Contributors
About the Editors
Michael Leonard, MD, is a founder and managing partner of Safe and Reliable Healthcare, an organization that strives to improve patient safety and clinical quality. He is faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leonard earned his doctor of medicine from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine.
Allan Frankel, MD, also a managing partner at Safe and Reliable Healthcare and has been faculty at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School for 20 years. Frankel earned his doctor of medicine from Boston University School of Medicine.
Frank Federico, RPh, is vice president and senior safety expert at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is faculty for the Patient Safety Executive Development Program as well as vice-chair of the Joint Commission Patient Safety Advisory Group.
Karen Frush, BSN, MD, is chief patient safety officer for the Duke University Health System as well as vice president at LifePoint Health. She is an associate professor of the pediatrics and an assistant professor at the Duke University School of Nursing. Frush graduated from the University of Pittsburg School of Nursing and she earned her doctor of medicine from Duke University School of medicine.
Carol Haraden, PhD, is vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She has close to 30 years of experience in health care improvement. She was a consultant at No Bristol Trust, a national health service trust.
Gary S. Kaplan, MD, is CEO of Virginia Mason Health System and is a member of the Board of Directors at the National Patient Safety Foundation. He is chair of the board of directors for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Kaplan is a clinical professor at the University of Washington. He earned his doctor of medicine from the University of Michigan.
About the Authors
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Doug Bonacum, MBA, is vice president, quality, safety, and resource management at Kaiser Permanente
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Barbara Balik, RN, EdD, is faculty, Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She is also a consultant at Pascal Metrics in Washington, DC
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James Conway, MS, is adjunct faculty at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and principal at Pascal Metrics.
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Natasha Scott, MSc, is director of scientific instruments, applied science at Pascal Metrics.
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Sarah Pratt, MPH, is vice president of client services at Pascal Metrics.
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Andrew P. Knight, PhD, is assistant professor of organizational behavior at Washington University in St. Louis
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Douglas Salvador, MD, MPH, is associate chief medical officer and patient safety officer at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine
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Mary Ann Abrams, MD, MPH, works at Iowa Health System in Des Moines, Iowa
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Gail Nielsen, BSHCA, FAHRA, RTR, is director of learning and innovation leading the Center for Clinical Transformation Iowa Health System and faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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Jeffrey P. Brown, Med, is senior cognitive psychologist at Cognitive Systems Engineering Group in Cognitive Solutions Division at Applied Research Associates in Fairborn, Ohio
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Jackie Tonkel, BSBA, is vice president of Consulting at Pascal Metrics
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David C. Classen, MD, MS, is chief medical information officer at Pascal Metrics
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Robert C. Lloyd, PhD, is executive director of performance improvement at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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David Munch, MD, is senior vice president and chief clinical officer at Healthcare Performance Partners, Inc., in Gallatin, Tennessee