"Our HealthAlliance Hospital trustees fully support the hospital's top priority of providing each of our patients with clinical and service excellence in a safe environment."
Gail Allen, Esq., Chair, Board of Trustees
Our commitment to ensure quality and patient safety begins with our
Board of Trustees. The board holds ultimate accountability for
quality of care and services, and the systems and processes to support that care
provided by physicians and staff of HealthAlliance Hospital. Board members
receive regular updates and reports on quality across our organization.
A subset of our board is our Board Quality Committee, which
includes five board members plus representatives from senior management and
staff of our Quality Improvement Department. The Board Quality
Committee discusses development and implementation of programs to ensure
improvement of clinical quality and patient safety.
Our
Patient Care Management Committee (PCMC) is comprised of all
our clinical department chairs, representatives from senior management and the
Board of Trustees, as well as participation by nursing directors. The PCMC
reports to the Board of Trustees, and it oversees all the clinical quality and
patient safety work done at the hospital. This committee also works on detailed
case studies to identify opportunities to improve clinical quality.
The Patient Safety Committee (PSC) is dedicated to improving
patient safety practices, reducing the probability of occurrences of adverse and
potentially adverse events, and prioritizing work on National Patient Safety
Goals. It has members from all areas of clinical practice, and it reports to the
PCMC.
The Department of Quality Improvement serves as the locus
for organizational expertise in processes for clinical quality and patient
safety, including work on publically reported national measures of quality, as
well as accreditation activities and risk management.
All staff participates in Patient Safety Walk
Rounds. Members of senior management pair with quality
improvement leaders and engage in conversations with staff across the hospital.
Through these rounds, staff is able to engage directly with hospital leaders, to
jointly identify opportunities to create an even safer environment for our
patients.