The Exec: Medical City Dallas CMO Makes Patient Safety a Constant Concern

HealthLeaders Media November 8, 2023
Christopher Cheney

Alan Harmatz says patient safety involves assessing how a care process works, determining whether the outcome was anticipated, and identifying improvements.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– Risk management informs patient safety in the hospital setting.

– Listening to the clinical staff is essential to being a successful chief medical officer because frontline staff members generate great ideas.

– Physician leaders can be a rare commodity, but if CMOs look and listen, they can find them.

Risk management is a key element of patient safety, says Alan Harmatz, MD, the chief medical officer of Medical City Dallas.

Harmatz, who was named CMO of Medical City Dallas in August, oversees clinical care at Medical City Dallas, Medical City Children’s Hospital, Medical City Women’s Hospital...

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