2023 Patient Safety & Quality Symposium – Tapping the Power of Collaboration by Embracing Shared Goals

Strengthening collaboration starts with developing a personal collaboration style that contributes to teamwork and culture, and then translating it to create more efficient collaboration techniques for teams and the organization.


Brain Based Leadership Strategies for High Reliability

This session covers techniques to improve the resiliency and effectiveness of team leadership and teamwork, and identifies the effects of cognitive bias in leadership decision making.
Oren Guttman, MD, MBA

Oren Guttman, MD, MBA

Edward Asplundh Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer, Jefferson Abington Health
Enterprise Vice President for High Reliability & Patient Safety, Jefferson Health
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College

There is an “I” in Team: Maximizing Your Contributions to Promote Team Success

Teams that successfully drive quality and safety outcomes depend on every team member to “choose” to follow and collaborate with others.
Russell G. Hoffmann, III, PhD

Russell G. Hoffmann, III, PhD

Vice President, Culture & Organizational Development
BJC HealthCare

Local Initiatives

This session explores three local projects: one each from St. Louis Children's Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
Daniel Willis, MD, MPHS

Daniel Willis, MD, MPHS

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
Meagan McCaughey, MSN, RN, CPN

Meagan McCaughey, MSN, RN, CPN

Patient Safety/Quality Improvement Specialist
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Mandy Tedder, PharmD, BCPS

Mandy Tedder, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Melanie Koenen, BSN, RN, CMSRN

Melanie Koenen, BSN, RN, CMSRN

SPAR Nurse Coordinator
Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
Washington University School of Medicine