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December 01, 2017 - Slide 8: Safety Program Leverages National Leaders
Say:
This project developed through partnerships … These leaders serve several critical functions. … Surgeon leaders—
Serve as role models for surgical safety activities. … When engaging surgeons for the surgical safety team, it is important to—
Identify surgeon leaders … Reward surgeon leaders.
Develop a vehicle for communication.
Formalize communication plan.
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June 01, 2017 - Louella Hung: What we're trying to do is talk to actual senior leaders who are out in the field
and … and ICUs successful in reducing
healthcare-acquired infections, also known as HAIs, and how senior leaders … That is one of the ways that senior leaders can really
help in this type of quality project or safety … Susan: Having the level of engagement from senior leaders allows for a more fulsome
explanation of what … You've heard some very
specific examples on this podcast from senior leaders who've been successful
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March 27, 2025 - Leaders/
Administrators
Executive Leaders
and Board Members/
Trustees
American College of Healthcare … Leaders/
Administrators
Executive Leaders
and Board Members/
Trustees
Institute for Healthcare … Page 5 of 15
Target
Audience Role Sponsoring Organization Resource Date
Published Description
Leaders … /
Administrators
Healthcare Leaders American College of Healthcare
Executives (ACHE)
Healthcare … Executive 2024
Competencies Assessment
Tool
2024 An instrument for healthcare leaders to use in
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May 01, 2017 - Senior leaders, facility team leads, team members
How should you use this tool? … Senior leaders and teams should complete this tool together
1. What happened?
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March 01, 2017 - Senior leaders, facility team leads, team members
How should you use this tool? … Senior leaders and teams should complete this tool together
1. What happened?
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June 02, 2025 - Senior leaders should be familiar and comfortable with the goals of the project. … The outcome was a series of physician-led quarterly gatherings attended by hospital leaders, quality … Effective senior executive leaders help people successfully adapt to change by reinforcing attitudes, … Senior leaders should be able to work with team members to:
· Create project goals and timelines and … Slide 17
ASK:
· What are some effective ways for leaders to work with staff to facilitate change?
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June 01, 2015 - In addition, system
leaders realize that health care reform will change the market, forcing them to … Despite the challenges and changes, this
system’s leaders are generally optimistic about the future … Leaders decided the CMO could work
with health plans to increase its role, taking on more financial … Equally important, medical center
leaders—and medical school leaders—see these changes as necessary … Leaders in field study sites were seeking appropriate institutions
to benchmark.
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June 27, 2014 - Once the individual reviews of the checklist are finished, schedule a meeting of the hospital’s key leaders … the executive leadership team and the clinical department chairs.
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Overall, our hospital holds senior leaders … actively when we identify issues related to the Quality Indicators.
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· Our hospital leaders
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November 01, 2013 - Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Clinical Preventive Services
Profiles from the AHRQ … Next, they interviewed leaders on campus and at affiliated health systems to identify their D&I education
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April 01, 2022 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Team Roster
Objective: To assemble a team of influential leaders … .
· Allocate and advocate for needed project resources.
· Educate staff, physicians, and other unit leaders
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March 01, 2017 - Continued senior leader engagement will also improve as leaders see the return on investment and routinely … Planning early also allows your facility to identify key leaders and to engage senior leaders and administration … Team leaders may need to be coached on how to build a measurement system to collect process, outcome, … Encourage team leaders to discuss actual resident stories to drive home important lessons. … SLIDE 22
SAY:
In order to manage skepticism, leaders and champions could present ongoing evidence
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March 01, 2017 - When confident and empowered staff use their shared information to improve care, leaders should provide … Leaders should also provide access to resources for an empowered staff. … Many staff report that meetings with leadership are intimidating or that leaders do not welcome their … Team leaders must both change the systems that undermine the team’s vision and also remove obstacles … It's essential that team leaders remove as many barriers as possible.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/world-patient-safety-day.html
September 01, 2023 - AHRQ Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
For World Patient Safety Day 2023, AHRQ Recognizes the Imperative … the insights and suggestions of patients, family members, clinicians, hospital staff, and hospital leaders … Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety provides clear direction that healthcare leaders
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November 01, 2019 - “We kept leaders and staff in the loop with a variety of communications methods: our OB performance improvement … Hospital leaders assembled monthly team meetings with PowerPoint presentations, held management meetings … Nunemacher noted that system leaders use HSOPS to give feedback to staff on their areas of strength and
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September 01, 2015 - Assisting ACO leaders in understanding how data are generated (e.g., workflows,
coding issues) would … ACO leaders may find it useful to explore the
potential for reciprocal learning. … OKPRN leaders encouraged PBRN leaders to think about the balance between academic research
and contract … To manage the relationship, MGPC PBRN leaders met with operational leaders once per week to
discuss … Leaders identified a cultural difference between ACO leaders and PBRN
leaders around the need for “perfect
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April 01, 2023 - Kho also designed a training program to develop the next generation of health system transformation leaders … The program trains future leaders to transform care delivery and advance patient-centered research, while … Continuing his focus on educating primary care practices and future leaders, Dr.
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June 01, 2021 - Diagnosis: A Call to Action
Diagnostic Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
Why Are Leaders … How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety? … What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? … Health system leaders’ role in addressing racism: time to prioritize eliminating health care disparities
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April 01, 2022 - “Making It Work” tip sheet provides additional information to help intensive care unit (ICU) team
leaders … Effective leaders and managers should always
acknowledge unit teams that achieve safety goals or make … • Share your team’s story success with other identified units, senior leaders, quality committees, … • Consider asking senior leaders to share successes broadly within hospital and on various social
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October 01, 2017 - Guide
This Pressure Injury[footnoteRef:1] Prevention Program Implementation Guide is for hospital leaders … Identify the Implementation Team Leaders. … Do Team Leaders/key staff participate in regular conference calls with QISs/instructors? … Solution: Discuss pressure injury prevention with leaders at regular meetings. … Executive leaders visit the units and discuss results with staff.
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August 25, 2015 - Share stories and use the Building the Business Case for CANDOR Worksheet to help leaders and staff clearly … Leaders can use personal stories to help staff understand the background and reason for change. … Leaders must change the systems or structures that support the change vision, and then provide employee … See Module 2 for more information on how senior leaders and risk management can engage and obtain staff … Leaders should, as early as possible, identify visible, clear successes that can be connected to the