Safety, Quality, Informatics, and Leadership

Program Dates: August 3, 2026 - June 25, 2027

Application Deadline: July 8, 2026

Blended

This program requires attendance at three workshops — two virtually and one in-person.

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$15,350

In today's health care environment, change is constant. Despite new innovations and technologies, the challenges of strained health care resources, high turn-over, and long wait times continue to impact the patient experience.

Harvard Medical School's Safety, Quality, Informatics, and Leadership program provides learners with the fundamental knowledge of the Learning Health System, a method dedicated to producing quality improvements in patient care and safety.

The Safety, Quality, Informatics, and Leadership program truly brings the best practices in health care leadership to professionals around the world.

Who Should Apply?

The Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership program was designed for medical professionals in—or aspiring to—leadership roles focused on improving clinical quality and patient safety through informatics. This includes medical doctors, nurses, administrative leaders, policy makers, researchers, and other industry professionals. Applicants should indicate any doctoral or master’s-level degrees they may hold.

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Program Objectives

Apply key concepts in patient safety, quality, and informatics to real-world health problems
Identify barriers to change within complex health care systems
Develop and sharpen personal leadership and communication skills
Use Harvard Business School Case Method teachings to illustrate and learn from case scenarios in an interactive setting
Building on all of the above, develop plans for quality improvement and patient safety through the use of informatics within the participant’s own health care practice, organization, or system