Post on 30-Dec-2020
Safe Table
A regional forum of hospital Patient Safety Officerswhere safety concerns and Patient Safety Work Product(PWSP) are discussed in a legally protected environmentand where solutions and best practices are shared.
Partnership for Patient Care (PPC) is a collaboration between Independence Blue Cross and the Philadelphia region'shospitals with the vision to be the safest region in the country. As a signature program of HCIF since 2006, this uniquecollaboration between payer and providers to share successful experiences and to jointly fund quality and patient safetyimprovement initiatives has been recognized as a national model. The inclusive and collaborative nature of PPC'simprovement efforts has enabled the region to transcend a highly competitive provider marketplace and fosterpartnerships with organizations that share a common desire for quality improvement.
Safe Community
Safety Forum
A forum of front line patient safety leaders fromhospitals across Southeastern PA that promotesinteractive discussions about safety hazards andvulnerabilities and a peer-to-peer exchange of patientsafety approaches, processes, and best practices.
Leadership Summit Safety Award
Shared learning among regional health care leaders Promotes best practices
Years Programs Participants
Current Initiatives
Highlights quality and safety priorities
Networking
A quality improvement initiative that brings urology practices together in a physician-led, data-sharing and improvement collaborative aimed at advancing the quality of diagnosis & care for menwith prostate cancer.
Recognizes innovative initiatives
Advances quality & patient safety
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Penn MedicineTemple University Health SystemTrinity Health Mid-Atlantic
Pam BraunVice President
Clinical Improvement
PPC Team
2019 List of Contributors
“The Partnership for Patient Care provides a unique
opportunity for the region’s experts in quality and patient
safety to work together to enhance patient value in
southeast Pennsylvania.”
Clinical Advisory Committee
A group of quality and patient safety experts from PPC-contributing health systems and partner organizations.
Jeremy Souder, MD, FHM, FACPPatient Safety Officer, Pennsylvania HospitalVice Chair of HCIF Clinical Advisory Committee
“The Partnership for Patient Care advances our region’s health by channeling ideas
from its healthcare organizations into work that improves our communities.”
Henry Pitt, MDChief Quality Officer, Temple University Health SystemChair of HCIF Clinical Advisory Committee
Crozer-Keystone Health SystemDoylestown HospitalEinstein Healthcare NetworkGrand View Hospital
10/2019
Claudette FonshellDirector
Clinical Improvement
Liz OwensProject Manager
Clinical Improvement
Kaynaat SyedProject Manager
PURC Clinical Registry
Cassidy TarulloAdministrative Coordinator
Identifies the region's quality and patient safety priorities and provides guidance to HCIF in its PPC programs.
Who are they? What do they do?
Holy Redeemer Health SystemJefferson HealthMain Line Health
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Many of these initiatives are multi-year. The timeline below reflects the year the initiative launched.
Past Initiatives