Patient Safety

Creating a culture of safety is essential for improving patient care and reducing harm in health care settings. To support this mission, the American College of Healthcare Executives and the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute developed Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success.

This guide provides health care leaders with the tools needed to shape and sustain a culture of safety, offering:

• Strategic approaches for building safety-focused leadership
• Frameworks for embedding patient and workforce safety into hospital culture
• Actionable insights to drive meaningful change toward zero harm

This resource is designed to inspire, inform and guide organizations in their journey to achieving total system safety.

Since the release of the To Err Is Human report published by the National Academy of Sciences in 2000, Missouri’s hospitals have made significant progress in reducing patient harm. To highlight these advancements, MHA developed a timeline showcasing two decades of quality improvement initiatives and their impact on patient safety.

This infographic details a timeline of various state and national initiatives helping hospitals prioritize:

• Investments in safety programs and quality improvement
• Strengthening reporting and transparency to drive change
• Collaborations to implement best practices that protect patients