Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings with EACH discussion question.
As future health care leaders it is important for us to learn skills that are enable us to lead. Every leader has their own way of leading with utilizing concepts that can be good or sometimes bad. The video Believing and Belonging by Peter Pronovost does a great job explaining multiple concepts that can be utilized by health care leader. In his video he discusses the impacts of medical errors that are plaguing our hospitals and clinics. Mr. Provonost goes into detail about the concepts he implemented in reducing medical errors and changing the culture among providers. Three concepts that I thought were the most significant were checklists, culture creation and community groups.
The first concept that I thought was the most significant was the implementation of checklists. This minor change decreased the rate of infection by nearly 80% (Provonost, 2016). In all healthcare settings check lists are highly utilized. This is a simple protocol this implemented by many hospitals to ensure that mistakes are decreased. I chose this concept because I have seen it be highly effective. When individuals have a checklist, it keeps individuals on tasks and ensures that what they are performing is correct. As leader implementing checklists can hold people accountable and sets a precedence on how certain procedures are performed.
In the video, Mr. Pronovost alluded to the fact the culture within hospitals were not in the best interest of the patients. I believe that changing the culture as a healthcare leader is important and has a direct effect on patient safety. If everyone has the believe that the patient is their number one priority, they will take more steps to ensure the patient is taking care of appropriately.
The last concept was the introduction of community groups. The implementation of community groups gives the opportunity for healthcare providers to improve the care of patients and create partnerships within organizations (Ferrer, 2016). In the society we live in today, technology allows for providers to be available to communicate across the world. As a leader communication on all levels is important, it may not be on the grand scale of the world but creating an avenue for members to communicate within your job site is important. This simply could be a group chat or a forum for members to collaborate together on daily operations or issues that come up during the work week.