President & CEO
Emily Jerry Foundation
Beachwood, Ohio
Christopher Jerry lost his beautiful two-year-old daughter, Emily, after a fatal medication error in March of 2006. After the tragic loss, he created the Emily Jerry Foundation to increase awareness of key patient safety related issues associated with preventable medical error, which by recent estimates, have been identified as being the third leading cause of death in the United States. Over the past decade, Mr. Jerry has had the privilege of collaborating with many of the experts in the various modalities in medicine, to focus on the modification of underlying core systems, processes, and protocols, to help keep patients safe and assure the best possible outcome for each and every patient. In doing so, he has worked tirelessly with some of the brightest minds in healthcare, to identify technology and best practices, that are proven to minimize the inherent “human error component” associated with patient care in the clinical setting.
Through what Mr. Jerry considers his life’s work, his primary objective going forward, will always be to help stop tragedies BEFORE they happen…ultimately saving as many lives as possible from preventable medical error. He is a relentless patient safety and clinician advocate who spreads a message of hope, forgiveness, compassion, and collaboration, by turning an unimaginable tragedy, into inspiring positive change, globally in healthcare, in honor of his daughter Emily.
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Learning from Our Mistakes: Engaging the Next Generation of Medication Safety Leaders
Monday, June 13, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time