Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm

Zero is the number. Now is the time.
Genre Documentary
Written by C Denham
Directed by C Denham
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) C Denham
Producer(s) Matthew Listiak,
Elizabeth Gay Muzio,
Collin Gabriel,
Jonathan Lawhead
Running time 53 minutes
Production company(s) TMIT,
Summer Productions
Distributor Discovery Channel
Release
Original network Discovery Channel
Original release April 22, 2010 (2010-04-22)

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm is a made for television documentary about preventable medical errors in healthcare narrated by and featuring actor and patient safety advocate Dennis Quaid. The world premier was in Nice, France on April 22, 2010,[1] It aired on the Discovery Channel in the U.S. and Western Europe on April 24, 2010 with repeated broadcasts through May 2010. It has been provided free to hospitals and caregivers both as a DVD and by streaming video.[1]

Content

Actor Dennis Quaid, the narrator of the film, shares the story of how his 12-day-old twins both almost died from multiple overdoses of heparin, a blood thinning medication. This led Quaid to become a patient safety advocate, author of medical papers,[2] and teaming up with the producers of Chasing Zero to create the documentary.[3][4][5][6] The film profiles families affected by medical errors, and champions efforts by medical professionals and patients alike who are working to reduce preventable deaths to zero.[7][8]

The film interviews healthcare leaders from Mayo Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Harvard University, and the Institute of Medicine, presenting their reactions to stories from patients and professional caregivers who have been involved in medical errors.[3]

Educational Use

Chasing Zero was available for free Continuing Medical Education credit through the Accreditation Counsel for Continuing Medical Education in partnership with the Discovery Channel and The University of Virginia School of Medicine and Public Health.[9]

In October 2014, the United States Army used the book as a teaching tool .[10] It is also used at the Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety[11] and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.[12] It has also been used on TED-Ed courses.[13]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Landro, Laura. "Patient Safety: The Movie". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones and Company. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Quaid, Dennis; Thao, Julie (March 2010). "Story Power The Secret Weapon". The Journal of Patient Safety. 6 (1): 5–14. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Grant, Meg (September 2010). "Dennis Quaid's Quest". AARP. AARP. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ↑ O'Reilly, Kevin. "Celebrities make pitch for patient safety panel". American Medical News. American Medical Association. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Hill, Terry. "Actor seeks media aid in sounding alert for health care safety". The National Press Club. The National Press Club. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dennis Quaid Remarks on Medical Errors". The National Press Club. The National Press Club. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Why Dennis Quaid is fighting to improve patient safety". time. time. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Cooper, Anderson. "360° Big Interview: Dennis Quaid speaks out". CNN. Cable News Network. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Chasing Zero: Winning The War On Healthcare Harm". Discovery Channel CME. Discovery Communications, LLC. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Former AMEDD Senior Strategic Leaders (FASSL)". Army Medicine. US Army. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Consumer Stories". Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety. Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "CHASING ZERO: WINNING THE WAR ON HEALTHCARE HARM". qsen.org. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Walters, Sheree. "Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm". TED-Ed. TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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