Leaders advocate culpability for patient safety
Accreditation Connection, January 2, 2009
Final accountability of patient safety and quality should lie with the CEO, writes Paul Levy, president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and frequent blogger.
In a recent blog post, Levy described the role of the CEO in building a culture of safety, acknowledging where problems are, and being transparent about errors. Levy also urged that “a full and complete acknowledgement of the flaws, errors, and near misses” in the healthcare organization is a powerful tool for CEOs to improve the facility’s culture and operations. He also discusses recent comments by several other nationally recognized hospital leaders addressing culpability among CEOs when addressing medical errors.
The complete op-ed piece can be found here.
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