Since the days of leisure suits, pet rocks and double-digit interest rates, widely used quality assessment and accreditation processes in healthcare have remained virtually unchanged. With rising error rates and falling success rates in terms of measured outcomes, there is a compelling need for a transition to outcome-based quality assessment and accreditation techniques.

Join us for this free webinar that will examine how quality management techniques, widely proven in other industries, can be leveraged by healthcare providers to achieve outcome-based oversight and improve results by creating new standards of excellence from the skills, experience and ingenuity that already exist in your hospitals. The presentation will help you: 

• Understand the rationale for the need for a new accreditation alternative

• Learn about a contemporary alternative to outdated hospital accreditation processes

• Understand the ease of transition to an alternative accreditation organization

• Learn how to apply outcome-oriented ISO 9001:2000 quality management system requirements

• Learn how to develop an quality system infrastructure to improve the performance of an organization at all levels

Who Should Attend

• CFO, CEO

• Chief Compliance Officer

• Chief Risk Officer

• Director of Risk Management

• Director of Regulatory

• Affairs Hospital Legal/Regulatory Counsel

About the Presenter

Patrick Horine, MHA
Executive Vice President, Accreditation
DNV Healthcare, Inc.

Patrick is responsible for oversight and management of the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (NIAHO) program for DNV Healthcare, Inc. He oversees the staff and surveyors including standards development, providing pre-survey support, evaluation of survey activities, and post-survey activities, which includes the evaluation of the reporting process and review of corrective actions to survey findings. He has been in an integral role for the development of the NIAHO Accreditation Program pursuant to recognition of deeming authority from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Patrick has more than 20 years of healthcare management experience and holding leadership positions in hospitals. His experience includes positions as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice President for Quality and Business Development. His expertise includes hospital operations, performance improvement, patient safety, data inventory development and analysis, and adverse event investigations. He has presented numerous seminars as well as worked on-site with healthcare organizations on an international level.

Patrick’s educational background includes a master’s degree in hospital and health administration from Xavier University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in health occupations education from the University of Louisville.