This and more at the Las Vegas Cluster, Oct. 14–17
Register- Podcast: Leading in Times of Crisis
- Developing Strategies to Mitigate Diagnostic Error
- Safety Tip:
Aspiring to Zero Patient Harm - Forums Offer Opportunities to Collaborate and Advance
Podcast: Leading in Times of Crisis
The latest episode of ACHE’s Healthcare Executive podcast discusses leading through crisis with Rulon F. Stacey, PhD, FACHE, managing director of Navigant’s Healthcare Strategy business unit. Speaking from experience, Stacey, a former CEO of Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colo.—the healthcare facility where college student Matthew Shepard was taken after being viciously attacked in a hate crime—recalls how he managed the high-profile crisis and what he learned about nimble leadership.
Visit HealthcareExecutive.org/Podcast to listen and browse through more episodes. The podcasts are also available through Apple’s iTunes.
Developing Strategies to Mitigate Diagnostic Error
Diagnostic errors cause more morbidity and mortality than all other patient safety problems combined. Next week, join ACHE and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine for the complimentary webinar “Addressing Diagnostic Error: A Top Source of Preventable Harm and Cost.” During this webinar—worth 1.5 ACHE Qualified Education credits—you’ll get to the root of how to prevent diagnostic errors and the significant patient safety risks they pose.
Patient safety experts Paul L. Epner, MEd, CEO and co-founder of SIDM, and Sue Sheridan, DHL, director of patient engagement, SIDM, will discuss with webinar participants the impact this issue is having on patients and system finances. By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to evaluate the key approaches organizations can take to mitigate diagnostic errors.
Registration is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis, so early registration is encouraged, especially for CMOs, chief quality officers and others who lead or are responsible for organizational and clinical strategies.
In June 2019, ACHE joined the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis, led by SIDM. The coalition, which includes more than 50 healthcare and patient advocacy organizations, will serve as an extension of ACHE’s “Leading for Safety” initiative.
safety Tip:
Aspiring to Zero Patient Harm
“Historically, analysis of the causes of serious safety events in healthcare has focused on active errors resulting from human performance,” writes Charles A. Mowll, LFACHE, president and CEO, Patient Safety Coaches Academy, in his new book, Five Disciplines for Zero Patient Harm: How High Reliability Happens. “A more sophisticated and comprehensive approach to understanding the causes of accidents or serious safety events in high-reliability organizations involves the analysis of the three factors that contribute to safety events: human performance, system performance and defense and controls performance.”
This passage is one example of the real-world, how-to guidance Mowll offers for driving fundamental change that consistently achieves safe patient care. His book is one of several resources ACHE provides to leaders of hospitals and healthcare systems that are seeking to reset their patient safety goal to zero patient harm.
On Oct. 10–11, ACHE and Cleveland Clinic are offering another resource for healthcare leaders working to ingrain safety habits and disciplines into their organizations’ cultures and behaviors: the Executive Learning Lab, “Leading for Safety.” Worth 8.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, the lab is designed for C-suite and senior leaders who manage safety initiatives. The lab promises to bring to life an organizational culture of safety, quality and process improvement, with a mixture of expert faculty interaction, experiential learning and networking.
Learn more and register today.
Forums Offer Opportunities to Collaborate and Advance
The rich diversity that makes ACHE so dynamic is aptly represented by our variety of forums and networks. The Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum, LGBTQ Forum, Healthcare Consultants Forum and Physician Executives Forum align with our members’ diverse professional backgrounds and commitments to diversity and inclusion.
When you join one of these forums by Dec. 31, you will receive forum member benefits for the remainder of the year and all of next.
For questions regarding the Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum or LGBTQ Forum, please contact Cie Armstead at carmstead@ache.org or (312) 424-9306. For questions regarding the Healthcare Consultants Forum, please contact Tim Tlusty at ttlusty@ache.org or (312) 424-9305. For questions regarding the Physician Executives Forum, please contact Anita Halvorsen, FACHE, at ahalvorsen@ache.org or (312) 424-9350.