Quality & Patient Safety

In this conversation, Carlos Roberts, M.D., urogynecologist, vice president and chief medical officer of the Women and Children service line at WellSpan Health, discusses the organization's commitment to zero harm, its innovative tier structure for daily safety huddles, and its fostered culture of…
In this conversation, Carlos Roberts, M.D., urogynecologist and vice president and chief medical officer of the Women and Children Service Line at WellSpan Health, discusses the organization's commitment to zero harm, its innovative tier structure for daily safety huddles, and its fostered culture…
Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut is partnering with the American School for the Deaf to offer in-person American Sign Language services and other translation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients and their companions.
UT Southwestern Medical Center created a simulation-based curriculum, grounded in TeamSTEPPS, to teach incoming medical trainees critical teamwork and communication skills early in their training. Learn how to design and implement a structured training program that equips new medical trainees with…
CommonSpirit Health and University of Utah Health have announced a strategic clinical alliance to enhance patient access to high-quality medical care across several CommonSpirit hospitals in Utah.
Hospital and health system sepsis teams are invited to join the Sepsis Champions Leadership Series, a new collaborative facilitated by the American Hospital Association’s Living Learning Network (LLN) in partnership with the CDC. 
Kaiser Permanente (KP) has begun the journey to enculturate High Reliability Organization principles to decrease harm. Learn how a virtual radio show format can be used to spread culture change, connecting the dots between HRO principles and daily operations. KP speakers share the fun of creating a…
In this “Safety Speaks” conversation, CommonSpirit Health's Beth Miller, system director, patient safety-performance improvement, and Austin Peterson, system director, patient harm prevention, discuss how safety transparency benefits both patients and providers, and how a CommonSpirit Health…