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The Importance of Patient and Associate Safety David Mayer, MD Vice-President Quality and Safety MedStar Health

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The Importance of Patient and Associate Safety

David Mayer, MDVice-President

Quality and SafetyMedStar Health

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Patient Safety

“Medicine used to be simple, ineffective and relatively safe. Now it is complex, effective, and potentially dangerous.”

Sir Cyril Chantler,

Dean of London’s Guy’s Hospital

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OptimizedOutcomes

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Human Factors

Integration

Reliability Culture

Core Values & Vertical IntegrationHire for FitBehavior Expectations for allFair, Just and 200% Accountability

Process Design

Evidence-Based Best PracticeClinical Decision Support/ITFocus & SimplifyTactical Improvements (e.g. Bundles)

Intuitive design. Impossible to do the wrong thing. Obvious to do the right thing. Simulation/Innovation

Human FactorsIntegration

Including the Patient Voice in all we do

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Patient & Family

Partnerships

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Transparency

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Why Do We Need Human Factors in Healthcare?

Credit to Raj Ratwani

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High Reliability, Human Factors Engineering and Patient Safety

“We cannot change the human condition but we can change the conditions

under which humans work.”James Reason

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Restoring Honesty, Trust and Safety in Healthcare

• Transparency (Honesty and Trust)– Transparency in Reporting– Transparency in Outcomes– Transparency in Communications

• Informed consent/Shared decision-making• Disclosure after harm

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Patient Engagement and Partnership

• MedStar Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety (PFACQS)– Rosemary Gibson– Helen Haskell– Sorrell King– Carole Hemmelgarn– Michael Millenson– Patty Skolnik– Armando Nahum– Victoria Nahum– Marty Hatlie– Knitasha Washington 7

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Telluride Patient Safety Roundtable

Twelve Annual Roundtable:“The Power of Change Agents: Teaching Caregivers Effective Communication Skills to Overcome the Multiple Barriers to Patient Safety and Transparency”June 9th – June 18th, 2016Telluride, CO

Supported by TDCF and MedStar Health 8