“Safety, and quality are key strategies for a highly reliable organization. To be recognized by SafeCare Group as one of 100 SafeCare Hospitals is a testament to the work of our care teams who are working together to make Methodist Hospital the very best place to receive care in Minnesota.”
- Dr. Roxanna Gapstur, President, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
- Dr. Roxanna Gapstur, President, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
THE CATALYST
Exerpt of interview, SafeCare Magazine, Editor-in-Chief, Sarju Bharucha, JD, 3rd Quarter 2016
Question: In all your years working in patient safety, what has surprised you most?
Yisrael Safeek, MD, MBA: The biggest coming to mind is an inspection visit to a “world renowned” hospital when I was with The Joint Commission. When I say “world renowned” I’m referring to a top 10 rating in the nation…rated by others of course. The hospital’s leadership constantly kept reminding the inspection team of these ratings. That all sounds fine until you know that the hospital had over 250 findings after a five day inspection.
I can tell you of another occasion when we …the inspection team…arrived at this great Midwestern health system and was asked to go home. Days earlier ahead of Joint Commission survey, the health system was visited by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid and had over 1,000 findings. Some involved rape of a patient in a psych ward. Truly sad.
Question: In all your years working in patient safety, what has surprised you most?
Yisrael Safeek, MD, MBA: The biggest coming to mind is an inspection visit to a “world renowned” hospital when I was with The Joint Commission. When I say “world renowned” I’m referring to a top 10 rating in the nation…rated by others of course. The hospital’s leadership constantly kept reminding the inspection team of these ratings. That all sounds fine until you know that the hospital had over 250 findings after a five day inspection.
I can tell you of another occasion when we …the inspection team…arrived at this great Midwestern health system and was asked to go home. Days earlier ahead of Joint Commission survey, the health system was visited by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid and had over 1,000 findings. Some involved rape of a patient in a psych ward. Truly sad.
