Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

Sign up for the Free Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control E-Weekly at www.beckersasc.com/clinicalquality. 50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety (continued from page 1) Adelman was awarded the American Hospital Association-National Patient Safety Foundation Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship for 2010 to 2011, and is a senior fellow of the Health Research & Educational Trust. David W. Bates, MD, MSc. Senior Vice President for Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization (Boston). Dr. Bates became senior vice president for quality and safety and chief quality officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization in 2011. He serves as executive director of the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital and as external program lead for research in the World Health Organization's Global Alliance for Patient Safety. In addition, Dr. Bates co-directs the program in clinical effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health and is medical director of clinical and quality analysis at Partners HealthCare in Boston. Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP. Former CMS Administrator (Baltimore). Dr. Berwick served as administrator of CMS for nearly a year and a half, during which the agency launched the nationwide Partnership for Patients initiative to improve patient safety. He previously cofounded and led the Institute for Healthcare Improvement for more than 20 years. Dr. Berwick was recently appointed as chair of the National Patient Safety Advisory Board by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to help the National Health Serve reduce harm. Leah F. Binder, MA, MGA. CEO of The Leapfrog Group (Washington, D.C.). Ms. Binder serves as president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, a national organization aiming to improve the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare. The Leapfrog Group awards patient safety scores to hospitals based on publicly available metrics. Ms. Binder joined the organization in 2008, before which she served as vice president of Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington, Maine, for eight years. Maureen Bisognano, RN. President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Cambridge, Mass.). Ms. Bisognano is president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She previously served as executive vice president and COO of the organization for 15 years. Ms. Bisognano is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and was appointed to The Commonwealth Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System. Doug Bonacum. Vice President of Quality, Safety and Resource Management, at Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.). Mr. Bonacum serves as vice president of safety management at Kaiser Permanente, where he has worked since 1994. In 2006, he received the National Patient Safety Foundation's inaugural Chairman's Medal, which recognizes emerging leadership in patient safety. He served for eight years on active duty in the U.S. Submarine Force, where he was responsible for weapons' and ship's safety and nuclear power plant operations. Richard Boothman, JD. Chief Risk Officer of University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor). Mr. Boothman is chief risk officer of University of Michigan Health System. He has participated in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Committee Subcommittee for Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform. Mr. Boothman is also a member of the board of governors at the National Patient Safety Foundation and the board of directors at the Michigan Hospital Association Patient Safety Organization. Helga Brake, PharmD, CPHQ. Patient Safety Leader at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago). Ms. Brake serves as patient safety leader at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She was named an American Hospital AssociationNational Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Leadership Fellow for 2011 to 2012 for a project on eliminating harm from failures in medication continuity. Ms. Brake is a member of the American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety, a membership program established by the National Patient Safety Foundation. Darrell A. Campbell Jr., MD. CMO of the University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor). Dr. Campbell is CMO of the University of Michigan Health System and Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery in the department 7 of surgery. He has worked with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to develop a surgical quality improvement program in 52 Michigan hospitals and has been selected to participate in the National Quality Forum's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety project. Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH. President of The Joint Commission and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.). Dr. Chassin is president of The Joint Commission and the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare. He previously served as the Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Health Policy and founding chairman of the department of health policy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and executive vice president for excellence in patient care at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Chassin was a member of the Institute of Medicine committee that published the groundbreaking article "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System" in 1999. Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. Outgoing Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Rockville, Md.). Dr. Clancy announced in January that she will step down as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality after leading the organization for nearly 10 years. As director, she created the first annual report to Congress on healthcare disparities and healthcare quality. Dr. Clancy previously served as director of AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and was awarded the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research in 2009. Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD. President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (Horsham, Pa.). Dr. Cohen is president One case of Legionnaires' disease is one too many. PROTECT YOUR PATIENTS. PARTNER WITH THE LEGIONELLA EXPERTS®. • Legionella and waterborne pathogens testing • Water safety plans • Legionella risk assessments • Outbreak response • Research and education 877-775-7284 | WWW.SPECIALPATHOGENSLAB.COM

• Cover