Dr. Lane leads all quality and safety efforts at Parkland Health, the sole public hospital in Dallas County, which handles more than 73,000 discharges, nearly 1.3 million outpatient visits, more than 228,000 emergency visits and approximately 13,000 deliveries annually. Under his leadership, the system has advanced toward becoming a high reliability organization through widespread adoption of just culture principles and high-reliability frameworks, producing a significant reduction in serious safety events alongside increased safety event reporting. His data-driven initiatives have also produced a greater than 50% reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infection standardized infection ratio and contributed to stronger CMS star ratings. Dr. Lane recently served as chair of the Texas Hospital Association’s safety and quality committee, co-chairs the super safety-net hospital cohort at Vizient to share safety practices among similar institutions, and serves on the Partnership for Quality Measurement’s pre-rulemaking measure review recommendations committee.
