Your body is covered from head to toe in protective equipment, and it’s 115 degrees Fahrenheit inside your outfit. Your hands sweat under two pairs of gloves. An ill-fitting hood creeps down your forehead and nearly covers your eyes, but you cannot touch your head to shift it back up. To top it off, the […]
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Part II: ISO clinician leaders in patient safety and quality
Posted by Peter Pronovost | Designing Safer Systems, Organizational and Cultural Change, Preventing Patient HarmI recently gave a talk to the American Medical Student Association. The energy in the room was palpable. The students were excited, passionate and hopeful. We spoke about the urgent need to reduce preventable harm and to enhance value, and we discussed that they will need to be the ones to lead these efforts. Yet, […]
Nov 8, 2011 9 comments
ISO clinician leaders in patient safety and quality
Posted by Peter Pronovost | Organizational and Cultural Change, Preventing Patient HarmWANTED: Clinicians for long-term relationship to lead unit and department safety efforts. Must be passionate about improving patient outcomes and value, have skills needed to lead these efforts, and enjoy working as part of a team. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in pushing the civil rights agenda, spoke of the "fierce urgency of now." Recent […]
Oct 27, 2011 1 comment