Charles A. Mowll, LFACHE, served as executive vice president of The Joint Commission for more than 20 years, acquiring expertise in patient safety, high reliability, and Lean Six Sigma. In this role, Mr. Mowll had the opportunity to interact with and learn from some of the world’s leading experts in these fields. He also understands the financial constraints that healthcare organizations face—he spent the first half of his career as a healthcare financial management executive. Following his retirement from The Joint Commission in 2015, Mr. Mowll formed the Patient Safety Coaches Academy, which focuses on helping hospitals develop patient safety coaching programs, enhance the competence of their patient safety coaches, and spread the consistent use of safe care practices. He earned his master’s degree in public health from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University. Mr. Mowll is a Life Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and previously was a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and an American Society for Quality–certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

 

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