The Organizational Safety Culture Change (OSCC) Identified Participant Group (IPG)

Hospital Patient Safety Overview

With the support and assistance of many partners and colleagues in New York and elsewhere, we at IPRO are engaged in a three-year journey with a select group of New York hospitals to bring the CMS vision - "The right care for the right person, every time" - to life.

Patient Safety Tools

Our quarterly newsletter covers one patient safety dimension in-depth in each issue. Subscribe Now!
Current Issue #6 - Teams, teamwork, and Collaboration
Previous Issues
#1: Communication: Handoffs & Transitions
#2: The Case for Leadership Support
#3: Moving From A Culture of Blame
#4: Becoming Comfortable With Error Reporting
#5 - Error Reporting Systems: Feedback and Communication
You may also discuss or comment using our online discussion forum.

Project Goals

Our project promotes an improved patient safety environment by assessing current culture and implementing changes to improve leadership for quality, transparency, workplace stress, handling of mistakes, interdepartmental cooperation and communication.

Patient Safety Begins With You

Up-to-the-minute content can be found in our online discussion area. We encourage you to browse the postings.

If you register for Jeny (our discussion area), you may also ask questions, make comments, and seek information from IPRO and from all participating hospitals. You can register by clicking the following link and following the instructions: http://jeny.ipro.org/register.php. Help is available online or via telephone.

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Project Contacts

Marguerite Shaffer, RN, CPHQ

Senior Director

518-426-3300, extension 108

mshaffer@nyqio.sdps.org
Charles Stimler, MD, MPH

Medical Director

516-326-7767, extension 410

cstimler@nyqio.sdps.org