Culture of Safety

Deaconess Illinois Believes in Safety – Striving for Zero Preventable Harm

At Deaconess Illinois, we plan for safety throughout the patient care continuum.  Using a systems approach, everyone from the executives to patient care to support staff is tasked to continually improve how we deliver care and services to you.  We incorporate safety practices into what we do for our patients by focusing on both technology and clinical safety.  Our systems approach is essential, because most medical errors do not arise from a single person or issue but rather from a combination of factors.  We call these system errors and it is our goal to identify and eliminate them as possible. We encourage you to speak up and share your observations and experiences with us to help us on this journey.