Patient Safety & Outcomes

 ← Previous    Next →   Kenneth Sands, MD. Chief Quality Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston). Dr. Sands is the chief quality officer and senior vice president of healthcare quality at BIDMC as well as an associate…

 ← Previous   Next →    Gina Pugliese RN. Vice President of Premier Safety Institute. With more than 40 years of experience in healthcare safety, Ms. Pugliese serves as the vice president of the Premier Safety Institute and has adjunct…

 ← Previous    Next →   Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM. Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore). Dr. Pronovost wears many hats — he is a practicing anesthesiologist and critical care physician, the…

 ← Previous   Next →    Brigitta Mueller, MD. Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Patient Safety Officer at All Children’s Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine (St. Petersburg, Fla.). Dr. Mueller joined All Children’s in 2013 after serving as director…

 ← Previous   Next →    Elizabeth A. Mort, MD. Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). In addition to serving as senior vice president for quality and safety at Mass General and the Massachusetts…

 ← Previous   Next →    James Merlino, MD. President and CMO of Press Ganey’s Strategic Consulting Division. Dr. Merlino, an experienced physician and executive, joined Press Ganey in 2015. In his role there, he helps providers improve the delivery…

 ← Previous    Next →   Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, CIC, FAAN, FNAP. President of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Prevention. In addition to her role as president of APIC, which she assumed in 2015, Dr.…

 ← Previous   Next →    Jeffrey C. Lerner, PhD. President and CEO of ECRI Institute. Dr. Lerner has led the ECRI Institute (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) since 2001, and he also served as vice president for strategic…

 ← Previous   Next →    Richard Kronick, PhD. Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In August 2013, Dr. Kronick was appointed as director of AHRQ by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. AHRQ’s main mission is to produce…

 ← Previous   Next →    Clifford Y. Ko, MD, FACS. Director of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Dr. Ko is a practicing surgeon, specializing in colon and rectal surgery, and serves as a professor in…