106, Beverly Hills, CA, 90211, USA

    Julian Omidi MD

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Correspondence to Atul K. Madan MD, FACS .

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Madan, A.K., Omidi, J. (2012). Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Best Practices. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_39

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