Infrastructure is needed to design, implement and evaluate the work of patient safety in the organization. At The Johns Hopkins Hospital, a patient safety director oversees this work through the creation of a safety strategic plan.
Patient safety at Johns Hopkins includes the organizational-level capacity to identify and improve upon our major risk areas, measure and improve culture and improve medication safety. It also involves the active work by a patient safety committee, which represents caregivers, staff and patients, to oversee the implementation of our strategic vision.
Without physician buy-in, patient safety efforts often fall flat. 
Hospital leaders must model the behavior they want staff to adopt for patient safety, says the Center’s executive director. 
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