{"id":10271,"date":"2026-05-28T01:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-nam\/?p=10271"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:55:15","slug":"getting-ahead-of-risk-how-medstar-health-uses-data-to-keep-patients-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-nam\/resources\/getting-ahead-of-risk-how-medstar-health-uses-data-to-keep-patients-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ahead of risk: how MedStar Health uses data to keep patients safe\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Healthcare is one of the most complex, high-stakes\u00a0environments on the planet \u2014 and the people working in it do their best every single day. But effort alone\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0enough to prevent harm. Dr. Terry Fairbanks,\u00a0a human factors\u00a0engineer, emergency physician and chief quality and safety officer at MedStar Health, knows that real safety comes from data: knowing where the risks are before they reach a patient, not after.\u00a0That&#8217;s\u00a0what this conversation is about.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"freecompress-Terry_Fairbanksv2_WebVersion (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1189508834?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways from this conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keeping patients safe in a complex environment means using data to find risks before they cause harm \u2014 not just responding after the fact.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adverse events are rare in any single department, which creates a dangerous blind spot. Aggregated, system-wide data reveals patterns that local observation\u00a0can&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Safety is a team sport. No individual or department can manage it alone.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Safety leaders need real-time visibility \u2014 hour by hour \u2014 to know where to direct their team&#8217;s attention.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The right safety partner\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0just a vendor.\u00a0They&#8217;re\u00a0thinking every day about how to help you get better.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How MedStar Health thinks about safety at scale\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s&nbsp;the hard truth about patient safety: serious adverse events&nbsp;don&#8217;t&nbsp;happen very often in any single hospital or department. And&nbsp;that&#8217;s&nbsp;exactly what makes them dangerous. When something is rare,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;easy to assume it&nbsp;won&#8217;t&nbsp;happen to you \u2014 right up until it does.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Fairbanks has spent his career thinking about this problem. Across a large health system, accidents and near-misses add up. But at the department level,&nbsp;they&#8217;re&nbsp;invisible. That gap between what the data shows and what individual teams experience is where preventable harm lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing that gap means having the right tools \u2014 systems that aggregate data across your entire organization, surface emerging risks in real time and tell safety leaders where to focus before an incident occurs.&nbsp;That&#8217;s&nbsp;exactly what&nbsp;RLDatix&nbsp;is built to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The impact on teams and where this approach works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When a health system moves from reactive to proactive safety management, the shift is noticeable at every level. Safety teams stop chasing incidents and start preventing them. Leaders have real-time dashboards instead of lagging reports. And the culture shifts \u2014 from one where safety is documented after the fact to one where&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;actively managed every day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Dr. Fairbanks puts it: &#8216;We want a partner who&#8217;s thinking every day about how we can become safer and higher quality.&#8217;&nbsp;That&#8217;s&nbsp;the bar&nbsp;RLDatix&nbsp;is built to meet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of data-driven safety approach matters most in:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Large health systems managing risk across multiple hospitals or campuses\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High-acuity environments like emergency departments,\u00a0ICUs\u00a0and surgical units\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organizations building a formal, mature safety culture from the ground up\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quality and safety teams that need better data infrastructure and real-time visibility\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety in healthcare&nbsp;isn&#8217;t&nbsp;a destination you arrive at.&nbsp;It&#8217;s&nbsp;something you work&nbsp;at&nbsp;every day. Having the right data \u2014 and the right partner \u2014 makes that work sustainable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Video Transcripts<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Hello, my name is Terry Fairbanks.&nbsp;I&#8217;m&nbsp;a human factors&nbsp;engineer and emergency physician, and I am the chief quality and safety officer at MedStar Health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Healthcare is such a complex environment, and our healthcare workers come to work every day to do the best job they can.&nbsp;We have all kinds of technology and teams and communication and really high-risk, complex procedures.&nbsp;And how do we stay safe in that environment?&nbsp;It&#8217;s&nbsp;from using data to understand where the risks and&nbsp;the hazards&nbsp;might be so that we can mitigate them before they hurt a patient.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly&nbsp;across the country, we know that accidents and adverse events happen all the time collectively. But when you narrow down into a single hospital or a single doctor&#8217;s office or a single emergency department,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;rare \u2014 and&nbsp;that&#8217;s&nbsp;the challenge for all of us.&nbsp;We&#8217;re&nbsp;trying to mitigate errors in the big picture, but we&nbsp;don&#8217;t&nbsp;see them in the small picture in the world that we all&nbsp;live.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming safe is about partnerships and about teamwork, and those of us who&nbsp;work in&nbsp;safety&nbsp;think about teamwork all the time. As a leader responsible for safety in a large health system, I need an hour-by-hour monitor to tell me where my team should be&nbsp;focusing&nbsp;our efforts&nbsp;in order to&nbsp;stay safe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want a partner and somebody&nbsp;who&#8217;s&nbsp;thinking every day about how we can become safer and higher quality for our patients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: true, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Why is data so central to patient safety?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Because safety incidents\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0happen in isolation \u2014\u00a0they&#8217;re\u00a0the result of system-level patterns that\u00a0build up\u00a0over time. Data lets health systems see those patterns before they result in harm. Without it,\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0mostly responding to things after they go wrong. With it, you can intervene early, redirect resources where\u00a0they&#8217;re\u00a0needed most and build a safety program\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0actually proactive\u00a0rather than reactive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-3&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-3\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">What\u00a0is\u00a0a human factors\u00a0engineer, and why does it matter in healthcare?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-3\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-3-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Human factors engineering is about understanding how people interact with systems \u2014 and designing those\u00a0systems\u00a0so mistakes are less likely to happen. In healthcare, that means looking at how clinical workflows, communication structures,\u00a0workload\u00a0and environment all contribute to error. Dr. Fairbanks brings that analytical lens to safety leadership at MedStar Health, which means the focus is on fixing systems, not blaming people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-4&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-4\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">How do large health systems manage safety across multiple sites?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-4\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-4-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It takes a combination of consistent standards, centralized\u00a0visibility\u00a0and local accountability. Platforms like\u00a0RLDatix\u00a0allow system-level safety leaders to\u00a0monitor\u00a0risk data across an entire network in real time &#8211; spotting\u00a0emerging\u00a0trends, tracking performance and making sure lessons from one facility are applied across the board. Without that kind of infrastructure, multi-site safety management becomes guesswork.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-5&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-5\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">What does proactive safety management actually look like day-to-day?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-5\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-5-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It means your team\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0waiting for something to go wrong before they act. It means reviewing near-miss reports regularly, monitoring safety indicators in real time,\u00a0identifying\u00a0which units or processes carry the most risk and building a culture where staff feel safe flagging concerns before they become incidents.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0less dramatic than investigating a crisis \u2014 and a lot more effective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-6&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-medium-font-size\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-6-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-6\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">What makes\u00a0RLDatix\u00a0different from other safety platforms?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-6\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-6-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Beyond\u00a0the technology,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0the partnership. 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