WISER Patient Safety Report

The Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) is excited to share with you our Patient Safety Report, highlighting our recent contributions in supporting health system initiatives to improve the quality and safety of the care that UPMC provides. By working as part of the Wolff Center, as well as local quality and safety leaders, we offer insight and solutions associated with identified areas of opportunity within patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.
 
Our Patient Safety Report provides snapshots of some of the efforts that we have helped to create and support with our operational, curricular, IT, and administrative efforts over the past two years. Through a collaboration with subject-matter experts (course directors), we share our expertise in simulation and educational development to create successful training, system evaluation and assessment opportunities.
 
Be it system-wide or hospital-specific, WISER partners with practicing physicians, nurses, pharmacists, as well as many other healthcare providers to create unique and effective programs to educate, assess people and systems, to create a safer environment for patients. We are proud to share information about these courses through this report, which includes our most recent efforts to support UPMC’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
 
All of us at WISER look forward to supporting patients through the innovative use of education including simulation and remain excited for future projects that lead to improved quality of care.
 
Thank you for your interest in our Patient Safety Report as well as your ongoing support of WISER. We encourage you to contact us with any questions, suggestions, or ideas for future projects.   
 
Sincerely, 
 




Paul E. Phrampus, MD
Director, WISER
 

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