Accelerating the Adoption of a Safety Culture.

Creation of a high-reliability safety culture “is probably the most challenging work that a healthcare organization has to do,” says Ana Pujols McKee, MD, executive vice president and CMO for The Joint Commission. And as with any other fundamental change in healthcare, the hard work of accelerating development of a safety culture begins with senior leadership: “Without concerted and ongoing efforts by senior leaders to exemplify and cultivate that culture, the organization cannot change,” McKee says.