Paul Barach, Facility and Senior Advisor to Dean at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, joins the podcast to discuss his background, key areas where he's improving patient safety, how he's standardizing harm prevention at Jefferson, and more!
Summary
Improving Patient Safety: Insights from Paul Barach
Background and Key Areas of Improvement
Paul Barach, Facility and Senior Advisor to Dean at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, joins the podcast to discuss his background, key areas where he's improving patient safety, how he's standardizing harm prevention at Jefferson, and more!
Standardizing Harm Prevention Procedures
Paul Roche is a facility and senior advisor to the Dean of Thomas Jefferson University School of Public Health. Paul is working on key areas to improve patient safety, such as hospital-acquired infections, patient falls, miscommunications between staff members, and service failures. To standardize harm prevention procedures at Jefferson, Paul and his team are focusing on building high reliability organizational models. This includes process mapping, failure mode effects analysis, precursor analysis, and assessing potential risks in the system. Paul is also noticing increased levels of clinician burnout and is attempting to solve this issue by looking at it from a complex systems perspective. He believes that electronic medical records that aren't designed properly can add more work and reduce the amount of time nurses spend with patients.
Better Healthcare Facility Design
Hospital executives should think about healthcare facility design for better outcomes, quality and care as well as staff wellness for the future by making sure that their facilities are inviting, hospitable and welcoming to both patients and families. They should also focus on creating a sense of loyalty and caring for patients beyond just the acute phase of care, such as providing support for remote patient monitoring and telehealth services.
Creating Healthier Communities
Finally, they should strive to create healthier communities by focusing on wellness, nutrition, exercise and mental health initiatives in the region.
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This episode aired on 06/21/2023 and can be listened here.
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