INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… David Juurlink, MD, PhD
Opioids and Patient Safety, May 2017
Dr. Juurlink is professor of medicine, pediatrics, and health policy at the University of Toronto, where he is also director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology. We spoke with him about the opioid epidemic and strategies to address this growing patient safety concern.
PERSPECTIVE
Opioid Overdose as a Patient Safety Problem
with commentary by Irene Berita Murimi, PhD, MA, and G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS, Opioids and Patient Safety, May 2017
This piece explores the opioid epidemic in the United States, including factors that led to increased opioid prescribing, its adverse effects, and tactics to reduce opioid-related harm.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH
New Thinking About High Reliability, April 2017
Dr. Chassin is president and chief executive officer of The Joint Commission. He is also president of the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, a center he began to promote high reliability and transformative practice. We spoke with him about new thinking in high reliability.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Kathleen Sutcliffe, MN, PhD
New Thinking About High Reliability, April 2017
Professor Sutcliffe is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Business and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She studies organizational adaptability, reliability, resilience, and safety in health care. We spoke with her about high reliability in health care organizations.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Mary Dixon-Woods, DPhil
Approaching Safety Culture in New Ways, March 2017
Dr. Dixon-Woods is RAND Professor of Health Services Research at Cambridge University, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality and Safety, and one of the world's leading experts on the sociology of health care. We spoke with her about new ways to approach safety culture.
PERSPECTIVE
Our Maturing Understanding of Safety Culture: How to Change It and How It Changes Safety
with commentary by Sara J. Singer, MBA, PhD, Approaching Safety Culture in New Ways, March 2017
This piece discusses the importance of strengthening safety culture in health care and offers insights for organizations seeking to achieve culture change.
ANNUAL PERSPECTIVE
Measuring and Responding to Deaths From Medical Errors
with commentary by Sumant Ranji, MD, 2016
The toll of medical errors is often expressed in terms of mortality attributable to patient safety problems. In 2016, there was considerable debate regarding the number of patients who die due to medical errors. This Annual Perspective explores the methodological approaches to estimating mortality attributable to preventable adverse events and discusses the benefits and limitations of existing approaches.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Amy C. Edmondson, PhD, AM
Update on Teamwork, February 2017
Dr. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. She is an expert on leadership, teams, and organizational learning. We spoke with her about the role of teamwork in health care and why it is becoming increasingly important.
PERSPECTIVE
New Insights About Team Training From a Decade of TeamSTEPPS
with commentary by David P. Baker, PhD; James B. Battles, PhD; Heidi B. King, MS, Update on Teamwork, February 2017
This piece outlines 10 insights about team training in health care learned from experience with the AHRQ-supported teamwork training program, TeamSTEPPS.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Paul H. O'Neill, MPA
Workplace Safety, January 2017
Mr. O'Neill served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush and, prior to that, chairman and CEO of Alcoa. We spoke with him about workplace safety and its relationship to patient safety and organizational excellence.
PERSPECTIVE
Workplace Safety in Health Care
with commentary by Ross W. Simon and Elena G. Canacari, RN, Workplace Safety, January 2017
This piece explores how a team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center combined tools and techniques used in manufacturing along with continuous improvement to develop a process to identify, prioritize, and mitigate hazards in health care settings.
ANNUAL PERSPECTIVE
Patient Safety and Opioid Medications
with commentary by Urmimala Sarkar, MD, and Kaveh Shojania, MD, 2016
Opioids are known to be high risk medications, and concerns about patient harm from prescription opioid misuse have been increasing in the United States. This Annual Perspective summarizes research published in 2016 that explored the extent of harm from their use, described problematic prescribing practices that likely contribute to adverse events, and demonstrated some promising practices to foster safer opioid use.
ANNUAL PERSPECTIVE
Rethinking Root Cause Analysis
with commentary by Kiran Gupta, MD, MPH, and Audrey Lyndon, PhD, 2016
Root cause analysis is widely accepted as a key component of patient safety programs. In 2016, the literature outlined ongoing problems with the root cause analysis process and shed light on opportunities to improve its application in health care. This Annual Perspective reviews concerns about the root cause analysis process and highlights recommendations for improvement put forth by the National Patient Safety Foundation.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With... James P. Bagian, MD, PE
Root Cause Analysis: What Have We Learned?, December 2016
Dr. Bagian is Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan, and a former astronaut. He co-chaired the team that produced the influential NPSF report entitled, RCA2: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm.
PERSPECTIVE
Errors and Near Misses: What Health Care Could Learn From Aviation
with commentary by Carl Macrae, PhD, Root Cause Analysis: What Have We Learned?, December 2016
This piece explores how strategies from aviation, such as just culture and monitoring technologies, can be applied in health care to improve patient safety.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Andrew Bindman, MD
New Leaders in Safety and Quality, November 2016
Dr. Bindman, an expert in health policy in underserved populations, was appointed as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in May 2016. We spoke with him about his new role at AHRQ.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Derek Feeley
New Leaders in Safety and Quality, November 2016
In January 2016, Mr. Feeley, a leading health care administrator from Scotland, became the third President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), probably the most influential organization of its kind. We spoke with him about his work at IHI to improve health care quality and safety.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Richard Platt, MD, MSc
Big Data and Patient Safety, October 2016
Dr. Platt is Professor and Chair of the Harvard Medical School Department of Population Medicine. We spoke with him about big data and patient safety.
PERSPECTIVE
Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
with commentary by Alvin Rajkomar, MD, Big Data and Patient Safety, October 2016
This piece explores the role for a clinician data scientist in utilizing clinical datasets to improve health care quality and safety.
INTERVIEW
In Conversation With… Reed V. Tuckson, MD
Telemedicine and Patient Safety, September 2016
Dr. Tuckson is President of the American Telemedicine Association. We spoke with him about telemedicine and patient safety.
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