From left: Alwyn Minns, Housekeeping Aide, Environmental Services; Vivian Leonard, RPh, Director, Pharmacy; Billy Sin, PharmD, Assistant Director, Pharmacy; and Rianne Bonitto, PharmD, Clinical Coordinator, Pharmacy.
The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens kicked off Patient Safety Week on their campuses in mid-March with the screening of a documentary film, followed by two-day patient safety fairs. Organized by the Department of Risk Management and Patient Safety, the week’s events began in Hatch Auditorium with a screening of To Err Is Human, an in-depth film on patient safety, followed by a panel discussion.
Later in the week, employees at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens attended informative and fun filled Patient Safety Fairs. They participated in raffle drawings and trivia games related to best practices in patient safety. Stations highlighting pharmacy procedures, infection prevention, and quality assurance were set up for employees to receive information and ask questions.
Additionally, patient safety experts Robert Freeman, MSN, RN, Senior Director of Clinical Operations, The Mount Sinai Hospital; and Patty Skolnik, Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Citizens for Patient Safety, presented lectures on leveraging artificial intelligence to improve the quality and safety of care and how empathy and understanding positively impact the quality of care, respectively.