Engaging Physicians

We recognize that if this project is to be successful, we must engage physicians. We also recognize that this is often very difficult. To help with this, on our website, we provide training on engaging physicians.

What are you doing that seems to be effective in engaging physicians in this work?

Please share your successes and struggles.

Peter

Welcome Message From Dr. Peter Pronovost

Hi

On the CUSP Stop BSI is a groundbreaking national program to improve patient safety. It is our Polio campaign of the 21st century. With efforts, with more volunteers than any standing army in history, the word has virtually eliminated polio. We now need to do the same for central line associated blood stream infections.

Many of us have led large scale collaborative projects, but no one has ever done a data rich national project that offers hope of improving the culture of safety in hospitals and measurably improving infection rates. It will not be easy, no one has done this before; yet with 30,000 to 62,000 dying from these infections a year in the U.S, we have no choice, we have to succeed. It will require the leadership of all of you.

I am eager to learn with you, to reduce infections and improve culture, and to build capacity to tackle the next problem. Our team is excited about participating in this historic project and the potential this holds as a method for reducing infections, and improving the often toxic culture of medicine. I am curious, what excites YOU about participating in this project?

Warmly,

Peter