Each hospital CEO must determine which departments should logically report to each senior executive. Historically, the vice president for medical affairs or [...]
Every year, the health system pharmacy director and I would sit down and review the latest Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) list of best practi [...]
I was walking towards the cafeteria one morning when I recognized one of our hospital board members. I recalled seeing him at one the meetings where I had pr [...]
I remember the first time our CEO announced to our board of directors that we had received the Top 100 Hospital designation. I believe the award was “o [...]
For this post, I thought I would discuss SMART goals and use them for my blog for 2017. It is quite common for each executive in a healthcare organization to [...]
patient safety Patient safety can sometimes be a nebulous concept. Like quality, it is difficult to define, but most of us recognize it when we see it. I w [...]