Charles Denham

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Charles R. Denham, MD
Title Chairman, TMIT; CEO, HCC

Charles Denham (born in 1955 in San Bernardino, California) is a patient advocate who has served as the Chairman of Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT), an independent medical nonprofit organization. He is CEO of Health Care Concepts Corporation (HCC).

Biography

Education and titles

Charles Denham graduated with a B.M.S. and an M.D. from the University of Alberta. He completed his medical residency in radiation oncology at Baylor College of Medicine. Denham began his career as a radiation oncologist in Austin, Texas.

Denham is an adjunct Professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Health Services Engineering and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Patient Safety. He is Chairman of The Leapfrog Group Safe Practices Program. He is the producer of a global series of documentaries, including Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm and Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board. His article,[1] co-authored with Captain Sully Sullenberger, has been widely acclaimed and followed in the press, which addresses the value that aviation best practices can have on healthcare. Dr. Denham is a member of The Experts healthcare panel of the Wall Street Journal, where he serves as a regular contributor.[citation needed]

Work as patient safety advocate

Dr. Denham was a Co-Chairman of the National Quality Forum Safe Practices committee until 2010. He has been a Senior Fellow in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University and instructor at the Harvard School of Public Health. He teaches leadership and innovation on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.[citation needed]

Dr. Denham is a co-founder of the Global Patient Safety Forum, along with the former Health Minister of the Federal Office of Public Health of Switzerland, Dr. Thomas Zeltner. The Global Patient Safety Forum is a global convener and connector of patient safety organizations and their programs, which was formed to accelerate the adoption of innovations in patient safety. The Global Patient Safety Team, formed in 2013, which applies the principles of the Commercial Airline Safety Team (CAST), will address patient safety challenges and will communicate its results globally through the Global Patient Safety Forum.[citation needed]

Publications

Dr. Denham has published more than 100 scientific articles, co-authored books and book chapters, and produced numerous multimedia productions on subjects relating to patient safety, leadership, and technology adoption. He has collaborated with movie actor Dennis Quaid to accelerate the adoption of safety solutions such as bar-code technologies, and has produced the documentaries Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm and Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board, both aired on the Discovery Channel.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Patient Safety[citation needed] and has several highlighted examples of his related work or work with others in References below, including any already mentioned.[2][3][4][4][5][6][7][8] He is Chairman of the development board of the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.[citation needed] He leads the Greenlight Program, developing national impact calculators in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Catholic Healthcare Partners, Seton Medical Center, and the Centers for Disease Control.[citation needed] He plays a leadership role with a global team of developers of a Computerized Prescriber Order Entry (CPOE) flight simulator that measures performance improvement of hospital medication management systems, driving patient safety through healthcare information technologies. He founded CareMoms, CareKids, and CareUniversity, which are programs that are focused on helping families survive healthcare harm and waste.[citation needed]

Controversy

In January 2014, the United States Department of Justice reached a USD $40.1 million settlement with CareFusion, a medical products company.[9] [10][11] The Department of Justice claimed that CareFusion paid Denham USD $11.6 million to influence the Safe Practices Committee at the National Quality Forum to recommend, promote and arrange for the purchase of that company's products.[9] Denham called the kickback allegations "surprising" while his attorney emphasized that the whistleblower lawsuit contains no allegations against Denham.[12]

A separate settlement agreement between the New York State Office of the Attorney General and CareFusion notes that the compensation Dr. Denham received was for "inducing" Dr. Denham to recommend, promote, and/or arrange for the purchase of CareFusion's product, ChloraPrep, in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.[13]

An analysis by ProPublica reported that the National Quality Forum's "final 2010 guidelines, currently in effect, still recommend the ChloraPrep formula."[14]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Denham CR, Sullenberger C, Quaid D, et al. An NTSB for healthcare, learning from innovation: debate and innovate or capitulate. J Patient Saf 2012:Mar;8(1):3-14.
  2. ↑ Zimlichman E, Henderson D, Tamir O, et al. Health care-associated infections: a meta-analysis of costs and financial impact on the US health care system. JAMA Intern Med 2013 Sep 2; Epub ahead of print.
  3. ↑ Denham CR, Classen DC, Swensen SJ, et al. Safe use of electronic health records and health information technology systems: trust but verify. J Patient Saf 2013; Pending.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Quaid D, Thao J, Denham CR. Story power: The secret weapon. J Patient Saf 2010 Mar;6(1):5-14.
  5. ↑ Denham CR. The no outcome - no income tsunami is here: are you a surfer, swimmer, or sinker? J Patient Saf 2009 Mar;5(1):42-52.
  6. ↑ Denham CR. The chasing zero department: making idealized design a reality. J Patient Saf 2009 Dec;5(4):210-15.
  7. ↑ Denham CR, Dingman J, Foley ME, et al. Are you listening...are you really listening? J Patient Saf 2008 Sep;4(3):148-61.
  8. ↑ Denham CR. TRUST: the five rights of the second victim. J Patient Saf 2007 Jun;3(2):107-19.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs (9 January 2014). "CareFusion to Pay the Government $40.1 Million to Resolve Allegations That Include More Than $11 Million in Kickbacks to One Doctor". United States Department of Justice. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 
  10. ↑ Kell, John (9 January 2014). "CareFusion to Pay $40.1 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 
  11. ↑ Stempel, Jonathan (9 January 2014). "CareFusion to pay $40 million to settle U.S. kickbacks lawsuit". reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 
  12. ↑ Carlson, Joe (21 January). "NQF panel member admits he got $11M from CareFusion, but calls kickback allegations surprising". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 24 January 2014. 
  13. ↑ http://www.ag.ny.gov/pdfs/Settlement_Agreement.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.propublica.org/article/hidden-financial-ties-rattle-top-health-quality-group
  15. ↑ No author listed. 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare - 2012. [Modern Healthcare website] 2012.
  16. ↑ Rodak S. 13 of the most influential patient safety advocates in the United States. [Becker's Hospital Review website] June 14, 2011.
  17. ↑ No author listed. Patient Safety Day Nightingale and Codman Award Honorees & Press Releases. [Patient Safety Day website] 2011.
  18. ↑ No author listed. Denham Receives ASHP Board of Directors Award of Honor. [American Society of Health-System Pharmacists website] 2011.
  19. ↑ No author listed. 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare - 2006. [Modern Healthcare website] 2006.
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