Patient Safety

UHN’s Patient Safety Officer

Emily Musing is UHN’s Patient Safety Officer and Executive Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Risk and Quality.

As the Patient Safety Officer, Emily is responsible for:
•	Leading and facilitating initiatives to promote patient safety at UHN
•	Promote a culture of patient safety
•	Investigating the root cause of incidents to determine quality improvement actions, process changes and learnings
•	Develop and implement ongoing communication strategies and staff education to promote patient safety
•	Support the Quality of Care Committee and its delegates on review and assessment of patient and visitor related incidents
•	Support patient safety and quality presentations to the Quality Committee of the Board
•	Present patient safety case examples to the Board of Trustees to engage them on patient safety issues
•	Present patient safety issues to the Medical Advisory Committee to engage UHN Medical Leadership in patient safety issues and initiatives
•	Support the VP Medical Affairs in patient safety projects within his portfolio
•	Support program quality teams at UHN on best practice initiatives and provincial reporting of data
•	Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with external organizations with a shared focus on patient safety

Should you have any questions about patient safety at UHN, please contact riskmanagement@uhn.on.ca