Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

10 Sign up for the Free Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control E-Weekly at www.beckersasc.com/clinicalquality. University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. She was the first recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for individual lifetime achievement in patient safety. Elizabeth Mort, MD. Vice President of Quality and Safety and Associate CMO of Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). Dr. Mort, a practicing general internist, serves as vice president of quality and safety of Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, as well as associate CMO of Massachusetts General Hospital. She also holds the position of senior medical director of Partners HealthCare in Boston. Dr. Mort co-chairs the Massachusetts Medical Society's committee on the quality of medical practice. Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD. President of Clinical and Physician Services and CMO of Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.). Dr. Perlin serves as president of clinical and physician services and CMO of Hospital Corporation of America. He previously served as Under Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and chief quality and performance officer at the Veterans Health Administration. Dr. Perlin has served on boards of several organizations, including the National Quality Forum. In 2010 he won the National Patient Safety Foundation's Chairman's Medal in recognition of his efforts in improving patient safety. Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA, CPPS. Former President of the National Patient Safety Foundation (Boston). Ms. Pinakiewicz retired as president of the National Patient Safety Foundation in November after leading the organization for nine years. She is a member of the Lucian Leape Institute at NPSF after serving as its president. Ms. Pinakiewicz led NPSF's programmatic expansion, including new accredited continuing education and continuing medical education resources and the creation of the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety. Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM. Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore). Dr. Pronovost, a practicing anesthesiologist and critical care physician, serves as senior vice president for patient safety and quality and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Pronovost led a program in Michigan that used a checklist to dramatically reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections. Dr. Pronovost won the 2004 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for research and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2008. Gina Pugliese, RN, MS. Vice President of the Premier Safety Institute (Charlotte, N.C.). Ms. Pugliese is vice president of the Premier Safety Institute, part of the Premier healthcare alliance. She is also editor of the institute's SafetyShare online newsletter and the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. She previously served as director of safety for the American Hospital Association for eight years and has participated in many national committees for CMS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and other organizations. M. Michael Shabot, MD. CMO of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Houston). Dr. Shabot is CMO of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, which received the 2012 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for innovation in patient safety and quality at the national level. He previously served as Memorial Hermann's chief quality officer and held several leadership positions at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Shabot is also chairman of the board of the Memorial Hermann Accountable Care Organization and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics. Rita Shane, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP. Director of Pharmacy Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). Dr. Shane is director of pharmacy services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and assistant dean of clinical pharmacy services at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy. In 1983 she developed a clinical pharmacy intervention program to document pharmacists' role in preventing adverse drug events. She received the 2012 Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award in recognition of her commitment to patient safety and her work expanding clinical pharmacy services at Cedars-Sinai. Susan E. Sheridan, MIM, MBA. Co-Founder and Past President of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (Chicago). Ms. Sheridan is cofounder and past president of Consumers Advancing Patient Safety as well as Parents of Infants and Children with Kernicterus. She also serves as deputy director of patient engagement at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and led the World Health Organization's Patients for Patient Safety initiative from 2004 to 2011. John S. Toussaint, MD. CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value (Appleton, Wis.). Dr. Toussaint is CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and CEO emeritus of ThedaCare. He was a pioneer in using the Toyota Production System and Lean principles to improve healthcare. He was the founding chair of the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality and of the Wisconsin Health Information Organization. He was inducted into the Association of Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame in 2012 and was named a lifetime member of the Shingo Academy in 2011. Robert M. Wachter, MD. Chief of Medical Service and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco). In addition to serving as chief of the medical service and chief of the division of hospital medicine at UCSF Medical Center, Dr. Wachter is professor and associate chairman of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is editor of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network. Dr. Wachter coined the term "hospitalist" in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article and is a past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Regina Robinson, RN, MBA, CMPE, CASC. Director of Peninsula Surgery Center (Newport News, Va.). Ms. Robinson is director of Peninsula Surgery Center, where she leads efforts in continuous improvement. She previously served as a legal nurse consultant. She is a member of the editorial advisory board at SurgiStrategies and has written several articles on infection control. Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD. Vice President for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston). Dr. Weingart is vice president for quality improvement and patient safety at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He received the 2012 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for his commitment to patient safety. He developed one of the earliest medication reconciliation programs and developed curricula for patient safety. In addition, Dr. Weingart is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chair of the board of governors of the National Patient Safety Foundation. Michael Rose, MD. Vice President of Surgical Services at McLeod Health (Florence, S.C.). Dr. Rose, a practicing anesthesiologist, serves as vice president of surgical services at McLeod Health and is a member of the McLeod Health board of trustees. In addition, he is chairman of the South Carolina Safe Surgery 2015 leadership team, which helps hospitals implement a surgical safety checklist to prevent errors. Dr. Rose received the 2012 Lewis Blackman Patient Safety Champion Healthcare Executive Award for his role in improving hospitals' safety. Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA. Medical Director in the Division of Healthcare Improvement at The Joint Commission (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.). Dr. Wyatt is medical director in the division of healthcare improvement at The Joint Commission, where he serves as a resource for patient safety information and promotes patient safety and quality improvement. He previously served as director of the Patient Safety Analysis Center at the Department of Defense, where he created the DoD Patient Safety Registries to track and analyze adverse patient safety events. n

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