BWH Receives Inaugural Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Award

Nancy Ridley, director of the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction, presents the awvard to Dr. Andy Whittemore.

In recognition of its landmark electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) and barcoding system, BWH was co-recipient of the first Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Recognition Award for organizational excellence.
"This award is a credit to physicians, nurses, pharmacists and staff in many departments, including Patient Care and Partners HealthCare IS. Their cooperation and dedication to our patients has made the implementation of eMAR and barcoding possible," said Andy Whittemore, MD, chief medical officer, who accepted the award at the second annual Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Symposium in December. The award-which recognizes leadership and innovation in patient safety-honors Betsy Lehman, a Boston Globe health columnist who died in 1994 when she was accidentally given the wrong dosage of chemotherapy.