Providing a strategic visionfor improving patient safetyLucian Leape Instituteat the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Foundation<strong>The</strong> Lucian Leape Institute at NPSF, established in 2007, is charged with definingstrategic paths and calls to action for the field <strong>of</strong> patient safety, <strong>of</strong>fering visionand context for the many efforts under way within health care, and providing theleverage necessary for system-level change. Its members comprise national thoughtleaders with a common interest in patient safety whose expertise and influence arebrought to bear as the Institute calls for the innovation necessary to expedite thework and create significant, sustainable improvements in culture, process, andoutcomes critical to safer health care.<strong>National</strong> <strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Foundation<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Foundation (NPSF) has been pursuing one missionsince its founding in 1997—to improve the safety <strong>of</strong> care provided to patients. Asa central voice for patient safety, the Foundation is committed to a collaborative,multistakeholder approach in all that it does. NPSF is an independent, not-for-pr<strong>of</strong>it501(c)(3) organization. Information about the work <strong>of</strong> the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Safety</strong>Foundation may be found at www.npsf.org.
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE WORKFORCECreating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health CareACKNOWLEDGMENTSRoundtable ON JOY AND MEANING IN WORK AND WORKFORCE SAFETYINVITED EXPERTS*Perry S. Bechtle, DOConsultant in AnesthesiologyMayo Clinic in FloridaAssistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> AnesthesiologyMayo Medical SchoolCraig BeckerPresidentTennessee Hospital AssociationRichard Boothman, AB, JDChief Risk OfficerUniversity <strong>of</strong> Michigan Health SystemAlbert Bothe Jr., MDExecutive Vice President and Chief Quality OfficerGeisinger Health SystemJames W. Bradford, JDDeanOwen Graduate School <strong>of</strong> ManagementVanderbilt UniversityJames B. Conway, MSPrincipalPascal MetricsWilliam A. Conway, MDSenior Vice President and Chief Quality OfficerHenry Ford Health SystemChief Medical OfficerHenry Ford HospitalAmy C. Edmondson, PhDNovartis Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Leadership and ManagementCo-Unit Head, Technology and Operations ManagementHarvard Business SchoolJane Englebright, PhD, RNChief Nursing Officer and Vice PresidentClinical Services GroupHospital Corporation <strong>of</strong> AmericaCathie Furman, RN, MHASenior Vice President, Quality and ComplianceVirginia Mason Medical CenterLillee Gelinas, RN, BSN, MSN, FAANVice President and Chief Nursing OfficerVHA Inc.Kathy GerwigVice President for Workplace <strong>Safety</strong>Kaiser PermanenteLarry GoldbergCEO, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterGerald B. Hickson, MDDirectorCenter for <strong>Patient</strong> and Pr<strong>of</strong>essional AdvocacyVanderbilt University Medical CenterThomas R. Krause, PhDChairman and CEOBehavioral Science Technology Inc.Gregg Meyer, MD, MScSenior Vice President for Quality and <strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Safety</strong>Massachusetts General HospitalDavid Michaels, PhD, MPHAssistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Labor for Occupational <strong>Safety</strong>and HealthOccupational <strong>Safety</strong> and Health AdministrationUS Department <strong>of</strong> LaborKathy OswaldSenior Vice President and Chief HumanResource OfficerHenry Ford Health SystemRangaraj Ramanujam, PhDAssociate Pr<strong>of</strong>essorOwen Graduate School <strong>of</strong> ManagementVanderbilt UniversityMatthew Scanlon, MDAssociate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pediatrics – Critical CareMedical College <strong>of</strong> WisconsinAssociate Medical Director <strong>of</strong> Information ServicesChildren’s Hospital <strong>of</strong> WisconsinEdgar Schein, PhDPr<strong>of</strong>essor EmeritusMIT Sloan School <strong>of</strong> ManagementSandy SheaPolicy DirectorCommittee <strong>of</strong> Interns and ResidentsSEIU HealthcareJack Silversin, DMD, DrPHFounding PartnerAmicusStuart Slavin, MD, MEdAssociate Dean for CurriculumSt. Louis University School <strong>of</strong> MedicineKathleen M. Sutcliffe, PhDAssociate Dean for FacultyStephen M. Ross School <strong>of</strong> BusinessUniversity <strong>of</strong> Michigan* Titles and affiliations at the time <strong>of</strong> the Roundtableiv