Key Characteristics of Successful Leaders
Lean Transformation
Key Characteristics of Successful Leaders
Replacing senior leaders in an organization is never easy. With a board of directors and other top executives having invested a lot of time and money in supporting the former leader, now they face the difficult task of replacing that knowledge and experience with a leader who will help advance the organization into the future. Finding effective leaders is different today than it might have been in the past, but there are certain, proven criteria organizations should consider using to find the right people.
Sterile Compounding Tragedy: Symptom of a Broken System
ISMP
Sterile Compounding Tragedy: Symptom of a Broken System
In the wake of the current multistate meningitis outbreak (www.cdc.gov/HAI/outbreaks/meningitis.html), ISMP wishes to express its deepest sympathy to all affected by the contamination of compounded products from a New England compounding pharmacy. This is certainly a tragedy of monumental proportions.
Surprise! Patient safety can learn from the trades as well as from aviation.
Over the last few months, I’ve had the privilege of getting to know one of the Coalition’s new individual members, Gary Fasso, and have been learning from what may seem an unlikely source of wisdom about patient safety: the trades. Gary is with the Pacific Northwest Council of Carpenters and trains the members in safe practices for when they are working in occupied healthcare buildings (e.g., remodeling hospitals or clinics). I’m learning so much from him about what is transferable from construction to healthcare.
MITSS Honors Thomas Gallagher, MD, with HOPE Award at Annual Dinner
Among the events I look forward to each fall, the MITSS Annual Dinner holds a special place because of the loyal and diverse community of people who gather to support and celebrate the work of Linda Kenney, Winnie Tobin, and many others who pursue the MITSS mission, to “support healing and restore hope to patients, families, and clinicians impacted by adverse medical events.” At this year’s dinner (the 11th annual), held Thurs., Nov. 29, in Boston, MITSS honored Thomas Gallagher, MD, with the HOPE Award, given each year to Honor Outstanding People Everywhere who have furthered MITSS’s mission. Sanjay Malaviya, president and CEO of RL Solutions, the award sponsor, presented Dr. Gallagher with this year’s honor.
The Joint Commission Publishes Patient and Worker Safety Monograph
The Joint Commission recently released a free monograph, “Improving Patient and Worker Safety: Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation,” to draw attention to the need to create a culture that focuses on both the safety of patients and the health care workers who care for them.
CareFusion Launches New Preoperative Cleansing Program For In-Home Patient Use
CareFusion Corp., a leading, global medical technology company, has unveiled a new preoperative cleansing program for patients that includes an industry-first, individualized reminder program that helps patients remember and follow a clinician’s preoperative bathing instructions.
Top Wired U.S. Hospital to Offer Patient Engagement Experience
Online Materials Promote Use of Lower Radiopharmaceutical Doses in Nuclear Medicine Exams
National eHealth Collaborative Releases Patient Engagement Framework
National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) recently hosted a webinar to release the much-anticipated Patient Engagement Framework, a model created to guide healthcare organizations in developing and strengthening their patient engagement strategies through the use of eHealth tools and resources. The Framework is the result of several months of collaboration and iteration with many interested stakeholders.