The Pandemic stressed much of our society, and especially healthcare, in ways never before seen. It highlighted discrepencies in healthcare services based on race, wealth, and zip code. It brought to light the weakness in our health delivery structures. It showed the...
wImage source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_737-8_MAX_N8704Q_rotated.jpg What is the cost of a High Reliability Organization losing its way? For the families of 346 airline passengers and crew on two separate flights, it is unmeasurable. For...
It has been precisely one year since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic around Covid-19. In that time every possible aspect of our daily lives have been put to the test. The educational system has been dramatically overturned and impacted. It would be...
This is a 3 Part series of podcasts based on a 90 minute HRO introductory class for Healthcare graduate students from a large research university. PODCASTS Part 1 Defining HRO: A Definition of High Reliability Organizing Part 2 Defining the 5 Habits: A...
“It may be simple, but it isn’t easy. ” So says Joe Bell, Executive Director of the Niagara Aerospace Museum and Aerospace executive with 4 decades of hands on High Reliability experience in the Aerospace industry. This interview with Joe touches on...
Patient safety is an important focus for health care providers of all stripes. It has huge impacts both financial and personal, and affects patients, but also doctors, nurses, and even society as a whole. The best patient safety comes from a wholistic High...
