Technical Expert/Advisory Panel
Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP
Dr. Arora is Assistant Dean of Scholarship & Discovery, and Director of GME Clinical Learning Environment and Innovation at University of Chicago. She bridges educational and hospital leadership to engage frontline staff, including physician trainees, to improve quality, safety, and value of care. She is an expert in using systems change principles and adult learning theory to engage frontline clinicians to improve care. She has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, with significant contributions to enhancing patient handoffs, improving sleep and fatigue for both residents and hospitalized patients, and engaging trainees in improving value improvement initiatives. She has coauthored Understanding Value-Based Healthcare, a textbook from McGraw-Hill. She is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and she has been named a Master of Hospital Medicine and one of "20 People Who Make American Healthcare Better" by HealthLeaders Magazine. She currently serves on the Steering Committee for AAMC Integrating Quality, the Editorial Board of The Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Safety, and the Social Media Deputy Editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
William A. Bornstein, MD, PhD
Dr. Bornstein is Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer of Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. Under his leadership, Emory has become nationally recognized as a top performer in clinical quality and patient safety. Dr. Bornstein's focus has been on the roles of organizational culture, information technology, and performance improvement methodologies in enhancing the quality, safety, and value of care. He has been a principal architect of the Emory Healthcare's cultural framework, the Emory Care Transformation Model. Most recently, Dr. Bornstein's focus has expanded to applying these principles to improving population health in his role as the founding president of the Emory Healthcare Network, a clinically integrated network dedicated to providing high-value care to the population it serves. Emory's ability to deliver high-reliability care safely to patients with Ebola virus disease has recently garnered international recognition of its advanced care capabilities. Dr. Bornstein has served on numerous national committees and currently chairs the Steering Committee of the UHC–Vizient Medical Leadership Network and cochairs the National Advisory Panel of the Anthem Q-HIP program. He is Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids) and Master Clinician in the Emory University School of Medicine.
Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon)
Dr. Cohen is President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a nonprofit health care organization that operates the voluntary and confidential ISMP Medication Error Reporting Program (MERP). Through ISMP, MERP medical professionals and consumers learn about the causes of medication errors and error-reduction strategies are shared with the health care community, policy makers, and the public. He is a pharmacy graduate of Temple University School of Pharmacy, holds a master's degree from Temple, and has received honorary doctor of science degrees from the University of Sciences and Long Island University as well as a doctor of public service degree from the University of Maryland. Dr. Cohen is a member of the FDA Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee. In 2005, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He was also the 2008 recipient of the John Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety given jointly by The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum.
Mary Dixon-Woods, DPhil
A fellow of both the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences, Mary Dixon-Woods is RAND Professor of Health Services Research in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. As codirector of the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, she leads a programme of research focused on patient safety and healthcare improvement, healthcare ethics, and methodological innovation in studying healthcare. She is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality and Safety. She holds honorary positions as an adjunct professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and as visiting professor at the University of Leicester. She was, in 2012, one of the first recipients of a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award. She served on the National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, which produced the Berwick report in 2013. She also served on the review of information technology in the NHS led by Professor Bob Wachter, which reported in 2016.
Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA
Dr. Edmond is the Chief Quality Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer for University of Iowa Health Care and Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He previously served as the Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Internal Medicine, Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Hospital Epidemiologist at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He is a graduate of the West Virginia University School of Medicine (MD), the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (MPH), and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Government and Public Affairs (MPA). He was a resident and chief resident in Internal Medicine at West Virginia University Hospitals. He then completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a fellowship in Hospital Epidemiology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Dr. Edmond's areas of research focus on the epidemiology of health care–associated infections and the public policy implications of infection prevention. He has published numerous papers, abstracts, and book chapters, and he cowrites a blog entitled Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention.
Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS
Dr. Fairbanks is Assistant Vice President for Ambulatory Quality & Safety at MedStar Health and Associate Director of the MedStar Institute for Innovation, where he serves as Founding Director of the National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare and has leadership oversight roles in MedStar's Simulation and Learning organization and telehealth innovation initiative. Dr. Fairbanks practices Emergency Medicine at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, and he is professor of Emergency Medicine at Georgetown University. Trained in safety science prior to entering medical school, Dr. Fairbanks holds a master's degree in human factors engineering/industrial systems engineering, and an academic appointment as adjunct associate professor of Industrial Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo. A licensed pilot, former paramedic, and EMS Medical Director with systemwide responsibility for quality and safety across a two-county region, Dr. Fairbanks uses his safety engineering background to apply the science of safety and human factors engineering to medical systems. His work has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, ONC, and several foundations. He has served in many national and international advisory roles in health care safety, including as a member of the National Patient Safety Foundation Board of Advisors, member of the UK Health IT Advisory Committee, in advisory roles for Pew Charitable Trusts, American Medical Association. He is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Advisory Committee, and Co-Chair of the 2018 and 2019 annual IHI/NPSF Patient Safety Congress. Dr. Fairbanks has served as an advisor in to the United States, Australian, Spanish, and British governments, and has authored more than 120 publications and a book on health care safety and human factors engineering. He was listed in the 2017 Becker's Hospital Review "Top 50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety."
Martin J. Hatlie, JD
Marty Hatlie is a patient safety advocate interested in the roles patients and families play in improving health care. He serves as CEO of Project Patient Care (PPC), the Chicagoland safety and quality improvement coalition. PPC models partnership between providers and users of care, and advocates using the voice of the patient to improve care. Mr. Hatlie also serves as Co-Director of the MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety, which is dedicated to promoting the wellbeing of users and providers of care as a core dimension of a high reliability organization. He is a codeveloper of the Healthcare & Patient Partnership Institute (H2PI) suite of tools for establishing patient and family advisory councils focused on improvement work. In 2003, Mr. Hatlie cofounded Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS), a nonprofit organization that fosters the role of the consumer as proactive partner, where he currently serves on the board of directors. He also serves on the Patients for Patient Safety Advisory Group for the World Health Organization's Patient Safety Programme, Joint Commission's Patient Safety Advisory Group, the Leapfrog Group Board of Directors, the Alliance for Integrated Medication Management board of directors, and the National Quality Forum's Measure Applications Partnership Hospital Workgroup. Previously, Mr. Hatlie was a lobbyist for the American Medical Association focused on civil justice reform. He coordinated the AMA's launch of the National Patient Safety Foundation in 1997 and served as its founding Executive Director from 1997 to 1999. He served on the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Session on Medical Error from 1998 to 2000 and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation board from 1990 to 2000. Mr. Hatlie is a lawyer, licensed in Illinois and Massachusetts.
Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH
Dr. Landrigan is Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Research and Fellowship Director of the Inpatient Pediatrics Service at Boston Children's Hospital, Director of the Sleep and Patient Safety Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a practicing pediatric hospitalist. He has been studying the quality and safety of hospital care for 15 years. His research has evaluated efficiency and outcomes of care in pediatric hospitalist systems, as well as patient safety across pediatric and adult inpatient settings. His primary focus has been studying the effects of resident sleep deprivation, teamwork, and handoffs on patient safety. Dr. Landrigan has also led a series of studies evaluating the epidemiology of medical error and adverse events, the relationship between resident depression and patient safety, and the effects of computerized order entry systems on rates of medication errors. His current work focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of diverse approaches to reducing fatigue-related error, improving handoffs of care, and translating safety research into policy and practice.
Michelle Mello, MPhil, PhD, JD
Dr. Mello is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Professor of Health Research and Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine. She holds doctoral degrees in health policy and law and conducts empirical research into issues at the intersection of health law, ethics, and policy. She is the author of more than 180 articles and book chapters on the medical malpractice system, medical errors and patient safety, public health law, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research ethics and governance, and other topics. The recipient of a number of awards for her research, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine at the age of 40. Dr. Mello's current work includes projects on clinical behavior among physicians with multiple malpractice claims, communication-and-resolution programs for medical injury, the effects of liability pressure on healthcare quality, prescription drug pricing, and transparency practices among pharmaceutical companies.
Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
Dr. Pronovost is a world-renowned patient safety champion and a practicing critical care physician. His scientific work leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation award in 2008. Elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2011, Dr. Pronovost is an advisor to the World Health Organization's World Alliance for Patient Safety and regularly addresses the US Congress on patient safety issues. He is Senior Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Pronovost blogs about eliminating preventable harm, improving patient outcomes and experience, and reducing waste in health care at his blog Points from Pronovost.
Ann E. Rogers, PhD, RN
Dr. Rogers is a professor at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. She is nationally known for her research on sleep and was the Principal Investigator of the Staff Nurse and Patient Safety Study, which was the first study of document the hours worked by nurses and the adverse effects of these hours on patient safety. Findings from that study resulted in over a dozen manuscripts, several book chapters, and sweeping changes in nursing policies in clinical settings across the country. For her transformative impact on research and practice, she received the AACN Pioneering Spirit Award, an award from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses which recognizes significant contributions that influence acute and critical care nursing. Dr. Rogers is also one of six registered nurses in the United States who have completed the rigorous requirements for recognition as a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH
Dr. Singh is a Professor of Medicine at the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety based at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He leads a portfolio of patient safety research in improving the use of health information technology and reducing diagnostic errors in health care. His research has informed several national and international patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM), US Department of Health and Human Services, National Quality Forum, American Medical Association, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the World Health Organization.
In addition to codeveloping the national VA policy on diagnostic test results communication, Hardeep co-chaired the National Quality Forum committee on recommendations for health IT safety measurement and codeveloped the "ONC SAFER Guides," which provide national recommendations for safe electronic health record use. He has served as Co-Chair of "Closing the Referral Loop in EHR Expert Panel" convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and was a nominated member of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, which advises the CDC, FDA, and CMS. In 2014, he was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics for significant and sustained contributions to biomedical informatics. Dr. Singh received the 2012 AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award for high impact research. In 2014, he received the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama for pioneering work in the field. His multidisciplinary team's work received the 2016 VA Health System Impact Award, which honors VA-funded research that significantly impacts clinical practice and policy.
Dean F. Sittig, PhD
Dr. Sittig received his PhD in Medical Informatics from the University of Utah. His research interests center on design, development, implementation, and evaluation of all aspects of clinical information and communication systems. In addition to his work on measuring the impact of clinical information systems on a large scale, he is working to improve our understanding of both the factors that lead to success, as well as, the unintended consequences associated with computer-based clinical decision support and provider order entry systems. Most recently he has focused his efforts on developing guidelines for the safe and effective implementation and use of health information technology that are based on an eight-dimension sociotechnical model that he developed with Hardeep Singh. This work led to the development of the SAFER guides that were designed to help health care organizations and EHR vendors conduct proactive risk assessments of their electronic health record systems. He recently coauthored an award-winning book on clinical decision support, Improving Outcomes—A Practical Guide to Clinical Decision Support Implementation. He is also the coauthor of Clinical Information Systems: Overcoming Adverse Consequences, Electronic Health Records: Challenges in Design and Implementation, SAFER Electronic Health Records: Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience, and most recently Clinical Informatics Literacy: 5000 Concepts Every Informatician Should Know.
Amy Vogelsmeier, PhD, RN
Dr. Vogelsmeier is an Associate Professor at the Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She has more than nearly 30 years of practice experience as a registered nurse in both acute and long-term care with extensive experience in leadership/management, quality improvement, and patient safety. Dr. Vogelsmeier's area of research is focused on patient safety in long-term care with an emphasis in two areas: the role of registered nurses and medication safety. Her work is among the first to explicate the role of the registered nurse in nursing home medication reconciliation practices. She has research expertise in nursing home work processes including medication administration and technology implementation. Dr. Vogelsmeier works as a consultant to the Center for Patient Safety on various projects related to medical error reporting and has served as an advisory board member to the Center's Patient Safety Organization activities specific to acute and long-term care organizations.