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Patient Paralyzed Due to Medical Error Joins Panel on Hospital Transparency From a Legal Perspective
Jack Gentry has made a life of helping others.
As a former police officer with numerous departmental, city and
statewide commendations for life-saving, Gentry was active and used to
giving himself to help others. After 37 years of dedicated community
service, he looked forward to a hard-earned life of retirement with his
wife and children.
But, in the summer of 2013, Gentry's life would be forever changed.
A routine operation to repair a bulged disc quickly turned
life-altering, leaving Gentry paralyzed from the neck down.
"I went into the hospital a patient and I became a victim," explained
Gentry.
Becoming a victim of medical error is not unusual. Although patient
safety has been seen as a priority for years, medical errors are the
third leading cause of death in the United States taking more than
200,000 lives annually. But it was how the hospital, MedStar Health,
responded to Gentry's error that was highly unusual and what they hope
becomes the model across the United States.
The hospital used AHRQ's Communication and
Optimal Resolution
(CANDOR) process, a timely, thorough, and just way when unexpected
events cause patient harm. The process allowed Gentry's doctor to
apologize to him and his wife before contacting the hospital
administration to seek help for the family. According to Gentry, the
hospital then provided financial, medical and emotional support. MedStar
Health's support allowed Gentry to get early intervention that was not
covered by his insurance, which allowed him to regain use of his hands.
But hospital transparency in the age of litigation is highly unusual as
many hospitals and clinicians fear legal ramifications. The Patient
Safety Movement is pleased to present a panel on Hospital Leadership:
Transparency from the Legal Perspective at the World Patient Safety,
Science & Technology Summit in Huntington Beach, California on January
18, 2018. This panel will share unique perspectives from the hospital,
patient and legal perspectives.
Joining Gentry on this global panel will include:
Moderator: David B. Mayer, MD, Executive Director, MedStar
Institute for Quality and Safety - Dr. Mayer is responsible for
overseeing the infrastructure or clinical quality and its operational
efficiency for MedStar and each of its entities. Dr. Mayer also designs
and directs systemwide activity for patient safety and risk reduction
programs.
Panelists:
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Mike Durkin, OBE, MBBS, FRCA, FRCP, DSc, Senior Advisor on
Patient Safety Policy and Leadership, Institute of Global Health
Innovation, Imperial College London - Dr. Durkin was the NHS
National Director of Patient Safety from 2012-2017. He has led
performance and clinical governance reviews in the UK and overseas.
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Peter Lachman, MD, MPH, MBBCh, FRCPCH, FCP (SA), FRCPI, Chief
Executive Officer, International Society for Quality in Health Care
(ISQua) - Dr. Lachman was a Health Foundation Quality Improvement
Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in 2005 and
developed the quality improvement program at Great Orman Street
Hospital in London where he was the Deputy Medical Director, leading
patient safety improvement. Prior to joining ISQUA, Lachman was a
consultant pediatrician at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Now,
Lachman is the Lead International Faculty at the RCPI in Dublin. At
RCPI he co-directs the Leadership and Quality program to develop
clinical leads in quality improvement.
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Allen Kachalia, MD, JD, Chief Quality Officer and Vice
President for Quality and Safety, Brigham Health; Associate Professor
of Medicine, Harvard Medical School - Dr. Kachalia oversees Brigham
Health's inpatient and ambulatory quality and safety initiatives. As a
trained lawyer, his research focuses on how the law affects medical
care, particularly how liability system reform and the disclosure of
medical error relate to the quality and safety of healthcare.
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Jon Schochor, JD, Senior Managing Partner at Schochor, Federico
& Staton, PA, - Mr. Schochor focuses primarily on representing clients
in cases relating to medical malpractice, negligence, class action
litigation, and has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report and
Newsweek. Mr. Schochor is a skilled trial lawyer and litigator who
seeks to provide his clients with the highest level of legal
representation.
For more information, please visit the Patient
Safety Movement Foundation website. Members of the media may request
a press pass or a digital media kit that will be updated throughout the
Summit by emailing [email protected]
About The Patient Safety Movement Foundation More than 200,000
people die every year in U.S. hospitals and 4.8 million worldwide in
ways that could have been prevented. The Patient Safety Movement
Foundation is a global non-profit which creates free tools for patients
and hospitals. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation was established
through the support of the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation, and
Competition in Healthcare to reduce that number of preventable deaths to
ZERO. Improving patient safety will require a collaborative effort from
all stakeholders, including patients, healthcare providers, medical
technology companies, government, employers, and private payers. The
Patient Safety Movement Foundation works with all stakeholders to
address the problems with actionable solutions for patient safety. The
Foundation also convenes the World Patient Safety, Science & Technology
Summit. The Summit brings together some of the world's best minds for
thought-provoking discussions and new ideas to challenge the status quo.
By presenting specific, high-impact solutions to meet patient safety
challenges, called Actionable Patient Safety Solutions, encouraging
medical technology companies to share the data their products are
purchased for, and asking hospitals to make commitments to implement
Actionable Patient Safety Solutions, the Patient Safety Movement
Foundation is working toward ZERO preventable deaths. Visit
patientsafetymovement.org.
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