Dr. Posencheg leads teams within Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Healthcare Quality and Analytics, partnering with clinical and operational teams throughout the organization to continuously evaluate and improve care results. The center is advancing work to measure and improve clinical outcomes for acute and chronic childhood conditions, including the utilization of an operating model that incorporates clinical pathways, decision support and data analytics to efficiently get evidence to practice. The center continues to expand work on diagnostic excellence and is incorporating the investigation of health disparities in all of its quality initiatives in partnership with the system’s Center for Health Equity. Under Dr. Posencheg’s leadership, the system’s implements the “Breakthrough to Zero” program, with an overall goal of building system resilience that can absorb human error and prevent harm. The establishment of a human factors and innovation catalyst program has brought innovative and human-centered design principles to quality and safety initiatives. The system now uses the “SEIPS” framework, based in human-centered design, for learning reviews of patient safety opportunities, and has used design thinking to develop solutions to reduce central line infections, predict which patients may have a clinical decompensation, and improve the accuracy and efficiency of antibiotic ordering. Dr. Posencheg has roles supporting national efforts in pediatric quality and patient safety, including representing the quality and safety sessions on the Pediatric Academic Society planning committee and serving on the contract faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
