Dr. Jones provides executive leadership for patient safety, quality improvement and high reliability initiatives at Sibley Memorial Hospital, partnering with clinical, operational and executive leaders to reduce preventable harm and improve outcomes. Prior to joining Sibley, he served as medical director of safety and high reliability for Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System, where he built enterprisewide safety infrastructure from the ground up across a newly unified health system. There, he stood up a systemwide safety committee, led efforts to standardize event management and root cause analysis, developed a three-tiered safety alert notification process, and designed a comprehensive just culture implementation program for more than 15,000 employees. His leadership contributed to more than an 80% reduction in serious safety events across Yale New Haven Health System. Dr. Jones received a “Special Achievement Award” from the Yale System Office of the Chief Medical Officer in recognition of his vision and exceptional leadership in integrating patient safety across the system. He is a recognized national speaker on patient safety, high reliability and just culture.
