ZERO preventable deaths: The only acceptable goal
Ariana Longley
Patient Safety Movement Foundation, USA
: J Health Inform Manag
Abstract
Setting a goal of ZERO preventable patient deaths in your hospital may seem daunting, or impossible. This talk will share the work of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, a global non-profit working in over 50 countries to eliminate preventable patient deaths in hospitals. Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, and the latest research suggests it is the 14th leading cause of death globally, killing more people than HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria, combined. This presentation will show how this global Movement has grown since it’s inception in 2012 and will encourage attendees to take action, committing to ZERO.
Biography
Ariana Longley is a Chief Operating Officer, Patient Safety Movement Foundation. In her short career prior to joining the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Ariana graduated cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Studio Arts. She worked at the University of California, Irvine’s Institute for Immunology for one year and left her post at UCI to pursue a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2012, with a focus on oral immunotherapy for children with egg allergy. She came back to California and spent time at the Orange County Healthcare Agency in the Health Promotion Division. She then seized the opportunity to work at Masimo Corporation. Ariana volunteered at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s 2015 Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit and knew that she wanted to step into a leadership role to support the Foundation’s audacious mission. Ariana has been with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation since 2015 and is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer.
E-mail: Ariana.longley@patientsafetymovement.org
