Becker’s Hospital Review has published its list of “50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety,” recognizing healthcare organizations, nonprofits, universities and other institutions devoted to improving patient safety and quality of care. The leaders include healthcare providers, advocates, administrators, researchers and professors who have demonstrated a commitment to patient safety through their body of work, personal accomplishments and organizational leadership.
The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team evaluated experts based on local and national impact on patient safety through participating in or heading patient safety initiatives, educating others, publicly speaking about patient safety and publishing articles and research.
The 2014 roster of “50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety” includes:
James P. Bagian, MD, PE. Director for the Center for Health Engineering and Patient Safety, University of Michigan
David W. Bates, MD, MSc. Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP. Former CMS Administrator
Karl Bilimoria, MD, MS. Director of Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Leah F. Binder, MA, MGA. CEO of The Leapfrog Group
Maureen Bisognano, RN. President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Doug Bonacum. Vice President of Quality, Safety and Resource Management at Kaiser Permanente
Richard Boothman, JD. Chief Risk Officer of University of Michigan Health System
Helga Brake, PharmD, CPHQ. Patient Safety Leader at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH. President of The Joint Commission and President and CEO of the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare
Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD. President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Molly Coye, MD, MPH. Chief Innovation Officer at UCLA Health
Katrina Crist, MBA. CEO of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention
James DeFontes, MD. Patient Safety Officer for Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Sir Liam Donaldson, Patient Safety Envoy for the World Health Organization
Ethan Freid, MD, FACP. Founder of the NYACP Near-Miss Registry
Tom Frieden, MD, MPH. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Karen Frush, MD. Chief Patient Safety Officer at Duke University Health System
Chu Foxlin. Associate at Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS. President of the National Patient Safety Foundation
Atul Gawande, MD, PhD. Professor of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health
Michael Henderson, MD. Chief Quality Officer of Cleveland Clinic
Gordon C. Hunt Jr., MD, MBA. Senior Vice President and CMO for Sutter Health
Donald Kennerly, MD, PhD. Chief Quality Officer at Baylor Health Care System and Chief Patient Safety Officer for Baylor Scott & White Health
Joe Kiani. Founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Richard Kronick, PhD, Director for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Lucian Leape, MD. Chairman of the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation
Jeffrey C. Lerner, PhD. President and CEO of ECRI
Tammi Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE. Chief Quality Officer for UPMC
Elizabeth Mort, MD. Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital
Frank Overdyk, MD, MSEE. Executive Director for Research at North American Partners in Anesthesia
Peter Pronovost, MD. Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine
Eric Schneider, MD, Editor of the International Journal of Quality in Healthcare
Kaveh G. Shojania, MD. Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality & Safety
Robert K. Stoelting, MD. President of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Janet Woodcock, MD. Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Joan Wynn, PhD. Chief Quality and Safety Officer for Vidant Health
The entire list can be found here: 50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety – 2014
For more information about the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and its mission to eliminate preventable patient deaths by 2020, please visit http://patientsafetymovement.org.
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