Our annual flagship event welcomes researchers, patients, carers and healthcare staff for a variety of talks, panels and discussions.
Our open-access series:
Discover Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
We have an important goal:
To strengthen the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare.
Our guiding principle:
Efforts to improve care should be based on the highest quality evidence.
We’re highly collaborative:
We work closely with patients and healthcare staff to provide a unique range of perspectives.
Featured content
Blog
AI, data & digital technology
26 June 2025
Focus on AI in healthcare
Did you know that the term ‘artificial intelligence’ or ‘AI’ was first coined back in 1956, and that the history of AI stretches back to 1943, when the mathematical model for the artificial neuron was first described?
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Blog
AI, data & digital technology
27 June 2025
Evidence-based healthcare innovation in the age of AI
In THIS Institute and Homerton College’s 2025 annual lecture, Niels Peek explores the evolution of AI in healthcare – from early rule-based systems to machine learning and the rapid rise of ambient voice technology.
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Listen to THIS Podcast
We shine a light on the research addressing current and enduring challenges through frank and honest conversations with the people driving meaningful change in the NHS.
The missing piece
Without high-quality, reliable evidence, the puzzle of healthcare improvement will always be incomplete. So we’re on a mission to fill those gaps.
🆕Audit. Feedback, and Behaviour Change
Noah Ivers and Robbie Foy
This Element explores the use of audit and feedback (A&F) as a strategy to support behaviour change among healthcare professionals. It explains how A&F works, the theories that underpin it, practical considerations when designing feedback interventions, and examples of A&F in action. It also highlights limitations and ways to avoid them.
Our strategy 2022-2027
Learn more about how we will build on the achievements of THIS Institute while also bringing fresh ideas to life.
