Why is the IHI referred to as an interdisciplinary research institute?
The National Academies’ Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research defines interdisciplinary research as a mode of research by teams or individuals that integrates information, data, techniques, tools, perspectives, concepts, and/or theories from two or more disciplines or bodies of specialized knowledge to advance fundamental understanding or to solve problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of a single discipline or field of practice (National Academies, Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy). The IHI aspires to actualize this definition in its research activities.
