Quality & Patient Safety

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, Vice President of Business Management and Operations at the AHA is joined by James Kent, Chief Financial and Operating Officer of CyraCom. Their discussion focuses on the impact of successful language services on care teams and hospital operations overall.
In this episode, the discussion focuses on how anesthesiologists are taking a lead role in creating a care redesign process to meet patient surgical and procedural demands and maintain quality outcomes. Non-operating room anesthesia cases are expected to account for more than 50% of all anesthesia…
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations at the AHA, is joined by Tammy Johnson, Assistant VP of Clinical Strategy and Customer Relations at Magnolia Medical Technologies. Reducing blood culture contamination proves pivotal in enhancing patient care quality,…
In this episode - Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management and Operations at the AHA, speaks with Felicia Sadler, VP of Quality, and Lora Sparkman, VP of Patient Safety and Quality at Relias, about how workforce strategy dovetails with high-quality patient care. Engaged, high-quality…
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel is joined by guests from Hackensack Meridian Health and Surgical Directions: Dr. Lucy Pereira-Argenziano, M.D., and Chief Quality Officer of Northern Region at Hackensack Meridian Health; Jeff Peters, Founder and Chair-emeritus of Surgical Directions; Supriya Patel…
Kathleen Wessel is joined by Lora Sparkman, Partner for Clinical Solutions, Patient Safety and Quality, at Relias, and John Harrington, VP of Solutions, at Relias to discuss how hospitals are able to find the balance between innovation and proven fundamentals to create a culture that sustains high…
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel is joined by Lee Wallace and Rob Grayhek, Client Outcomes Advisors for Hospital IQ. Together, they discuss how optimizing hospital discharge practices can ensure a safe and timely discharge, thus making more beds available for patients that need them. Listen in for…