Publications by authors named "Lillee Gelinas"

Preventable healthcare-associated harm results in significant morbidity and mortality in the United States, costing nearly 400 000 patient lives annually. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement provides high-quality educational resources tailored for working healthcare professionals. One such resource is the Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS™) review course, which equips professionals with advanced proficiency in 5 core patient safety domains.

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As systems evolve, their tendency is to become more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on the application of management strategies in health systems. This is the 2nd in a series of articles addressing the mounting challenges faced by nursing leaders demanding insights from the vast amounts of information collected and stored by their organizations.

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Introduction: Simulation is a powerful learning tool for building individual and team competencies of frontline health care providers with demonstrable impact on performance. This article examines the impact of simulation in building strategic leadership competencies for patient safety and quality among executive leaders in health care organizations.

Methods: We designed, implemented, and evaluated a simulation as part of a larger safety leadership network meeting for executive leaders.

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On May 20 to 22, 2009, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) held its Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress in National Harbor, Md. Entitled Patient Safety in Challenging Times: Now More Than Ever, A Critical Need, the meeting focused on the need to strengthen efforts to improve patient safety and quality in the midst of the extraordinary economic challenges facing the nation. The Congress was cochaired by the following distinguished individuals: Janet Corrigan, PhD, MBA, president and chief executive officer, National Quality Forum, Lillee Gelinas, RN, MSN, FAAN, vice president and chief nursing officer, VHA, Inc.

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With today's focus on performance measurement, pay for quality, and other data-driven initiatives in the health care industry, measurement developers and researchers interested in testing these metrics need to keep in mind the needs of those end users that will be tasked with collecting, submitting, and in many cases analyzing the information that flows from these measures. This article will highlight a number of key issues learned from the field and suggest opportunities for research into the design and deployment of these measures.

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The workforce of any health care organization is vital to its continued survival, but a highly competent and committed workforce is vital to its success. The evidence is clear: employees influence not only the financial performance of the organization, but also the safety and quality of the clinical care provided to patients. Health care organizations must understand these important linkages and have in place corporate strategies to manage workforce issues with a systems focus that ensures excellent leadership and operational processes, a healthy culture, and optimum patient outcomes.

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