tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post8043472931422091922..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: At the ACHEPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-5490568735807260902009-03-28T19:11:00.000-04:002009-03-28T19:11:00.000-04:00Thanks for this post. I just came across your blog...Thanks for this post. I just came across your blog, it seems like you really care about patients and their well being as well as managing a great hospital. I plan to be reading more.Jeff Longhttp://staffing.medicalsolutions.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-70424688159378324192009-03-26T22:29:00.000-04:002009-03-26T22:29:00.000-04:00I agree. It is certainly the case at our place, w...I agree. It is certainly the case at our place, where my annual review has a major quality and safety component.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-1233835367416808832009-03-26T22:10:00.000-04:002009-03-26T22:10:00.000-04:00Your post about less than half of hospital CEO's n...Your post about less than half of hospital CEO's not having patient safety/quality as a top priority has me wondering.....how are CEO's evaluated for job performance?<BR/><BR/>It seems that simple logic would dictate that their evaluations be tied to quality outcome measures like hospital infection and mortality rates.<BR/><BR/>Any CEO's whose facility's infection and/or preventable mortality rates are not decreasing over time should be fired. It's so simple..like the big elepahant in the room that everyone is sidestepping. Providers and front line healthcare workers are not the only ones who should take the heat when poor performance at the bedside harms patients, or worse results in untimely deaths.<BR/><BR/>We should take the current lessons we are learning about Wall Street CEO's and (urgently) apply them to hospital CEO's.<BR/><BR/>'First do no harm' should go right on up the chain. <BR/><BR/>LoriLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03063361464335029594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-17512534030454544692009-03-26T05:39:00.000-04:002009-03-26T05:39:00.000-04:00I'm glad I'm not the only one shocked that safety ...I'm glad I'm not the only one shocked that safety and quality wasn't more than a 43% concern. The people surveyed could list more than one top priority, I believe.<BR/><BR/>Finance came out on top of the survey, the self reported "top concerns". Cost and finances are not something to lose sight of, but you're right that we need more leadership from the top about quality and safety.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for setting that good example, Paul!Mark Grabanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-45383553109525167982009-03-25T07:53:00.000-04:002009-03-25T07:53:00.000-04:00Thanks for the stimulating ACHE presentation yeste...Thanks for the stimulating ACHE presentation yesterday morning by you and Jim Conway – information, encouraging and provocative. Why is this taking so long? I don’t yet discern a collective/passionate outrage for patient safety change across the industry. Jim’s quote about “Why didn’t anybody do anything?” is so right on. <BR/><BR/>I sit in these educational and patient safety/quality conferences as a participant and sometimes a speaker. My stomach churns at the lack of aggressive progress when I know so many are still dying and hurt needlessly. I plant seeds of change during my searches for hospital CEO’s, senior and mid level management, but for too many their eyes just glaze over. Many are doing good things and change is happening, but we need so many more champions and constructive change at a faster pace. We also need a stronger, genuine and accepted partnership between patients/families and providers. We misread the motivation of patients/families about this involvement and under-estimate their value.<BR/><BR/>Dan Ford<BR/>Vice President<BR/>Furst Group<BR/>Phoenix, ArizonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com