Judith Block

Senior Director of Risk Management

Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Downtown, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, York

04.2019 - Current

Direction of the Risk Management & Patient Safety program and staff within an academic health care system with supervision of a team of four clinical risk managers
Oversight of all risk management and patient safety activities at three acute care facilities, 150 clinic and faculty practice sites/locations, and three ambulatory surgery centers within an academic health care system
Identification, analysis of actual and potential risk exposure events and implementation of risk mitigation strategies and opportunities for improvement
Development and implementation of risk management and patient safety related policies and practices for mitigation of professional liability
Manage medical malpractice, general liability and property damage/loss claims
Analysis of loss trends together with identification of opportunities to reduce actual or potential liability liability exposure
Provide on-going in-service education on loss prevention/risk management and patient safety and error disclosure to physicians, residents and hospital and practice staff
Serve on the Quality Strategic Advisory Group (QSAG), Quality Performance Improvement Committee (QPIC), Patient Family Engagement Committee (PFEC), Environment of Care (EOC) Committee and Patient Safety Case log
Coordination of all aspects of hospital-based risk management -goals for JCAHO surveys
Act as hospital liaison to New York State Department of Health (DOH) and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) on reportable events
Facilitation of Serious Adverse Event process to including but not limited to, identification, prioritization of events; conducting debriefs; Root Cause Analyses and development of Safety Solutions
Successful Launch and implementation of new electronic incident Reporting (DATIX) system across all three hospitals and all clinics and faculty practices under each location together with providing on –site support, coaching and education
Daily oversight of electronic incident reported events, assignment of investigation and follow-up to appropriate personnel
Coordinates apology, error disclosure and early compensation program

Summary

Overview

Work History

Senior Director of Risk Management

Senior Associate Director

Director of Risk Management

Director of Risk Management

Education

B.S - Physician Assistant

M.P.A. - Health Policy And Management

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Senior Director of Risk Management

Senior Associate Director

Director of Risk Management

Director of Risk Management

B.S - Physician Assistant

M.P.A. - Health Policy And Management

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