Nov 2, 2020
Kedar Mate and Patricia McGaffigan on Workforce Safety & Patient Safety
Show notes and links: http://www.valuecapturellc.com/he26
Welcome to Episode #26 of Habitual Excellence, presented by Value Capture.
We are joined by _Kedar Mate, MD_, President and Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), President of the IHI Lucian Leape Institute, and a member of the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College. We are also joined by _Patricia A. McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS_, Vice President, Safety Programs, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), previously served as COO and Senior VP of Programs at the National Patient Safety Foundation until 2017, when the Foundation merged with IHI.
In this episode, our host _Mark Graban_ asks Kedar and Patricia about the IHI _National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety_, how this is connected to the late _Paul O'Neill_, and the connections between workforce safety and patient safety. We also chat about the _IHI National Forum and how that is a virtual event this year_.
Other links:
* _To Err is Human_ (report)
* _Safer Together_ (report)
* _IHI Lucian Leape Institute_