In this HL Shorts video, find out about the primary strategies for improving care quality from Anthony Altobelli, MD, the new CMO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, which is part of RWJBarnabas Health.
Promoting the highest possible level of care quality is one of the top objectives of CMOs and other clinical leaders.
"You must have clinical leadership with knowledge about quality—they are the content experts for what quality medical care looks like," Altobelli says. "High quality care is care that meets the standards that are often set not only through training but also national organizations and societies."
A CMO is responsible for an organizational structure that creates and helps develop the culture that puts patient safety and quality care at the forefront of everything that a hospital does, according to Altobelli. "You need to have an organization where quality and safety are foremost on everyone's mind," Altobelli says.
Click on the video below to get Altobelli's insights. To read the accompanying HealthLeaders story, click here.
Christopher Cheney is the CMO editor at HealthLeaders.