Heidi Raines’ “Shared Voices” to be Published by Forbes Books
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New York (January 17, 2023) – Forbes Books, Forbes’ exclusive business book publishing imprint, today announced the January issue A Common Voice: A Framework for Patient and Staff Safety in Healthcare By Heidi Raines. It’s available now on Amazon.
Heidi Raines is the founder of a healthcare software company that provides patient safety, employee wellness, and quality improvement solutions to healthcare organizations.exist common voiceshe explores the role staff and patient safety technology can play in improving the quality and cost of care.
“My main goal, in my work, in my advocacy, and in this book,” Raines shares, “is to equip healthcare organizations with a framework for near miss and incident reporting, fair follow-up , analysis, and learning. These are all important components of achieving a just culture of nursing, amplifying the voices of healthcare professionals, and improving the overall health of our communities.”
and common voice, Raines also aims to educate policymakers and other high-level decision makers on the specific benefits of shifting healthcare organizations to a culture of safe care. The book explores how staff and patients often remain silent about the problems they see for fear of repercussions if they make safety concerns public. As someone who believes that the voices of healthcare workers, leaders and patients are key to meaningful transformation, Raines advocates for an end to this silence.
“For our healthcare professionals, patients and patient caregivers to be successful, we must make their voices and observations heard — especially when they see opportunities to prevent injuries and improve the care environment,” Raines said. “Our goal is to use reporting as an opportunity for learning and prevention, and if we don’t, we choose to make our health care system more vulnerable and diminish our sense of the possibility of providing safer care.”
About Heidi Raines
Heidi Raines is the founder and CEO of Performance Health Partners, a software company that provides patient safety, employee health, and quality improvement solutions to healthcare organizations. She is also board chair of the Women Healthcare Executives Network at the American Healthcare Executive Academy, and serves as an instructor in Tulane University’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) and the University of New Orleans’ Bachelor of Healthcare Administration programs. Raines has received awards for innovation and executive leadership, including Urban Business Innovator of the Year and Woman of the Year.
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