High Reliability Healthcare
The ultimate goal for healthcare providers is zero harm to patients, families and the workforce. In order to achieve and maintain this in the long-run, you have to learn how to walk before you can run. Patient safety expert, Dr. Michael Shabot, offers healthcare leaders the foundational tools to measure, build and sustain a culture […]
ASA/ACHE Podcast on Establishing a Patient Safety Culture
(Click here for link to podcast) Brought to you by the American Society of Anesthesiologist and the American College of Healthcare Executives Featuring: Jane Easdown MDCM, MHPE Professor of Anesthesiology Vanderbilt University Medical Center M. Michael Shabot, MD Executive VP & System Chief Clinical Officer Memorial Hermann Health System Butch Uejima, MD, MMM, FAAP, CPHRM […]

Why Safety and Quality Depend on Equity–and Vice Versa
How can safety and quality care in our healthcare institutions depend upon equity? It has long been true that every patient deserves safe and high-quality care, but today’s diverse population demands that we focus now on eliminating healthcare disparities in our institutions, according to Jack Lynch, FACHE, president and CEO of Main Line Health (MLH), […]

How To Lead For Safety
There is nothing more important for healthcare providers than ensuring the safety of their patients and workforce. And, ACHE is committed to catalyzing healthcare leaders around safety. We contacted three of our nation’s leading safety experts, Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, CPPS, Chief Clinical and Safety Officer at Institute for Healthcare Improvement and President of its […]

How Leaders Can Engage & Make Organizations Safer Across the Care Continuum
Recently, the National Patient Safety Foundation released its report, “Free from Harm: Accelerating Patient Safety Improvement Fifteen Years After To Err is Human” which offers eight recommendations to lead to patient safety. A decade-and-a-half after the Institute of Medicine initially brought to the public’s attention the issue of medical errors, the NPSF is partnering with […]

Webinar on Leading A Culture of Safety
This webinar highlights the partnership between The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute (IHI/NPSF LLI) and its commitment to helping healthcare leaders adopt best practices for building and sustaining a culture of safety. Learning objectives include: Learn best practices for building and sustaining a culture of safety from leaders […]