Three health care systems Wellmont Health System, based in Kingsport, TN; Novant Health, based in Winston-Salem, NC; and Adventist Health System, based in Winter Park, FL have come together to seek a solution to improving patient safety.
Penny Romeo, RN, CPHQ, quality coordinator for Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN, may have as good an idea as anyone about the prospects for the Safest Hospital Alliance after all, for the last six months she has been installing the model at her facility.
Robert Hatcher, MD, MPH, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Atlanta's Emory University and chairman of the editorial board for Contraceptive Technology Update, is the 2007 recipient of the Kenneth J. Ryan, MD, Physician Leadership Award.