
Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS
@chemmelgarnms
Mom of two - always! Patient safety leader, educator, believer in open and honest communication & transparency. Marathon runner, high heel lover, choc addict.
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05-05-2019 18:32:38
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The IHI Lucian Leape Institute is excited to begin our work with the new Patients For Patient Safety US (pfps.us) to help advance the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Patient Safety Action Plan and drive change in health care settings. #WorldPatientSafetyDay #ptsafety

Members of the Leapfrog team participated in the #WorldPatientSafetyDay walk to raise awareness of the 200,000+ deaths a year in the United States due to medical errors #UniteForSafeCare David Mayer MD Patient Safety Movement Foundation


We're honored to have participated in Patient Safety Movement Foundation's #WalkForPatientSafety where we planted 1000 orange flags - each flag representing 200 who die each year from preventable medical harm. #WorldPatientSafetyDay #UniteForSafeCare


We are excited to work with Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as well! Indeed a happy #WorldPatientSafetyDay! Armando Nahum Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS David Mayer MD Alicia Cole Kelly Smith, PhD Susan Sheridan Boult MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety Regina Holliday @GeriLynn Patients For Patient Safety US Patient Safety Movement Foundation World Health Organization (WHO) Neelam Dhingra The Leapfrog Group

Kedar Mate, MD Patients For Patient Safety US World Health Organization (WHO) PFPS US looks forward to partnering with IHI Lucian Leape Institute and other strategic partners to re-energize patient safety in the USA and reduce avoidable harm to patients.


”Allow patients and family members not only to have a voice, but to determine how they want to use that voice”--giving patients and families options to choose on how to use the voice makes this partnership even more outstanding. So proud of Armando Nahum’s contribution!

6 of 10 patients with a high-risk feature of possible cancer did not receive urgent referral BMJ Quality & Safety study Study shows why interventions to reduce missed opportunities in cancer diagnosis and support for primary care needed globally qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…


blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare… We are thrilled to be featured on CDC’s blog today! We look forward to working with organizations across US and help implementing World Health Organization (WHO)’s #Global #patientsafety #actionplan Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) The Leapfrog Group Patient Safety Movement Foundation David Mayer MD Beth Daley Ullem Stanisław Iwańczak


Full scholarships provided for eligible nursing, medical and allied health science students. Join the Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety for a transformative 4-day immersive program The Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety in 2022 💡 Visit TheTellurideExperience.org to apply! David Mayer MD



Ready for daylight savings? Remember, the one hour loss of sleep is associated with increased human error related patient safety issues as described in this Mayo Clinic study in JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine: bit.ly/3MLjyos. Layers of safety precautions are needed to address fatigue.


Love being part of the faculty for the Academy of Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety (AELPS) offering programs to train the next generation of safety leaders. Led by Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS with @TheOfficialBonk, Seth Krevat, Helen Haskell, and others.


**Update!** The 2nd Annual Bennathan #PatientSafety lecture now slated to start at 3p. June 2nd and virtual presentation. We hope you can join and engage on the topic of wellness in health care! @Mi2innovation MedStar Health Research MedStar Health


Who killed patient safety? A must-read poignant article by patient advocates Carole Hemmelgarn, Martin Hatlie, Susan Sheridan, Beth Daley Ullem #patientsafety journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Patients For Patient Safety US OIG at HHS CMSGov CDC Minority Health #MedTwitter NMQF National Quality Forum (NQF) Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Who Killed Patient Safety? Read the moving call to action article by Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS, Martin Hatlie, JD, Sue Sheridan & Beth Daley-Ulem.

Looking forward to the class of 2023 The Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety -- the future #hcldrs of medicine. #meded #Nursing #residentphysicians #nursingschool #MedTwitter #ptsafety #humanfactors Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS Raj Ratwani, PhD Raj Dr. Ed Tori Kelly Smith, PhD David Mayer MD Rollin J (Terry) Fairbanks


Want to learn how to apply human factors to improve patient safety? Join our in person workshop this October to go beyond the basics with hands on tools you can put to use. Register: tinyurl.com/4jpsvh7h & join faculty Raj Ratwani, PhD Rollin Fairbanks Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety
