Healthy Simulation Conference Welcomes Karen Wolk Feinstein

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, presented twice during the Healthy Simulation Virtual Symposium on April 13, 2022. With other patient safety leaders, Dr. Feinstein discussed advocacy opportunities related to calling for a National Patient Safety Board, the importance of establishing a national home for healthcare safety, and the relevance and connection to the simulation industry.

The featured panel was moderated by Lance Baily, HealthySimulation.com Founder/CEO, and featured Paul Phrampus, MD, FSSH FACEP, the director of the WISER Center and medical director of patient safety at UPMC; KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CHSE, CENP, FAONL, FSSH, FAAN, clinical professor and director at UC San Francisco and director at the California Simulation Alliance; Pam Boyers, PhD, MA, associate vice chancellor of clinical simulation at iEXCEL at the University of Nebraska Medical Center; and Dr. Feinstein.

Dr. Feinstein also shared about the National Patient Safety Board Advocacy Coalition during a breakout session later in the day. Learn more about the Conference here.