TY - JOUR
AU - Kaiser, Larry, R.
AB - Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/qmhcjournal by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/11/2020 Q Manage Health Care Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 166–173 2007 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The Patient Safety Leadership Academy at the University of Pennsylvania: The First Cohort’s Learning Experience Angela B. Wurster, MSN, RN, CRNP; Kathy Pearson, PhD; Seema S. Sonnad, PhD; James L. Mullen, MD, FACS; Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS Background: We based the Patient Safety he November 1999 report of the Institute of Medicine, entitled To Err Is Human: Build- Leadership Academy (PSLA) on the premise that ing A Safer Health System, indicated that improving management skills could improve patient T as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in safety and employee satisfaction. Study Design: hospitals each year as the result of medical errors. Fellows completed baseline surveys on leadership Reducing these numbers through patient safety im- skills knowledge, patient safety knowledge, and provement is at the forefront of current research, clin- program goals. They completed the same surveys ician training, and hospital accreditation efforts. Pro- 7 months later at the final PSLA session. The fellows viding safe and effective care is a multifaceted prob- also completed a survey assessing how PSLA lem 
TI - The Patient Safety Leadership Academy at the University of Pennsylvania: The First Cohort's Learning Experience
JF - Quality Management in Health Care
DO - 10.1097/01.QMH.0000267454.63123.e7
DA - 2007-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/the-patient-safety-leadership-academy-at-the-university-of-pS0ATbNJrK
SP - 166
VL - 16
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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