Health Improvement Alliance Europe
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Health Improvement Alliance Europe is a coalition of leaders united for change, driven by collaboration, and focused on achieving health and health care results.
The Alliance is an exclusive community dedicated to continuous learning and identification of best practices and new models from within and outside health and health care. The group aims to create new delivery models relevant to European health systems, and achieve the best health and best care at an affordable cost in the face of changing demographics, increasing chronic illness, and economic challenges.
IHI, with its rich history of improving health and health care worldwide for more than 30 years, is uniquely positioned to convene forward-thinking health care organisation leaders in this bold, collaborative learning environment.
The next program year will start in October 2025. For more information, please download the 2025–2026 Prospectus.
Bold and Visionary Health Care Leadership
Patients, families, providers, and communities within Europe are looking for bold and visionary health care leaders — leaders who believe that now, perhaps more than ever before, we must change the dialogue about health care.
How will our health and care systems cope with the demands if we do not generate new models of delivery that will improve the health and health care for all of our citizens? This is why a coalition of progressive leaders have formed the IHI Health Improvement Alliance Europe.
Aims and Objectives
To achieve our aim to improve work processes, create new delivery models, disseminate our learning and ideas, and achieve the best health and best care at affordable cost, the Health Improvement Alliance Europe aims to:
- Surface common challenges across and within regions
- Develop a cadre of diverse innovators and encourage innovative thinking
- Leverage each other’s ideas and successes, sharing internationally
- Hone a strong, bold, collective voice
- Learn from past and present networks at IHI and worldwide
An "All Teach, All Learn" Network
Join the IHI Health Improvement Alliance Europe to connect with like-minded colleagues under a philosophy of “all teach, all learn” that can significantly accelerate the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to strive for best health.
- Learn and test new innovations with other leaders, spreading improvements in new systems
- Share ideas and strategies across organisational, regional, and national boundaries
- Create new delivery models relevant to European health systems to achieve the best care at affordable considering changing demographics, increasing chronic illness, and economic challenges
- Meet and connect with like-minded colleagues who strive for the best health; best care; at affordable costs…for everyone.
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Alliance Design and Principles
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Amelia Samuel
Head of Improvement, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
Head of Improvement, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
“We have been members of the Alliance for a number of years now and it gives us the opportunity to meet healthcare systems from Europe, Canada and the US, through IHI. We learn how different health systems are tackling problems and making improvements in safety and quality in healthcare…. Alliance meetings give us inspiration and we bring back examples to our system, to inspire people to take the initative”
Mathieu Louiset
Innovation and Improvement Officer, PAQS, Belgium
Innovation and Improvement Officer, PAQS, Belgium
"The Alliance has shown us new projects and ways of working during sites visits and has given us opportunities to think together about health care challenges such as connecting finance and quality improvement and increasing joy in work."
Cynthia Welton
Director Quality Patient Safety and Experience, Waterloo Regional Health Network
Director Quality Patient Safety and Experience, Waterloo Regional Health Network
“The HIAE has been an incredible opportunity to build a network with like-minded healthcare improvers. Discussion topics at our meetings are always socially relevant and encourage open dialogue from a group of individuals with similar goals but different experiences and perspectives."
Priit Tohver
Head of Quality, North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonian Hospital Association
Head of Quality, North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonian Hospital Association
“The HIAE has given us heaps of ideas and the confidence to move forward with implementing them. From broad concepts in improvement science to specific change ideas on how a hospital can help tackle the climate emergency, our work within the HIAE has enriched our thinking and the way we work. Above all we value the network of highly skilled and experienced improvers - we now always have someone to turn to for advice or feedback or simply for sharing experiences and learnings.”
Need Help or Have Questions?
Contact the IHI Health Improvement Alliance Europe Team, email Andreia Cavaco (acavaco@ihi.org)
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