Premier Creates Alliance with Chief Nursing Officers to Improve Quality of Healthcare and Patient Safety

More than 130 chief nursing officers (CNOs) nationwide have joined a network dedicated to improving healthcare quality, patient safety, and efficiency while addressing the expanding role of Chief Nursing Officers to help organizations effectively relate to the consumers of  health care in their communities.  The Premier healthcare alliance, CNO Network, will collaborate and share best practices regarding these issues.

“CNOs today face challenges and expectations that we have not traditionally faced,” said Lanie Ward, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, system vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio. “The purpose of this network is to bring together CNOs from across the nation to collaborate and share best practices specific to driving improvements in patient care, as well as operations and efficiencies.”

According to Carolyn C. Scott, RN, M.Ed, MHA, Premier vice president of performance improvement and quality, “We created this network at the request of our member hospital CNOs to share best practices around what is working – and what isn’t – in the administration of patient care. Nursing leadership is critical to ensure hospitals perform optimally, and this group is at the heart of improving patient care through the enhancement of safety and quality.”