Patient safety and quality are of paramount importance to the delivery of effective health care. Harvard Medical School’s postgraduate safety and quality programs provide participants with a toolkit of strategies and knowledge that enable them to drive organizational improvement and identify paths to improve care delivery within complex health systems. These programs are designed for medical doctors, nurses, administrative leaders, policy makers, researchers and other industry professionals. 

Programs are offered in a variety of blended learning formats, including live virtual, self-paced study and in-person sessions at Harvard Medical School as well as locations around the world. 

Alumni of our safety and quality programs have improved their clinical efficiency, built an international network of colleagues, directed effective quality improvement and safety initiatives and achieved high-impact leadership within health care.

Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety

Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership

Our safety quality programs go beyond theory. They are set up to really frame people’s mindset through three questions: How do I recognize and understand a problem? How do I design an appropriate change? How do I implement that change effectively?”
Anjala V. Tess, MD
Program Director, Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety Program, Harvard Medical School