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Cover Story: The Strategic Case for the

High Reliability Organization Model Broward College Health

in the Healthcare Industry Sciences Simulation Center

Continued from page 1 Granted Provisional
When health systems face challenges and
Accountable Care Organization (ACO), opportunities, they not only must contend
focusing on promoting population health, with new demanding incremental demo- Accreditation in Teaching
the transition to value-based care, the rise graphic shifts that profoundly modify and
of healthcare consumerism, and the impact the population's health status, but and Education
increasing complexity and escalating cost also with rising healthcare consumerism
structure in the clinical care setting. These and expectations.
significant forces are challenging many This principle should be a shared vision Broward College is proud to announce that its Health Sciences
healthcare organizations to provide and a common destiny for all healthcare Simulation Center (HSSC) has been granted Provisional Accreditation
advanced, efficient, and consistent med- organizations. FAU’s Executive Master of in Teaching and Education from the Society for Simulation in
ical care coordination inside and outside Health Administration (EMHA) program Healthcare.
their walls. To meet, manage, and sustain prepares graduates to become the next Broward College’s HSSC is now one of 20 simulation centers and sim-
current and anticipated population’s generation of leaders and managers this ulation labs in Florida. The Provisional Accreditation has been granted
healthcare needs, healthcare organizations industry demands. Our graduates learn for a two year period and will allow the HSSC to continue future growth
are learning and benchmarking best clini- about the HRO model and its strategic and with a major focus on faculty development in simulation, along with
cal and business practices from other operational requirements and acquire the simulation research.
industries that have benefited tremen- essential core competency professional “Achieving provisional accreditation is a major milestone and we are
dously from embracing the High skills that are necessary to transform the extremely proud of our Health Sciences Simulation Center and the team
Reliability Organization (HRO) model. U.S. healthcare delivery system in the behind it,” said Broward College President Gregory Adam Haile, Esq.
For all stakeholders involved in the right direction. This dynamic learning “This accreditation positions Broward College as a premier center for
delivery of healthcare (health systems, experience ensures our graduates will academia, simulation research and community healthcare simulation.”
physicians, payers, investors, etc.) it is leverage these skills to understand the The Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s national review accredita-
clear that this industry needs to commit undergoing significant structural changes tion team identified several strengths in Broward College’s HSSC pro-
additional resources and effort to redesign in this industry and to manage its transfor- gram including the quality improvement committee, internal data ana-
many of the critical clinical and business mation. lytics, creative architectural design of the Simulation Center and central
functions and processes. This redesign is Ultimately, the healthcare industry sets geographic location to all campuses with classes for nursing and Allied
required to catch up to other consumer- its strategic target to improve patient care Health Sciences students. It was also recognized for its state-of-the-art
based industries that have achieved solid outcomes and business performance hospital equipment, high fidelity mannequins, audio and video record-
track records in implementing the high results. FAU graduates are prepared and ing system, all which allow the students to experience real-life acute
reliability organization model. The guid- motivated to be our future healthcare care in a clinical environment.
ing principle for healthcare stakeholders leaders and change agents who are com- Broward College HSSC’s Provisional Accreditation in Teaching and
indicates the HRO model is a mission crit- mitted to build and support resilient Education was made possible under the leadership of Kathleen King,
ical for the industry aiming to deliver con- organizations and communities. retired district director, Health Science Simulation Center, Broward
sistent and reliable clinical outcomes and College and Dr. Jennifer Jackson, medical director and key simulation
sustainable business performance results. Dr. Mountasser Kadrie is Adjunct Professor, specialist along with Deisy Mercado, Joseph Suarez and Thierry
The healthcare industry has never seen FAU Executive Master of Health Montalbo from the Health Sciences Simulation Center team.
such a significant disruption of its clinical Administration program (EMHA). For more
and business processes by embracing information about FAU’s Executive Master of
innovative technologies and clinical Health Administration program, visit
advances in its day-to-day operations. www.fau.edu/emha or call (561) 297-6000.

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The result is the five-story, 41,000 sq. scenarios are audio- and video-taped. At have to build a course from scratch, and
ft. Simulation Hospital that, according to the end, we bring them together and we that's going to take a little more time."
Dr. Barroso-Fernandez, "is designed to debrief them. We're going to go through No matter the situation, the health
be a center for everyone to come and things that went well, along with areas care specialist walks into the hospital
become better educated, whether they're for improvement; so when the students environment and assumes whatever his
a local community, national, or interna- walk away, it wasn't just a task, it's that or her role is. "And they are going to take
tional group of partners. It is an effort to 'ah-ha' moment of being able to reflect care of the patient. The patients happen
change health care education and the on what they did and what they would to be simulators, but they still have a
way participants learn, whether they are do differently." heart rate, they have a respiratory rate,
students or practitioners, nurses or She said the space can be used in dif- they can sweat, they can talk to the
physicians. It's the whole aspect of ferent ways. If a group has everything it health care provider, they can simulate
patient care." needs to put on its own class, but doesn't myriad different symptoms, disease
How that is being accomplished is have the space, the space can be rented. processes, injuries. In being faced with a learn from these mistakes and go out and
through a series of courses and scenarios If someone wants a more specialized realistic patient, they can make mistakes, face similar issues, you're going to
that enable medical personnel to partici- course, the simulation hospital can build learn from their mistakes, do it again remember what you did in simulation,
pate and either gain or refresh their it for them. For example, she said they until they get it right, but no harm is and it makes you a better practitioner.
skills. As Dr. Barroso-Fernandez are currently working with a group of going to come to the patient." "This is an amazing opportunity, not
explained, you have to imagine the sim- school nurses who want a refresher Dr. Barroso-Fernandez said 1,100 only for our students here at UM, but for
ulation hospital as a real hospital. All of course on how to handle children for deaths occur daily in the United States every practitioner who wants to come
the equipment is real, and everything the certain scenarios they may be exposed to because of preventable medical errors, and get better. We can change the
participants are going to be using is real. – allergic reactions, an asthma attack, and simulation is designed to break that world."
"The difference comes when they get even basic first aid. "They came to us and cycle. "If we can put you in an environ-
to the bedside. They are either going to we built this course for them, and then ment where you are emotionally com-
meet a simulator as their patient, or a put it on for a fee. Sometimes we already mitted, and put you through these sce- For more information, call
standardized patient – a human being have a course that's very similar and we narios and have you learn from your mis- (305) 284-3666 or visit
who has been trained to portray the role. can just tweak it to meet the learning takes, you're less likely to make mistakes www.SONHS.miami.edu.
They then care for this patient, and the needs of the participants. Sometimes we in the clinical environment. And as you

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