HOT TOPIC 4

Reimagining (and Revitalizing) Quality, Safety, and High-Reliability in the Post-Pandemic Era

Thursday, November 2  |  7:30 – 9:00 a.m.

This interactive session will engage hospital quality leaders through validation of the impact of COVID on the health care industry and on their organization’s quality and safety performance. How quality leaders can step firmly and confidently into their roles as leaders of influence to revitalize their organization’s quality and safety strategy will be reviewed. Specific application of the tenets of high reliability by quality leaders will be explored as tools of organizational engagement and refocusing will be discussed. Innovative strategies to deepen patient engagement in the organization’s quality and safety strategy and framework post-pandemic will also be identified.

Objectives:
• Discuss the impact of the pandemic on the organization’s quality and safety outcomes to create urgency for change.
• Describe the role of leaders in influencing restoration of safety practices through application of the key tenets of high reliability.
• Implement one innovative strategy to deepen patient engagement in the organization’s post-pandemic patient safety agenda.

1.5 Continuing Education Hours Applied For: ACHE Qualified Education Hours, Certified Professional Healthcare Quality Hours, Compliance Hours, Continuing Legal Education, Nursing Contact Hours, and Risk Management Hours

This session is sponsored by AHA Services, Inc.

 
Meet Vicki Choate, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, CPPS 
Vikki is a consultant and international speaker with more than 35 years of healthcare leadership experience that she uses to help clients consistently deliver results. She specializes in guiding healthcare organizations and executives to improve the care delivery process, enhance the patient experience and create cultures of accountability, safety and high reliability. 
 
Vikki leads Huron’s quality, safety and high reliability work across the U.S. and in Canada. She presents regularly at national conferences and individual organizations. 
 
Prior to joining Huron, Vikki held leadership roles in both the payor and provider environments. Vikki has served as a system vice president of performance improvement and a chief quality officer. 
 
 
 

Vikki Choate, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, CPPS

Principal

Huron Consulting Group