Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

The Armstrong Institute’s goal is to eliminate preventable harm to patients and to achieve the best patient outcomes at the lowest cost possible, and then to share knowledge of how to achieve this goal with the world. Created with a $10 million gift from C. Michael Armstrong, former chairman of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Board of Trustees, the institute also provides an infrastructure that, for the first time, oversees, coordinates and supports patient safety and quality efforts across Johns Hopkins’ integrated health care system.

Stroke Detection
Specialized goggles could improve detection of strokes, an Armstrong faculty member tells CBS This Morning. View now

Influential Physician Peter Pronovost
Peter Pronovost named fifth most influential physician in the U.S. Read more

Safer Intensive Care
National Public Radio program highlights our efforts to create safer intensive care units.
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Video: Peter Pronovost: In the Interest of Patient Safety

Dr. Peter Pronovost, Sr. Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality as well as Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine, explains why he became interested in this field, how his work is already saving lives, and what the institute's plans are for the future.