The 2022 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award National Level Innovation Honors NAPSI’s Anesthesia Risk Alerts Program for its Novel Approach to Mitigating OR Risk
In this episode, Dr. Leo Penzi, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), discusses how the Anesthesia Risk Alerts (ARA) program—created through the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)*—is reducing patient harm and promoting collaborative perioperative cultures. In February 2023, The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum honored the ARA program with the 2022 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for National Level Innovation.
(*NAPSI is NAPA’s AHRQ-approved Patient Safety Organization.)
This episode is sponsored by North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA).