Last week the Armstrong Institute, along with our partners at the World Health Organization, had the privilege of hosting more than 200 clinicians, patient advocates, health care leaders and policy makers for our inaugural Forum on Emerging Topics in Patient Safety in Baltimore. The event featured presentations by international experts in a dozen different industries, […]
Forum on Emerging Topics in Patient Safety
A powerful idea from the nuclear industry
Posted by Peter Pronovost | Designing Safer Systems, Measurement of Safety and Quality, Preventing Patient HarmWhere health care has fallen short in significantly improving quality, our peers in other high-risk industries have thrived. Perhaps we can adapt and learn from their lessons. For example, health care can learn much from the nuclear power industry, which has markedly improved its safety track record over the last two decades since peer-review programs were […]
Sep 3, 2013 4 comments
Quality Measures: An SEC for Health Care?
Posted by Peter Pronovost | Measurement of Safety and Quality, Preventing Patient HarmIf you have ever tried to choose a physician or hospital based on publicly available performance measures, you may have felt overwhelmed and confused by what you found online. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Joint Commission, the Leapfrog Group, and the National Committee for Quality […]
Jun 4, 2013 4 comments